Dr. Chang-Yong Nam is Senior Scientist and the Group Leader of the Electronic Nanomaterials Group at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and an Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University and University of Texas at Dallas. He also currently serves as the Lead PI of an $8M DOE Accelerate Initiative project entitled “Angstrom Era Semiconductor Patterning Material Development Accelerator.” Before joining BNL in 2007, Dr. Nam received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (2007), M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) (2001). and B.E. in Metallurgical Engineering from Korea University (1999). Dr. Nam’s research is focused on two primary areas: (a) Development of atomic layer processing (ALP) methods, including atomic layer deposition (ALD), atomic layer etching (ALE), and derivative techniques, towards microelectronics and energy applications; (b) Materials processing and device physics in low-dimensional semiconductors and neuromorphic materials. His awards include BNL Science and Technology Award (2024), Battelle Inventor of the Year (2022), Winner of DOE National Labs Accelerator Pitch Event (2021), BNL Spotlight Awards (2022, 2018, 2011), and BNL Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship (2007).