Portrait of Donghae Seo

San Francisco · 2026

Donghae Seo

서동해

Donghae “dong-heh”
Seo “suh”

A couple of pronunciation hints:

hae
“head” without the d
Seo
“sun” without the n
KAISTPostdoctoral Researcher Affiliations MoreLess
  1. KAIST Natural Science Research Institute Postdoctoral ResearcherSep 2026–present
  2. POSTECH Department of Physics PhD in PhysicsMar 2021–Aug 2026 BS in PhysicsMar 2017–Feb 2021
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KAIST

Daejeon, South Korea

Publications

* Equal contributions · † Corresponding author

Preprints

  1. Theory of High-Temperature Fractional Chern Phases in Monolayer van der Waals Kagome Materials A2T3X4

    S. Oh, J. Han, J. Choi, D. Seo, M. Kang†, and G. Y. Cho†

    arXiv:2610.24633

  2. Wavefunctions for Anyon Superconductors

    D. Seo*, T. Lee*, and G. Y. Cho†

    arXiv:2609.04187

  3. A Unified Categorical Description of Quantum Hall Hierarchy and Anyon Superconductivity

    D. Seo, T. Lee, and G. Y. Cho†

    arXiv:2602.03848

Journal articles

  1. U(2) Chern-Simons-Ginzburg-Landau theory of fractional quantum Hall hierarchies

    T. Lee, G. Y. Cho†, and D. Seo†

    Physical Review B 114, L231116 (2026)

  2. Superconductivity proximate to non-Abelian fractional spin Hall insulator in twisted bilayer MoTe2

    C.-E. Ahn*, D. Seo*, G. Lee, Y. Kim, and G. Y. Cho†

    Nature Communications 17, 7005 (2026)

  3. Most Two-Dimensional Bosonic Topological Orders Forbid Sign-Problem-Free Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation: Nonpositive Gauss Sum as an Indicator

    D. Seo, M. You, H.-C. Kim†, and G. Y. Cho†

    Physical Review Letters 135, 146602 (2025)

  4. Noninvertible duality and symmetry topological order of one-dimensional lattice models with spatially modulated symmetry

    D. Seo, G. Y. Cho†, and R.-J. Slager

    Physical Review B 111, 115112 (2025)

  5. Modular extension of topological orders from congruence representations

    D. Seo*, M. You*, G. Y. Cho†, and H.-C. Kim†

    Physical Review B 109, 155105 (2024)

  6. Classification of fermionic topological orders from congruence representations

    G. Y. Cho†, H.-C. Kim†, D. Seo†, and M. You†

    Physical Review B 108, 115103 (2023)