PROFESSOR

EDUCATION

University of Delaware 

    Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Newark, DE

 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

    M.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Daejeon, Korea

Hanyang University

    B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Seoul, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor (09/2022 – present)

Hanyang University, Department of Organic and Nano Engineering, Seoul, Korea (Primary)

                                    Department of Chemical Engineering (Adjunct)

                                    Human-Tech Convergence Program

                                    Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST)

Adjunct Research Professor (01/2023 – present)

SUNY ESF (State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry)

                                   Department of Chemical Engineering 

Corresponding Member (10/2022 – present)

SUNY ESF (State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry)

                                    The Michael M. Szwarc Polymer Research Institute (PRI)

Visiting Scholar (08/2021 – 07/2022)

State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF),

Department of Chemical Engineering, Syracuse, NY, USA

Assistant/Associate Professor (09/2015 – 08/2022)

Inha University, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Incheon, Korea

Visiting Scholar (01/2016 – 02/2016)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge MA, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate (10/2014 – 07/2015)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge MA, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate (09/2012 – 09/2014)

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, WPAFB OH, USA

Foreign Researcher (03/2008 – 06/2008)

Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) R&D Ltd., Kobe, Japan

AWARDS & HONORS

         • Young Investigator Award from The Fiber Society of Korea (10/2024)

          • Best Lecture of 2024 Liquid Crystal Summer School (07/2024)

         • US Army xTechInternational Part 1 Winner (Semi-finalist) (05/2024)

          • LG Electronics Target Lab (2022-2024) 

         • INHA Excellence in Teaching Award (2021)

         • TCI Outstanding Research Award for AMRL, Polymer Society of Korea (04/2020)

• Outstanding Young Faculty Awards, Inha University (01/2020)

• Conference Highlights, Euromat 2019 (09/2019)

• Excellent Lecturer, 21st KLCC Liquid Crystal Summer School (07/2018)

• Conference Highlights, SPIE Photonics West 2018 (02/2018)

• Outstanding reviewer (Top 10%), Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical (03/2017)

• 43rd NAMRC Young Reviewers Panel (2015)

• Best Poster Award, PPS-31 (06/2015)

• Best of Macromolecular Journals (2014)

• Nature Chemistry’s Altmetric top 10 (2013)

• Soft Matter Hot Papers (2013)

• Korean Government Scholarship, KAIST (03/2006 – 02/2008)  

• Dean’s List, Hanyang University (03/2002, 03/2003)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorial Boards

Polymer Science and Technology (Polymer Society of Korea), 2017-2018

Journal Reviewer

220+ reviews (Web of Science verified) including 

Nature, Nature Communications, Science Robotics, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, Materials Today, ACS Nano, Journal of American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 

Membership in Professional Societies

Lifetime member, Polymer Society of Korea (PSK)

Lifetime member, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE)

Lifetime member, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC)

Council member, Polymer Society of Korea (PSK) (2020-Present)

Committee member, Korean Liquid Crystal Conference (KLCC) (2017-Present)