Woohun Lee

Woohun Lee is a professor in the Department of Industrial Design at KAIST and the director of Wonder Lab. His research covers interaction design, user experience design, interaction techniques, interactive media, shape-changing interfaces, digital fabrication, and extended reality (XR); Wonder Lab frames this work around interaction experiences for play, learning, and creativity.S01 S02 His listed major work includes Augmented Foam, WonderScope, and SoundWear. KAIST reports that the WonderScope team he led received an Honorable Mention for Best in Show at SIGGRAPH 2022 Emerging Technologies.S01 S06 Wonder Lab records a 2012 Laval Virtual Grand Prix and his service as Editor-in-Chief of Design Convergence Study.S02

• 2015–Present·Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)·Full Professor
• 2006–2015·Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)·Associate Professor
• 2007–2008·Indiana University School of Informatics (USA)·Visiting Scholar
• 2002–2006·Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)·Assistant Professor
• 1996–2002·Daewoo Electronics Design Research Center (Seoul, South Korea)·Director, User Interface Design Team

KAIST Pure and Wonder Lab list this professional timeline; Wonder Lab additionally states that he joined KAIST’s Department of Industrial Design in April 2002.S01 S02

• 1996·Kyushu University (Japan)·Ph.D. in Engineering
• 1993·Kyushu University (Japan)·Master of Design in Industrial Design
• 1990·Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)·B.S. in Industrial Design

Degrees and years follow the KAIST Pure and Wonder Lab profiles; the official pages do not provide enrollment-year ranges.S01 S02

Sources and verification date: S01–S07 are documented in persons/_review/252_Woohun Lee/reference.md; verified 2026-09-23.