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, 한국에너지기술연구원), 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

Professional Service and Activities

Jan 2025 – Present 한국화학관련학회연합회 (Korean Union of Chemical Science and Technology Societies), 편집운영이사회, 편집이사         

https://www.kucst.org/main/intro_committee8.htm 

Jan 2025 – Present 대한화학회 (Korean Chemical Society; KCS), 환경에너지분과회 , 총무간사        

https://new.kcsnet.or.kr/branch_environmentenergy_member 

Jan 2024 – Present 한국청정기술학회 (The Korean Society of Clean Technology), 청정 융합부문위원회, 운영위원

                                        https://cleantechnol.or.kr/sector 

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

                                       https://www.kecs.or.kr/journal/introduction.php

Jan 2024 – Present 한국전기화학회 (The Korean Electrochemical Society; KECS), 환경전기화학 분과, 총무간사

                                        https://www.kecs.or.kr/about/organization.php?page=sub3

Committee

Jan 2025 – Present       당진시 수소특화단지 육성 실행 계획 - 평가위원

July 2024 – Present       고등기술연구원 특장차 수소파워팩 기술지원 기반구축 - 운영위원

Feb 2024 – Present       충남테크노파크 ESG경영위원 - 외부 환경분과

Feb 2024 – Present 76th Annual International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) Meeting  in German, Symposium Organizers

                                        Symposium 3 Electrochemical and bioelectrochemical synthesis of small molecular products

                                        https://annual76.ise-online.org/index.php

Jan 2024 – Present (사)한국독일네트워크(ADeKo), 회원

                                        www.adeko.or.kr 

Nov 2023 – Jul 2024      8th Ertl Symposium on FUndamental to Scale-up Electrochemistry, Ertl Symposium Secretariat 

                                        http://ertlsymp2007.com/bbs/content.php?co_id=0104

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

Regular Member

Undergraduate Internship Program