Paik Un-gyu

Paik Un-gyu
백운규
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy
In office 22 July 2017 – 21 September 2018
President	Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister	Lee Nak-yeon
Succeeded by	Sung Yun-mo
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-02) 2 March 1964 Masan, South Korea
Political party	independent
Alma mater	Hanyang University Virginia Tech Clemson University

In this Korean name, the family name is Paik.

Paik Un-gyu (Korean: 백운규; Hanja: 白雲揆; born 2 March 1964) is a South Korean professor of energy engineering at Hanyang University previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Before entering public service in 2017, he worked as a technology advisor to two major semiconductor companies in South Korea, Samsung SDI and SK Hynix.

After joining Hanyang University's faculty in 1999, he has taken multiple leadership roles in his alma mater such as dean of energy engineering department and 3rd engineering college and advisory roles in government institutions such as then-Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology and now-Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning.

He is also a member of editorial board of Scientific Reports's chemistry section and ISRN Ceramics.

He holds three degrees - a bachelor's in inorganic materials engineering from Hanyang University, a master in material science and engineering from Virginia Tech and a doctorate in ceramic engineering from Clemson University.