11 Notable alumni of
KAIST
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KAIST is 1744th in the world, 401st in Asia, and 34th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from KAIST sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Yoon So-hee
- Occupations
- actorfilm actormodel
- Biography
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Yoon So-hee is a South Korean actress.
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Yi So-Yeon
- Enrolled in KAIST
- In 2002 graduated with master's degree
- In 2008 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- engineerastronaut
- Biography
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Yi So-yeon is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first Korean to fly in space.
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Kim Jung-ju
- Enrolled in KAIST
- Graduated with Master of Science
- Occupations
- investorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Kim Jung-ju, also known as Jay Kim, was a South Korean businessman, investor, and founder of Korea's largest gaming company, Nexon. He was the chairman and CEO of NXC Corporation, the holding company of Nexon, and a partner at Collaborative Fund, a New York-based venture capital firm.
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Oh Hyun-min
- Occupations
- celebrity
- Biography
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Oh Hyun-min is South Korean television personality. He is known for being a finalist for the reality show, The Genius: Black Garnet and formerly a cast member in The Genius: Grand Final.
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Kwak Jaesik
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Enrolled in KAIST
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- science fiction writerresearcherchemist
- Biography
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Kwak Jaesik is a South Korean novelist, science fiction writer and chemist. He is best known for stories of ordinary people with plot twists of science fiction or fantasy elements. Some of his work has been adapted to television drama and comics.
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Rim Ji-hoon
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- business executivebusinessperson
- Biography
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Rim Jihoon is a visiting professor of management practice in the Department of Management and Organizations at New York University Stern School of Business. He is a former CEO of Kakao (KRX:035720), a South Korean technology company known for its mobile messenger Kakao Talk. His appointment as CEO at 34 years of age made him the youngest CEO among South Korea's top 500 companies.
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Kim So-jung
- Years
- 1989-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Kim So-jung is a South Korean singer. She is known as a finalist (Top 11) of Mnet's Superstar K2. She is one of the few in the industry who did not follow the trainee-debut system. She released her first EP, Herrah's on May 21, 2012.
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Omran Sharaf
- Biography
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Omran Sharaf is an Emirati engineer and the project manager of the first Emirates Mars Mission. He is also the director of the programs management department at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, a United Arab Emirates Space Agency.
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Kiyoung Choi
- Enrolled in KAIST
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- researcherengineeracademic
- Biography
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Choi Ki-young is a South Korean professor of electrical engineering at Seoul National University who served as Minister of Science and ICT under President Moon Jae-in from 2019 to 2021.
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Meeyoung Cha
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 45)
- Enrolled in KAIST
- In 2008 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- data scientist
- Biography
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Cha Meeyoung, sometimes known as Mia, is an associate professor at KAIST in the School of Computing and a chief investigator in the Pioneer Research Center for Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the Institute for Basic Science. Her research focuses on network and data science with an emphasis on modeling, analyzing complex information propagation processes, machine learning-based computational social science, and deep learning. In June 2024, she will become the scientific director of the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy. She has served on the editorial boards of the journals PeerJ and ACM Transactions on Social Computing.
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Mohammed-Sani Abdulai
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Mohammed-Sani Abdulai is a Ghanaian educator and IT professional. He is currently the president of Lakeside University College.
