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General Information
| Name | Sung Yun Lee |
| Languages | Korean, English |
| Programming Language | Python (PyTorch), MATLAB, C/C++, LabVIEW |
Research Interests & Experimental Techniques
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Research Interests
- Dichroism in resonant X-ray diffraction
- Deep-learning-based data processing for coherent diffraction imaging
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Experimental Techniques
- Coherent diffraction imaging & ptychography
- Resonant X-ray diffraction
Education
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2025 Pohang, KR
Ph.D. in Physics
Pohang University of Science and Technology - Mar, 2020 - Aug, 2025
- Thesis: Development of functional coherent X-ray nanoimaging with deep-learning methods
- Advisor: Prof. Changyong Song
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2020 Pohang, KR
B.Sc. in Physics, Minor in Electrical Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology - Mar, 2016 - Feb, 2020
- Thesis: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Process of Copying a Complex Figure in Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease
- Advisor: Prof. Jee Hyun Choi (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) & Prof. Changyong Song
Research & Work Experience
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2025 Pohang, KR
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative - Sep, 2025 - Current
- Center for Ultrafast Science on Quantum Matter (PI: Prof. Changyong Song)
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2020 Pohang, KR
Participating Researcher (as a graduate student)
Pohang University of Science and Technology - Mar, 2020 - Aug, 2025
- Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction & Imaging Laboratory, Department of Physics (PI: Prof. Changyong Song)
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2019 Pohang, KR
Undergraduate Researcher
Pohang University of Science and Technology - Mar, 2019 - Feb, 2020
- Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction & Imaging Laboratory, Department of Physics (PI: Prof. Changyong Song)
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2019 Seoul, KR
Intern
Netmarble Corp. - Jun - Aug, 2019
- Machine Learning Team, Columbus Center
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2018 Seoul, KR
Research Trainee
Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology - Jun - Aug, 2018
- Convergence Research Center for Diagnosis, Treatment and Care System of Dementia (PI: Prof. Jee Hyun Choi)
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2017 Ansan, KR
Intern
Dawonsys Co., Ltd. - Jun - Aug, 2017
- Accelerator PnA Team, Accelerator Business Division
Teaching Experience
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2021 Pohang, KR
Teaching Assistant
Pohang University of Science and Technology - 2021 Fall
- PHYS199: Freshman Research Participation
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2021 Pohang, KR
Teaching Assistant
Pohang University of Science and Technology - 2021 Spring
- PHYS103: General Physics Laboratory I
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2020 Pohang, KR
Teaching Assistant
Pohang University of Science and Technology - 2020 Fall
- PHYS250: Physics Laboratory I
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2019 Pohang, KR
Student Mentoring Program (SMP)
Pohang University of Science and Technology - 2019 Fall
- CSED101: Programming & Problem Solving
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2018 Pohang, KR
Student Mentoring Program (SMP)
Pohang University of Science and Technology - 2018 Fall
- CSED101: Programming & Problem Solving
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2018 Pohang, KR
Student Mentoring Program (SMP)
Pohang University of Science and Technology - 2018 Spring
- PHYS101: General Physics I
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2016 Uiryeong, KR
The 13th University Student Knowledge Volunteering KOSAF Camp
Korea Student Aid Foundation - Aug, 2016
- Jeonggok Middle School (Topic: Tessellation & Four color theorem)
Hornors & Awards
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2024 Graduate Student Excellent Paper Award
Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association - Physical Review Research 2021, ACS Nano 2023, ACS Photonics 2024
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2024 POSTECHIAN Fellowship - Innovation
Pohang University of Science and Technology -
2023 Graduate Student Excellent Paper Award
Pohang University of Science and Technology - ACS Nano 2023
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2023 Best Poster Award
Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association - The 35th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
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2023 Best Poster Award
Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association - The 3rd PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting
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2022 Best Poster Award
Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association - The 34th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
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2020 Graduate Student Excellent Teaching Assistant Award
Pohang University of Science and Technology - PHYS250: Physics Laboratory I
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2020 BK21 First Paper Award
Pohang University of Science and Technology - Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020
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2019 Best Bechelor's Thesis Award
Pohang University of Science and Technology -
2016 Presidential Science Scholarship
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Publications
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2025 Surface-plasmon control of ultrafast energy-relaxation modes in photoexcited Au nanorods probed by time-resolved single-particle X-ray imaging
- Eunyoung Park†, Chulho Jung†, Junha Hwang, Jaeyong Shin, Sung Yun Lee, Heemin Lee, Seung-Phil Heo, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, Min Seok Kim, Kyung Sook Kim, In Tae Eom, Do Young Noh, Yungok Ihm, and Changyong Song*, Nature Communications 16, 9876 (2025).
