He is also an affiliated member of Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute of University of Miami (BioNIUM). He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2008. He is a member of IEEE, HKN(Etta Kappa Nu) and senior member of SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics). Since he joined UM in 2010, he has significantly contributed to the BioNIUM cleanroom facility for nano/micro device fabrication, and this core facility plays an important role to initiate interdisciplinary collaborative researches in UM. He is currently the director of the BioNIUM nanofabrication facility. Dr. Kim’s research focuses on Nanophotonics for energy and sensing applications. He uses engineered nanostructures and novel nanomaterials for novel optoelectronic devices.