Introduction
Personal informatioin
Name: Young-Kyu Han
Title: Professor
Address: 26, Pil-dong 3-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, Department of energy and materials engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Republic of Korea
E-mail: ykenergy@dongguk.edu and ykhan1972@gmail.com
Marital Status: Married, Two sons
Birth: Jan. 1972, Seoul, Korea
Nationality: Korean
Education:
1990.3 ~ 1994.2 : B. Sc., Chemistry, Yonsei University
1994.3 ~ 1996.2 : M. Sc., Physical Chemistry, Computational Quantum Chemistry, KAIST "Ab initio study of structures of fluorocyclobutenes and MXY ( M = Ca,Sr,Ba ; X,Y =H,F,Cl,Br,I ) molecules", M. Sc. Thesis (1996).
1996.3 ~ 1999.8 : Ph. D., Physical Chemistry, Computational Quantum Chemistry, KAIST "Geometry optimization and force constant calculations with two-component spinor formalism and relativistic effective core potentials", Ph. D. Thesis (1999).
Experience:
1999.10. ~ 2000. 9. : Postdoctoral researcher, Tokyo Univ., Japan (JSPS fellow)
2000.10. ~ 2010. 3. : Computational chemistry team leader, LG chem., Ltd. Research Park, Republic of Korea
2010. 3. ~ 2013. 2. : Principal researcher, Division of materials science, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Republic of Korea
2013. 3. ~ 2017. 2. : Associate professor, Department of energy and materials engineering, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea
2017. 3. ~ present : Professor, Department of energy and materials engineering, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea
Japanese Language Proficiency Test : Level 2 (2003. 12.)
Research interest
Relativistic Chemistry (~2001)
Spin-orbit effects on atoms and molecules containing heavy elements
Actinide and superheavy (or transactinide) element chemistry
Relativistic effective core potentials (RECP) calculations
Two-component method and code development: Geometry optimization and normal mode analysis
Materials Computational Chemistry (2001~present)
Battery electrolyte: Electron transfer, reductive decomposition, and desolvation
Battery electrode: Lithiation mechanism and two-phase interface simulation
Homogeneous catalyst: Transition-state optimization and reaction energy profile
Heterogeneous catalyst: Water splitting (TMD and Perovskite)
Organic Electroluminescence material: Electron transfer and UV-Vis spectrum
Cluster Chemistry (2004~2012)
Ligand-stabilized metal cluster chemistry: Structure, stability, electronic structure, bonding nature of metal-ligand, electron shell closing model, superatom concept, and reaction mechanism
Metal cluster-fullerene chemistry: CV modeling, structure, stability, regioselectivity, electronic communication, and new-type M-C60 bonding mode
Team members
Research professor: Dr. Sung Chul Jung (2011~2017), Current: Assistant Professor, Physics, Pukyong National University from 09/01/2017.
Principal researcher: Dr. Hyung Jin Kim (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)
Assistant Professor: Dr. Sang Jin Lee (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)
Researcher: Mr. Keon Joon Lee (Computational chemistry, Chemistry)
Researcher: Mr. Jihun Oh (Computational chemistry, Chemistry)
Researcher: Ms. Su Jin Lee (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)
Researcher: Ms. Bo Hyun Hwang (Solid-state physics calculation, Physics)
Graduate student: Mr. Jaeho Lee
Graduate student: Mr. Jihoon Choi
Graduate student: Ms. Chae Won Kim
Administrator: Ms. Nan-yeong Song
See our group homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/emslab2013
Assistant professor: Dr. Yuvaraj Haldorai (2014-2017, Current: a ramalingaswami fellow, Bharathiar University)