Hongik Kim

Hongik Kim, Ph.D. has been working as a DRAM process development engineer at SK hynix Inc. since 2011, responsible for photo material and lithography patterning process development. Currently working at the R&D Center's Photo Process Resolution Limit Solution Team, he continues to develop HNA EUV lithography patterning processes and Core technologies for future DRAM products.

 Kim received a Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. During his doctoral studies, he investigated and demonstrated the relationship between the microstructural changes of amorphous carbon hardmask and its etch resistance.