12 Notable alumni of
KAIST

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KAIST is 1780th in the world, 409th in Asia, and 34th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from KAIST sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Yoon So-hee

    Yoon So-hee
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1993-.. (age 32)
    Enrolled in KAIST
    Graduated with Bachelor of Science in biochemical engineering
    Occupations
    film actormodeltelevision actoractor
    Biography

    Yoon So-hee is a South Korean actress.

  2. Yi So-Yeon

    Yi So-Yeon
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in KAIST
    In 2002 graduated with master's degree
    In 2008 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Graduated with bachelor's degree
    Occupations
    astronautengineer
    Biography

    Yi So-yeon is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first Korean to fly in space.

  3. Kim Jung-ju

    Kim Jung-ju
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1968-2022 (aged 54)
    Enrolled in KAIST
    Graduated with Master of Science
    Occupations
    businesspersoninvestor
    Biography

    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.

  4. Songyee Yoon

    Songyee Yoon
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Enrolled in KAIST
    Graduated with bachelor's degree
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Songyee Yoon is a South Korean businessperson and the president of NCSoft. Previously, she was the company's vice president and chief strategy officer. Yoon is also the founder and managing partner of the venture capital firm Chamaeleon. She worked at McKinsey & Company and SK Telecom earlier in her career.

  5. Oh Hyun-min

    Oh Hyun-min
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    celebrity
    Biography

    Oh Hyun-min is a 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.

  6. Kwak Jaesik

    Kwak Jaesik
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Enrolled in KAIST
    Graduated with bachelor's degree
    Graduated with master's degree
    Occupations
    chemistresearcherscience fiction writer
    Biography

    Kwak Jaesik is a South Korean novelist, science fiction writer and chemist. His pen name is Gerecter. 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.

  7. Kim So-jung

    Kim So-jung
    Years
    1989-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    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.

  8. Rim Ji-hoon

    Rim Ji-hoon
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    businesspersonbusiness executive
    Biography

    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.

  9. Omran Sharaf

    Omran Sharaf
    Born in
    United Arab Emirates Flag United Arab Emirates
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Biography

    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.

  10. Kiyoung Choi

    Kiyoung Choi
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Enrolled in KAIST
    Graduated with master's degree
    Occupations
    engineerresearcheracademic
    Biography

    Choi Ki-young, also known as Kiyoung Choi, 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.

  11. Meeyoung Cha

    Meeyoung Cha
    Years
    1979-.. (age 46)
    Enrolled in KAIST
    In 2008 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    data scientist
    Biography

    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.

  12. Mohammed-Sani Abdulai

    Mohammed-Sani Abdulai
    Born in
    Ghana Flag Ghana
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    computer scientist
    Biography

    Mohammed-Sani Abdulai is a Ghanaian educator and IT professional. He is currently the president of Lakeside University College.

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