Sang-Im Yoo

Yoo Sang-im (; born 10 October 1959) is a South Korean politician who served as the fifth minister of science and ICT from 2024 to 2025. He previously served as a professor of material engineering at Seoul National University. He is known for his expertise in Superconductors and Magnetic materials.

Career He received his bachelor's degree from Seoul National University in 1982 and his doctorate in materials engineering from Iowa State University in 1992. He worked as a postdoc at the Ames Research Center from 1992 to 1993, and he also led several academic societies including the Korean Society for Superconductivity and Low Temperature and the Korean Ceramic Society.

Minister of Science and ICT On 17 July 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appointed Yoo as the new Minister of Science and ICT. After being nominated, he said: "I will spare no effort to help our nation lead the way, while appropriately responding to fields that are undergoing rapid change in the era of the fourth industrial revolution."