Paik Un-gyu

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.

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 (age 61) Masan, South Korea
Political party	independent
Alma mater	Hanyang University Virginia Tech Clemson University

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.^[1][2]

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^[2] 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.^[3]

He is also a member of editorial board of Scientific Reports's chemistry section^[4] and ISRN Ceramics.^[2]

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.^[2]