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2025 Frustrated phonon with charge density wave in vanadium Kagome metal
- Seung-Phil Heo, Choongjae Won, Heemin Lee, Hanbyul Kim, Eunyoung Park, Sung Yun Lee, Junha Hwang, Hyeongi Choi, Sang-Youn Park, Byungjune Lee, Woo-Suk Noh, Hoyoung Jang, Jae-Hoon Park, Dongbin Shin*, and Changyong Song*, Nature Communications 16, 4861 (2025).
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2025 Deep-learning real-time phase retrieval of imperfect diffraction patterns from X-ray free-electron lasers
- Sung Yun Lee, Do Hyung Cho, Chulho Jung, Daeho Sung, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, and Changyong Song*, npj Computational Materials 11, 68 (2025).
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2025 Development of the Nanobeam X-ray Experiments instrument at PAL-XFEL
- Jangwoo Kim†, HyoJung Hyun†, Seonghan Kim, Sun Min Hwang, Myong-Jin Kim, Dogeun Jang, Kyung Sook Kim, Jaeyong Shin, Sejin Kim, Junha Hwang, Sung Yun Lee, Eunyoung Park, Sangsoo Kim, Intae Eom, Changyong Song, and Daewoong Nam*, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 32(2), 466-473 (2025).
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2024 Off-Axis X-Ray Vortex Beam Ptychography
- Sung Yun Lee, Eunyoung Park, Sinwoo Kim, Euije Jo, Su Yong Lee, Jun Woo Choi, and Changyong Song*, ACS Photonics 11(9), 3804-3810 (2024).
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2024 Inverted nucleation for photoinduced nonequilibrium melting
- Junha Hwang†, Yungok Ihm†, Daewoong Nam, Jaeyong Shin, Eunyoung Park, Sung Yun Lee, Heemin Lee, Seung-Phil Heo, Sangsoo Kim, Je Young Ahn, Ji Hoon Shim, Minseok Kim, Intae Eom, Do Young Noh, and Changyong Song*, Science Advances 10(18), eadl6409 (2024).
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2024 Development of the multiplex imaging chamber at PAL-XFEL
- Junha Hwang, Sejin Kim, Sung Yun Lee, Eunyoung Park, Jaeyong Shin, Jae Hyuk Lee, Myong-jin Kim, Seonghan Kim, Sang-Youn Park, Dogeun Jang, Intae Eom, Sangsoo Kim, Changyong Song, Kyung Sook Kim*, and Daewoong Nam*, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 31(3), 469-477 (2024).
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2023 Nanoscale Three-Dimensional Network Structure of a Mesoporous Particle Unveiled via Adaptive Multidistance Coherent X-ray Tomography
- Sung Yun Lee†, Do Hyung Cho†, Sung Chan Song†, Jaeyong Shin, Junha Hwang, Eunyoung Park, Su Yong Lee, Seongseop Kim, Jinwoo Lee, and Changyong Song*, ACS Nano 17(22), 22488-22498 (2023).
