About

Hi! I’m Min-Cheol Lee, working as a software research engineer/scientist at Intel Corporation. I’m implementing and developing softwares for photomasks design and optical proximity corrections (OPC) models. My works aim to advance Intel’s Resolution Enhancement Technology (RET) by making integrated circuits (or “chips”) to compensate for nano-scale limitations in the optical resolution.

Before joining Intel, I’ve worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory. I’m also an optical spectroscopy scientist and material scientist with expertise in ultrafast and spectroscopy of infrared, terahertz, and X-ray lights, as well as quantum materials from strongly correlated electron systems to topological materials.

Work Experience


  • Software Research Engineer/Scientist
    Intel Corporation
    Feb. 2022 - Present
    I am developing and implementing models and software to perform layout correction for high resolution reproduction on wafers. I am applying software engineering methods, theories and research in the investigation and solution of resolution enhancement techniques (RET) problems.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2022
    I worked at Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) to study ultrafast phenomena in quantum materials such as superconductors, topological materials, and multiferroics. I utilized various ultrafast techniques and facilities of femtosecond optical laser, X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL), and time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy using home-lab systems as well as femtosecond X-ray pulses at SLAC-LCLS, PAL-XFEL, and SPring8-SACLA.

Education


  • PhD, Physics
    Seoul National University
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    Mar. 2013 - Feb. 2019
    I was supervised by Prof. Tae Won Noh for the integrated course of master (2013 - 2015) and PhD (2015 - 2019). I constructed home lab near-infrared/terahertz pump-probe spectroscopic system, and performed experiments of X-ray absorption and photoemission spectroscopy at synchrotron facilities. I also investigated the crystal and electronic structures coupled to magnetism in Mott insulators and superconductors, including ruthenate, rhodate, iridate and pnictide.
    Thesis: Non-equilibrium Spectroscopic Studies on Coherent Phonon Oscillations in Transition Metal Compounds
  • BSc, Physics (Cum Laude)
    Seoul National University
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    Mar. 2009 - Feb. 2013
    During this period, I have worked as a research intern at Prof. Gyu-Chul Yi’s and Prof. Heonsu Jeon’s laboratories. I synthesized ZnO/GaN nanorods by using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MO-CVD) method and utilized scanning electron microscope (SEM) technique to characterize sample surfaces at Prof. Yi’s lab, and I fabricated photonic crystals by using spin-coating method and employed photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy to analyze their optical properties at Prof. Jeon’s lab.

Contact


min-cheol.lee@intel.com
mincheol.chris.lee@gmail.com
Phoenix, AZ, USA