UAlbany Inks New Research Collaborations with South Korean Universities

ALBANY, N.Y. (Feb. 11, 2026) — A UAlbany delegation led by Vice President for Research and Economic Development Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas traveled to South Korea this week to lay the foundation for new research collaborations with South Korean universities.

Kesavadas signed memoranda of agreement with research leaders at Korea University, Sejong; Hanyang University; and the Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center at Seoul National University to explore research partnerships in areas like semiconductors, electronic device fabrication, carbon-neutral technology, quantum science, quantum computing and communications, critical materials and rare-earth elements.  

The agreements also contemplate faculty and student exchanges to participate in ongoing research and research training.

The weeklong trip to strengthen UAlbany’s relationships with Korean universities, semiconductor labs and companies wraps up with a visit to SEMICON Korea, a major regional semiconductor and microelectronics R&D conference in Seoul.

Kesavadas was joined on the trip by Associate Vice President for Research Satyen Kumar and several representatives of UAlbany’s College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, including Associate Dean for Research Nathaniel Cady, associate professors Gregory Denbeaux and Kyoung-Yeol Kim, and Ross Goodman, the associate director of UAlbany’s Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics.

Last month, President Havidán Rodríguez, Provost Carol H. Kim, Kesavadas and other senior campus leaders traveled to India to sign a new strategic knowledge partnership with Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences and visit several other leading Indian research institutions.