Team

Principal Investigator

E-mail: ham.hyungchul@inha.ac.kr
Office: 60-1102 in 60th Anniversary Hall
Phone: (032) 860-7467/Fax: (032) 873-0181

Associate Editor,Frontiers in Catalysis (Modelling, Theory and Computational Catalysis Section), Switzerland (2022− present)
Associate Editor, New & Renewable Energy, Republic of Korea (2021− present)
Editorial Board Member, Membranes, MDPI, Switzerland (2021 − present)

Short Biography

Hyung Chul Ham (함형철 in korean) is currently Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Principal Investigator at Computational Catalysis and Energy Material Design Lab at Inha University. His main research area is the quantum mechanics (QM) and Machine Learning (ML) based atomistic modeling of catalyst and energy materials. Before joining Inha University as a faculty member, he worked for fuel cell research center at KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) for 16 years as principal/senior/junior research scientist. He received his PhD degree (focused on QM-based Computational Catalysis and Theoretical Chemistry) from Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. He hold MS and BS degrees of Chemical Engineering from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and Korea University, respectively. Click here for full CV and 이력서(한글).

Selected Publications

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Postdoctoral Researchers

S. Kamalakannan (카난)    

(2022.09 ~ present)

Ph.D., Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai, India 

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] CO2 reduction Catalysis 

E-mail: kamalakannan@inha.ac.kr

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Fourier

Shedrack Akpe G. (셰드렉)    

(2023.03 ~ present)

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Inha University

M.Sc. Process Technology, University of South-Eastern Norway, Telemark county, Norway

B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria, West Africa

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] biomass reforming catalyst for hydrogen production,Microkinetic modeling 

E-mail: shedrack.akpe@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Laplace

 Graduate Research Assistants (PhD course)

Eoyoon Lee (이어윤)
(2022.03 ~ present) 
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
INHA Graduate School Fellowship, Graduate Research Assistant 

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Inha University (2022)

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] Oxygen reduction and evolution catalyst

E-mail: eoyoonlee@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Planck

Hoyoung Lim (임호영)
(2022.03 ~ present)
Ph.D. Student (Part-time), Chemical Engineering
(He is a senior research scientist in Defense Agency of Technology and Quality)
INHA Graduate School Scholarship 

B.S. Chemistry, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] Nitrogen reduction 

E-mail: hoyoung.lim@inha.edu 

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Fermi

 Graduate Research Assistants (Integrated MS/PhD course)

Chi Hun Lee (이치훈) 

(2023.12 ~ present)

MS/PhD Student Researcher 

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] Plasma-driven CH4 Activation catalyst

E-mail: chihunlee@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Newton

 Researchers 

Ki Seong Song (송기성) 

(2021.11 ~ present)

MS , Chemical Engineering (2024.02)
Program in Smart Digital Engineering
INHA Graduate School Fellowship

Graduate Research Assistant  

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] CH4 activation catalyst

E-mail:arsenalsks@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Dirac

 Graduate Research Assistants (MS course)

Hyun Ju Lee (이현주)

(2022.03 ~ present)

MS Student, Chemical Engineering

Program in Smart Digital Engineering

INHA Graduate School Fellowship

Graduate Research Assistant

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] Nitrogen reduction catalysts 

E-mail:leehyunju09@inha.edu  

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Faraday

Elim Kim (김엘림)  (Lab Captain)

(2023.03 ~ present)

MS Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic:[Density Functional Theory] Oxygen Reduction Catalysis

E-mail:k011elim@inha.edu 

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Curie

Seok Jun Yoon (윤석준) 

(2023.03 ~ present)

MS Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S. in Chemistry, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] NH3 Decomposition Catalysis, CH4 activation

E-mail: a231580@inha.edu 

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Pauli

Junghyeon Han (한정현) 

(2023.01 ~ present)

Graduate Student Researcher 

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: (Machine Learning) Generative model for catalyst design 

E-mail: junghyeon.han@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Turing

Eun Seong Yoo (유은성) 

(2022.03 ~ present)

MS Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: (Machine Learning) Graph neural network for catalyst design

E-mail:eunseong@inha.edu 

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Schrodinger

Hyung Kyu Park (박형규) 

(2022.11 ~ present)

MS Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysis

E-mail: bhk6639@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Maxwell

Ju Hyun Yu (유주현) 

(2023.04 ~ present)

MS Student, Chemical Engineering

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Machine Learning/Molecular Dynamics] Force field development based on Machine Learning model for molecular dynamics application

E-mail: dbwngus119@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Oppenheimer

Jaehyun Park (박재현) 

(2022.09 ~ present)

MS. Student (Part-time), Chemical Engineering at Graduate School of Engineering
[He is a principle research scientist in Korea Testing & Research Institute (KTR)]

Research topic: TBD

E-mail:TBD 

Office: TBD

Workstation Name: TBD

 Undergraduate Research Assistants

JinSeok Kang (강진석) 

(2023.01 ~ present)

Undergraduate Student Researcher  

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] Oxygen evolution reaction 

E-mail: jinstone2001@inha.edu

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Bohr

Sang Hyun Joo (주상현) 

(2024.05 ~ present)

Undergraduate Student Researcher  

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: [Density Functional Theory] Microkinetic modeling, CH4 activation catalyst

E-mail: N/A

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: Dirac

Ye Hyun Son (손예현) 

(2024.07 ~ present)

Undergraduate Student Researcher  

B.S. Student in Chemical Engineering, Inha University

Research topic: TPD

E-mail: N/A

Office: 2S312 at Building #2

Workstation: TBD

 Former Group Members (last known position)

Postdoctoral Scholars

Graduate Students/Researchers

Visiting Graduate Students/Researchers

Undergraduate Student Researchers (who performed research projects in our CCEL team)

Undergraduate Student Interns