Seongmook Jeong was born in Hwasun, Korea on January 7, 1982. He received
the B.S. degrees in electric engineering from Chonnam National University,
Gwangju, Korea, in 2007 and the M.S. degree in photon science and technology
from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Korea,
in 2009.
Since 2009, he was a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Information and
Mechatronics, GIST. His research interests are in the areas of development of
highly nonlinear optical fibers and their supercontinuum generation applications,
and specialty optical fiber devices.