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Korean Professors Honored for Display Tech Breakthroughs

Guavy AI Editorial Team Published August 20, 2026

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Two Korean professors have received top honors for display technology breakthroughs from Merck Korea. Kyungpook National University's Kim Hak-rin was awarded the 2026 Merck Award for his research on liquid-crystal materials, which could redefine how displays work in an AI-driven era.

Kim's work spans active polarization-switching optics, geometric-phase optical devices, holographic imaging, and extended-reality display optics. His focus is on next-generation glasses and holographic displays.

Kim said he would work to help maintain Korea's global competitiveness in immersive and spatial display technologies.

In addition to Kim, Seoul National University's Lee Soo-yeon received the 2026 Merck Young Scientist Award for her research on oxide thin-film transistor devices and circuits used in next-generation displays and semiconductor technologies.

Korean Professors Honored for Display Tech Breakthroughs

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