Research Experience  

Sep 2023 –  Present Assistant Professor | Department of Energy Engineering at DKU, South Korea

                                      Assistant Professor | Department of Hydrogen Energy at DKU, South Korea

Sep 2020 –  Aug 2023 Senior Researcher | Clean Fuel Research Laboratory at KIER (Korea Institute of Energy Research)

 , South Korea

Feb 2017 –  Aug 2020 Research Scientist / Project leader | Electrochemical Energy Systems 

 at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Energy, Australia

 Group leader: Dr.Sarbjit Giddey, https://people.csiro.au/G/S/Sarb-Giddey 

Feb 2014 –  Feb 2017    OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship | Electrochemical Energy Systems at CSIRO Energy, Australia

                                       Supervisor: Dr.Sukhvinder PS Badwal, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/badwal-sukhvinder 

Sep 2013 – Jan 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher | Ertl Center for Electrochemistry and Catalysis

              / Research Institute for Solar & Sustainable Energies, GIST, South Korea  

 Director: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl / Vice Director: Prof. Dr. JaeyoungLee, http://ertlsymp2007.com/ 

Dec 2008 – Feb 2009 Visiting Scientist | Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany

                                  Supervisor: Prof Ulrich Gösele +

 Education

Mar 2010 –  Aug 2013 PhD | School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea

 Advisor: Prof. Dr. Jaeyoung Lee at GIST, https://env1.gist.ac.kr/ertl/index.do

 Mar 2008 – Feb 2010 MS | School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea 

 Advisor: Prof. Dr. Jaeyoung Lee at GIST, https://env1.gist.ac.kr/ertl/index.do

 Mar 2000 –  Feb 2008 BS | Department Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, SouthKorea

Committee

Feb 2024 – Present 충남테크노파크 ESG경영위원 - 외부 환경분과

Jan 2024 – Present The Korean Electrochemical Society (KECS, 한국전기화학회), 국문지 편집 위원회 (Associate Editor), 이사

Nov 2023 – Present 8th Ertl Symposium on FUndamental to Scale-up Electrochemistry, Ertl Symposium Secretariat 

Jan 2022 – Present The Korean Electrochemical Society (KECS, 한국전기화학회), 환경전기화학 분과, 총무간사

Jan 2022 – Dec 2023      Clean Ammonia Association (CAA, 청정 암모니아 협의체)

Awards

May 2022 제12회 미원상사신진과학자상, 2022년 한국공업화학회

                                 2022 KSIEC Spring Meeting, https://www.mwc.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=news&wr_id=120

May 2018            Scientist of the Month - May 2018, KOSEN21 (Network of Korean Scientists and Engineers Network)

                                 , Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, South Korea

Oct 2013 – Sep 2016 Network of Korean Scientists and Engineers Network (KOSEN) Expert

              Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, South Korea

          Excellent expert in Sep 2016

Jul 2012          Silver Prize, 2012 Material Picture Competition, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), South Korea

Nov 2009        Best Poster Presentation Award, 2009 Spring Meeting, The Korean Electrochemical Society, South Korea

Nov 2007        Excellence award, ‘1st Thesis Presentation and Science Conference’, Kwangwoon University, South Korea

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