Jinki Kang

Dr. Jinki Kang is the Chief Executive Officer of AXEL Co., Ltd., where he leads the development and commercialization of single crystal materials and crystal growth equipment for power semiconductor applications. He has over 30 years of experience in single crystal growth, wafer processing, and industrial-scale manufacturing technologies.

At AXEL, Dr. Kang has been responsible for the development of single crystals and crystal growth systems used in power semiconductor devices, including materials such as SiC and β-Ga₂O₃. His work focuses on Edge-Defined Film-Fed Growth (EFG) and Vertical Bridgman (VB) technologies, with ongoing efforts to scale crystal growth to large-diameter substrates suitable for high-voltage power device applications.

Prior to AXEL, Dr. Kang held key technical and executive positions at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Iljin Diamond, and Hansol Technics, where he led the development and mass production of GaAs, LiTaO₃/LiNbO₃, sapphire, and LED-related single crystal materials. At AXEL, he has also expanded crystal growth technologies to include YAG single crystals for solid-state laser applications.