Curriculum vitae

Contacts

• Email: dseo81@gmail.com
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donghwa
• Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/2797792/dong-hwa-seo

Research interests

- Designing and characterizing materials for rechargeable Li/Na/K batteries at atomic scale using first-principles calculation

- Data-driven materials development for new functional materials using first-principles high-throughput calculations and Machine/Deep learning

- Defect chemistry of organic/inorganic materials for electrochemical devices such as batteries and catalyst using first-principles calculation

Research experience

• UNIST, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

-Assistant professor (December 2019 ~)

• Samsung Research America, Burlington, MA, USA

-Senior Research Engineer (October 2017 ~ November 2019)

• University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

-Associate Specialist (January 2016 ~ present, PI: Prof. Gerbrand Ceder)

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

-Postdoctoral Researcher (January 2016 ~ present, PI: Prof. Gerbrand Ceder)

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

-Postdoctoral Researcher (September 2013 ~ December 2015, PI: Prof. Gerbrand Ceder)

• Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

-Postdoctoral Researcher (February 2011 ~ August 2013, PI: Prof. Kisuk Kang)

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

- Advanced Energy Materials Lab, Research Assistant (February 2009 ~ January 2011, PI: Prof. Kisuk Kang)

- Computational Materials Science Lab, Research Assistant (March 2007 ~ January 2009, PI: Prof.Hyuck Mo Lee)

Education

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering (February 2009 ~ January 2011)

-Thesis title: First Principles Study on the Polyanion Electrode Materials for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

(Advisor: Prof. Kisuk Kang)

M.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering (March 2007 ~ January 2009)

-Thesis title: Molecular dynamics simulation of the diffusion of Au and Pt nanocluster on CNT

(Advisor: Prof.Hyuck Mo Lee)

• Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering (March 2000 ~ February 2007)

Honors and Awards

• IBA Early Career Award, International Battery Association Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea, March 2018

- For outstanding contributions to the design of electrode and electrolyte materials by using combined atomistic modeling and machine/deep learning methods

• National Research Fellowship, National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (2014~2015)
• Outstanding Poster Award, Fall meeting of Korean Battery Society (2009)

Selected publications

1. D.-H. Seo,^‡ J. Lee,^‡ A. Urban, R. Malik, S.Y. Kang, G. Ceder,* “The structural and chemical origin of the oxygen redox activity in layered and cation-disordered Li-excess cathode materials”, Nature Chem. 8, 692 (2016) ^‡equally contributed. (times cited: 210) Featured on News & Views of Nature Chemistry by Claude Delmas and LBNL News Center.

2. D.-H. Seo,^‡ K.‐Y. Park,^‡ H. Kim,^‡ S.‐K. Jung, M.‐S. Park, K. Kang, “Intrinsic Nanodomains in Triplite LiFeSO₄F and Its Implication in Lithium‐Ion Diffusion”, online published, Adv. Energy Mater., 8 (6), 1701408 ^‡equally contributed

3. D.-H. Seo, A. Urban, G. Ceder, “Calibrating transition metal energy levels and oxygen bands in first principles calculations: accurate prediction of redox potentials and charge transfer in lithium transition metal oxides”, Phys. Rev. B, 92(11), 115118 (2015) (preprint: arXiv:1507.08768) (times cited: 56)

4. J. Kim,^‡ D.-H. Seo,^‡ H. Kim, I. Park, J.-K. Yoo, S.-K. Jung, Y.-U. Park, W. A. Goddard, III, K. Kang, “Unexpected discovery of low-cost maricite NaFePO4 as a high-performance electrode for Na-ion batteries”, Energy Environ. Sci., 8, 540 (2015) ^‡equally contributed. (times cited: 150)

5. D.-H. Seo, H. Shin, K. Kang, H. Kim, S. S. Han, “First-principle Design of Hydrogen Dissociation Catalyst Based on Isoelectric Metal Solid Solutions”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5 (11), 1819 (2014) (times cited: 15)

6. Y.-U. Park,^‡ D.-H. Seo,^‡ H.-S. Kwon, B. Kim, J. Kim, H. Kim, I. Kim, H.-I. Yoo, K. Kang, “A New High-Energy Cathode for a Na-Ion Battery with Ultrahigh Stability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 13870 (2013) ^‡equally contributed. (times cited: 275)

7. D.-H. Seo,^‡ H. Kim,^‡ H. Kim, W. A. Goddard, K. Kang, “The Predicted Crystal Structure of Li4C6O6, an Organic Cathode Material for Li-ion Batteries, from First-Principles Multi-level Computational Methods”, Energy Environ. Sci., 4, 4938 (2011) ^‡equally contributed. (times cited: 37)

8. D.-H. Seo, H. Gwon, S.-W. Kim, J. Kim, K. Kang, "Multicomponent Olivine Cathode for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries: A First-Principles Study", Chem. Mater., 22 (2), 518 (2010) (times cited: 101)

Full Publications and patents

• 64 SCI/SCIE papers and 1 book chapter (link)
• 13 US patents and 3 KR patents

Google scholar citations = 8700, as of October 2019 (link)