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2021 Denoising low-intensity diffraction signals using k-space deep learning: Applications to phase recovery
- Sung Yun Lee, Do Hyung Cho, Chulho Jung, Daeho Sung, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, and Changyong Song*, Physical Review Research 3(4), 043066 (2021).
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2021 High-Throughput 3D Ensemble Characterization of Individual Core-Shell Nanoparticles with X-ray Free Electron Laser Single-Particle Imaging
- Do Hyung Cho†, Zhou Shen†, Yungok Ihm, Dae Han Wi, Chulho Jung, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, Sang-Youn Park, Kyung Sook Kim, Daeho Sung, Heemin Lee, Jae-Yong Shin, Junha Hwang, Sung Yun Lee, Su Yong Lee, Sang Woo Han, Do Young Noh, N. Duane Loh*, and Changyong Song*, ACS Nano 15(3), 4066-4076 (2021).
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2020 A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Process of Copying a Complex Figure in Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease: A Quantitative Analysis of Digital Pen Data
- Ko Woon Kim†, Sung Yun Lee†, Jongdoo Choi, Juhee Chin, Byung Hwa Lee, Duk L. Na*, and Jee Hyun Choi*, Journal of Medical Internet Research 22(8), e18136 (2020).
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2019 Detecting Abuser Group in MMORPG by using Ranking System based on Game Transaction Network
- Sungyun Lee*, Sunghun Kim, Inhae Seok, and Mincheol Kim, In Proceedings of the Korea Software Congress, 584-586 (KIISE, 2019).
Patents
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2021 Apparatus and Method of Processing Image Copying Test for Evaluating Cognitive Impairment, and Computer Readable Recording Medium
- KR, Registration; #10-2338071-00-00 (Dec, 2021).
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2021 METHOD FOR GAME DATA PROCESSING
- KR, Registration; #10-2333941-00-00 (Nov, 2021).
Poster & Oral Presentations
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2025 Pohang, KR
The 37th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop (Oral, as an invited talk)
Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association - Title: Deep learning and phase retrieval for coherent diffraction imaging
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2025 Pohang, KR
The 5th PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting (Oral, as an invited student talk)
Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association - Title: Deep learning for coherent diffraction imaging using XFELs
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2024 Pohang, KR
The 36th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop (Poster)
Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association - Title: Off-axis X-ray vortex beam ptychography
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2024 Minneapolis, US
APS March Meeting 2024 (Oral)
American Physical Society - Title: Nanoscale X-ray Tomography of Mesoporous Particle Improved via Adaptive Multidistance Coherent Diffraction Imaging
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2023 Pohang, KR
The 35th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop (Poster)
Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association - Title: Network analysis of pore structure inside mesoporous particle revealed by multi-distance coherent X-ray tomography
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2023 Changwon, KR
2023 KPS Fall Meeting (Poster)
Korean Physical Society - Title: Nanoscale three-dimensional network structure of a mesoporous particle unveiled via adaptive multi-distance coherent X-ray tomography
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2023 Pohang, KR
The 3rd PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting (Poster)
Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association - Title: Deep-Learning-Based Denoiser for Phase Recovery of Singe-Shot Diffraction Signals via X-ray Free Electron Laser
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2022 Pohang, KR
The 34th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop (Poster)
Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association - Title: Multi-distance Coherent Diffraction Imaging for Super-resolution X-ray Microscopy
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2021 Virtual
2021 KPS Fall Meeting (Poster)
Korean Physical Society - Title: Deep-Learning-Based Denoiser for Phase Recovery of Single-Shot Diffraction Patterns Using XFEL
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2020 Pohang, KR
The 32nd Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop (Poster)
Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association - Title: Low Intensity Phase Retrieval Enhanced by Deep Neural Network
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2019 Pyeongchang, KR
Korea Software Congress 2019 (Poster)
Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers - Title: Detecting Abuser Group in MMORPG by using Ranking System based on Game Transaction Network