Younjin Min is an Associate Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside

Education

Ewha Womens University, South Korea Environmental Sci. & Engr. B.S. 2000

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea Chemical & Biomolecular Engr. M.S. 2003

University of California, Santa Barbara Chemical Engineering Ph.D. 2009

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering Postdoc. Assoc. 2012


Research and Professional Experience

2019-present Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA

2013-2019 Assistant Professor, University of Akron, OH, USA

2010-2012 Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA

2003-2004 Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Biomedical Center, South Korea.

Awards and Fellowships

2018 Acta Biomaterialia Reviewer Award

2017 KIChE President Young Investigator Award

2016 PPS Early Career Award

2015 ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award

2009 The Schlinger Scholarship for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Research

2007 Chair’s fellowship, Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies

2007 Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara

2004-2005 Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) Scholarship

2000 Outstanding Graduating Student (Magma Cum Laude), Ewha Womans University, Korea

1999-2000 Honor Scholarships in Dean’s list, Ewha Womans University, Korea

Publications

5 publications most closely related to the proposed project:

B. Legg, M. D. Baer, J. Chun, G. K. Schenter, S. Huang, Y. Zhang, Y. Min, C. J. Mundy, and J. J. De Yoreo., (2020) Visualization of Aluminum Ions at the Mica Water Interface Links Hydrolysis State-to-Surface Potential and Particle Adhesion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142(13), 6093-6012, Link

Y. Zuo, Y. Zhang, R. Huang, and Y. Min., (2019) The effect of nanoconfinement on the glass transition temperature of ionic liquids Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 22-25, (2019) Link

Y. Min, M. Akbulut, K. Kristiansen, Y. Golan, and J. Israelachvili. (2008) The Role of interparticle and external forces in nanoparticle assembly. Nat. Mater. 7, 527-538, Link

J. Israelachvili, Y. Min, M. Akbulut, A.R.G. Alig, G. Carver, W. Greene, K. Kristiansen, E. Meyer, N. Pesika, K. Rosenberg, H. Zeng. (2010) Recent advances in the Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA) technique. Rep. Prog. Phys. 73 (036601), 1-16 Link

Y. Min, M. Akbulut, R. Prud’homme, J. Israelachvili. (2009) Measurements of forces across room temperature ionic liquids between mica surfaces. J. Phys.Chem. C, 113 (37), 16445-16449 Link


5 other significant publications:

Y. Min, M. Akbulut, N. Belman, Y. Golan, J. Zasadzinski, and J. Israelachvili., (2008). Normal and Shear Forces Generated during the Ordering (Directed Assembly) of Confined Straight and Curved Nanowires. Nano Letters 8(1), 246 -252 List

Y. Min, M. Akbulut, Y. Golan, and J. Israelachvili. (2008). Frictional properties of surfactant-coated rod-shaped nanoparticles in dry and humid dodecane. J. Phys.Chem. B 112 (46), 14395-14401 Link

P.C. Demuth, Y. Min, B. Huang, J.A. Kramer, A.D. Miller, D.H. Barouch, P. Hammond, D. Irvine. (2013). Polymer multilayer tattooing for enhanced DNA vaccination. Nat. Mater. 12, 367-376 Link

Y. Min, K. Kristiansen, J.M. Boggs, C. Husted, J. Zasadzinski, J. Israelachvili, (2009). Interaction forces and adhesion of supported myelin lipid bilayers modulated by myelin basic protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (Biophysics), 106(9), 3154-3159 Link

Y. Min, D.W. Lee, P. Dhar, A. Ramachandran, J. Israelachvili, J. Zasadzinski. (2011). Relating domain size distribution to line tension and molecular dipole density in model cytoplasmic myelin lipid monolayers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (Biophysics), 108(23), 9425-9430 Link

Synergistic Activities

  • Scientific Reviewer: (Manuscript) Materials Today; Advanced Functional Materials; ACS Nano; Chemical Communications; Soft Matter; Langmuir; Chemical Physics; Chemistry of Materials; J. of Materials Chemistry; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science; RSC Advances; J. of Physical Chemistry B; Polymers; Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology; International Polymer Processing; Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering; CrystEngComm; Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science; Progress in Organic Coatings; Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics; Coatings; Colloids and Interfaces; Acta Biomaterialia; and ACS Applied Polymer Materials and (Proposal) DOE; NSF-CBET; NSF-CMMI; ACS-PRF; Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal.
  • Session Chair and Co-Chair: AICHE, ACS CSSS (2014 – Present)
  • Coordinator, Conference and Session Organizer: ACS CSSS (2020), U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (2013-2019), PPS (2014), National Graduate Research Polymer Conference (2016)
  • Editorial Board Member (invited), Colloids and Interfaces (2016-Present), Coatings (2018-Present), and Tribology and Lubricants (2020-Present)