Education

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea  (2020.8)

Ph.D. School of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Research Advisor: Prof. Jang Wook Choi

Thesis: Design and analysis of organic molecules for lithium metal and aluminum complex ion batteries

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea  (2017.2)

M.S. Graduate School of EEWS (Energy, Environment, Water, Sustainability)

Research Advisor: Prof. Jang Wook Choi

Thesis: Aluminum metal-based high efficiency energy storage system development

Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2015.2)

B.S. Material Science and Engineering (double-major: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)

Work and Research Experience

Assistant Professor, 2022.03 – present

School of Mechanical Engineering,

Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Postdoctoral Research Associate,  2021.04 – 2022.02

Advanced Electrolyte Team, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division,

Argonne National Laboratory, IL, US

Advisor: Dr. Zhengcheng (John) Zhang 

Postdoctoral Research Associate,  2020.09 – 2021.03

School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Institute of Chemical Processes,

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea                   

Advisor: Prof. Jang Wook Choi                    

Awards and Honors

• POSCO Science Fellowship (in energy materials field), POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Jan 2026

• Battery Young Investigator Award, Fall Conference of the Korean Electrochemical Society, Nov 2025

• Encouragement Award, 8th KSME-SEMES Open Innovation Challenge, Nov 2023

• Miwon Young Investigator Award, Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, May 2023

• POSCO Science Fellowship (Post-Doc in energy materials field), POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Jan 2021

• Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Fostering Next Generation Researchers Program (Post-Doc Domestic Training), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Sep 2020

• Shinyang Young Investigator Award, Shinyang Foundation, Seoul National University, Jun 2019

• User Paper Award, Seoul National University Center for Inter-University Research Facilities (NCIRF), Apr 2019

• Full Scholarship in B.S. degree, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF), 2008-2014

Selected Publications

• