Principal Investigator

Dr. Tae-Hyun Bae

Professor

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

E-mail: thbae[at]kaist.ac.kr

Education

Ph.D. School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010

Ph.D. School of Biological Resources and Materials Engineering, Seoul National University, 2006

M.S. School of Biological Resources and Materials Engineering, Seoul National University, 2001

B.S. School of Biological Resources and Materials Engineering, Seoul National University, 1999

Professional Experience

Full Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2025-present

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2019-2025

Assistant chair of research, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Jan 2018-2019

Faculty research staff, Singapore Membrane Technology Center, Nanyang Technological University, 2013-2019

Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, July 2013-2019

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2010-2013

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Teaching Award, KAIST CBE, 2025

Impact Research Award, KAIST, 2023, 2024

Technology Innovation Award, College of Engineering, KAIST, 2023

Outstanding Faculty Award for International Cooperation, KAIST, 2023

Green & Sustainable Manufacturing Award, GSK-EDB Trust Fund, 2017

Doh Wonsuk Award for Outstanding Korean Graduate Students in USA, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2009

Best Paper Award, International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM), 2005

Editorial boards and Membership

Editor, Journal of Membrane Science (SCIE, IF=9.0)

Editorial board, Journal of Membrane Science Letters (SCIE, IF=4.7)

Editorial board, Membranes

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers

Board member, Korean Membrane Society

Invited Lectures

Keynote Lecture, 11th International Water Association-Membrane Technology Conference (IWA-MTC), Daegu, South Korea, 2025

Keynote Lecture, 4th International Conference on Carbon Capture Science and Technology, Hong Kong (online), 2025

Keynote Lecture, 2025 International Membrane Conference in Taiwan (IMCT 2025), Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2025

Invited Lecture, 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, 2024 

Keynote Lecture, 14th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS 14), Nanjing, China, July 2024

Keynote Lecture, 12th International Conference on Separation Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan, 2023 

Invited Lecture, MOF&Beyond (international session), Jeungpyeong, Korea, 2023

Invited Lecture, Memorial session for Prof. Sun-Tak Hwang, Korean Membrane Society Spring Meeting, 2023

Invited Lecture, International Membrane Conference in Taiwan, Taipei, November 2022

Keynote Lecture, 13th Conference of Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS 13), Singapore, July 2022

Invited lecture, International Conference on Materials for Humanity (organized by Materials Research Society of Singapore), Singapore (online), 2021

Invited Lecture, International Chemical Engineering Symposia, Japan (online), 2021

Invited Lecture, International Symposium on Porous Materials, Japan (online), 20220

Keynote Lecture, 7th Asia-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (AKC2019), Singapore, 2019

Invited Lecture, International Workshop on Process Intensification, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018

Invited lecture, 2018 International symposium on advancement and prospect of catalysis science and technology, Sydney, Australia, 2018

Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, 2018

Invited lecture, 4th International Conference on Advanced Electomaterials, Jeju, Korea, 2017

Invited lecture, Asia-Korea Conference on Science and Technology, Singapore, 2017

Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, USA, 2017

Invited lecture, International Forum on Strategic Technology 2017, Ulsan, South Korea

Keynote lecture at KIChE (Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting, 2015

5th Molecular Materials Meeting (M3), Singapore, 2015