His current research interests include low-power mixed-signal systems and their design methodologies. Dr. Kim was a recipient of the Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper at 2005 International Solid-State Circuits Conference and the Low Power Design Contest Award at 2001 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design. He is cited as a Top 100 Technology Leader of Korea in 2020 by the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He served on the Technical Program Committees of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, the Design Automation Conference, the International Conference on Computer Aided Design, and the Asian Solid-State Circuit Conference.