Junho Kwon

Junho is interested in national science diplomacy policy and strategy in the middle of science and technological hegemonic era. He studied nuclear engineering after he realised its potential when South Korea exported nuclear power power plants in the United Arab Emirates. Studying nuclear policy specialised in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in his master's program, he decided to study interactive relationship between science and diplomacy from a policy side.

RESEARCH INTEREST: Science Diplomacy, Nuclear Non-proliferation, Energy

EMAIL: junhowon@kaist.ac.kr

Education

M.S. Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, KAIST, 2023
B.S. Nuclear and Quantum Engineering (Minor in Science and Technology Policy), Cum laude, KAIST, 2017

Work Experience

2019: Internship, Relations and Multicultural Affairs, Brisbane City Council, Queensland, Australia

Academic Activities

Completion of the Nuclear Policy Integration Education Program, Korea Nuclear International Cooperation Foundation (KONICOF) (2021)
Summer program fellowship, Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Education Center (NEREC), KAIST (2020)
Counseling Assistant, Teaching Assistant: NQE373 Radiation Biology (Spring), NQE484 English Writing for Engineers (Fall), HSS175 Introduction to Economics (Spring & Fall), KAIST (2021 ~ 2022)

Awards & Scholarships

2021: Third Place, Centurial Vision Idea Competition, KAIST
2021: Best paper award, Korean Nuclear Society (KNS) Spring Meeting
2020: The Doosan Heavy Industry Scholarship, awarded by KNS
2019: Dean’s list, spring semester, School of Engineering, KAIST
2019: Winner, Model United Nations conference, The 50th Diplomacy Workshop for College Students, Korea National Diplomacy Academy (KNDA)

Projects

Software R&D for Model-based Analysis and Verification of Higher-order Large Complex System (System-of-Systems)
Cyber security platform with physical, replicated and simulated components of real-world critical infrastructures
User-perspective Quality Assurance Technology for Edge-Cloud Big Data Application

Publications

Kwon, J. (2023) Identifying the Critical Facilities in North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program: A Petri Net Based Nuclear Weapons Latency Analysis. Master thesis, Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, KAIST.
Kwon, J., Yim, M.S. (2022) Simulating the Evolution of North Korea’s First Nuclear Test, Transactions of the Korean Nuclear Society Spring Meeting, Jeju, Korea.
Kwon, J., Yim, M.S. (2021) A Roadmap for DPRK’s Denuclearization Under the Consideration of Nuclear Latency, Transactions of the Korean Nuclear Society Virtual Spring Meeting, Korea.

Volunteering

Founding member, Saemaul Undong (New Village Movement) Student Volunteer Association (SAE), KAIST

Hobbies & Interests

Violin, Trumpet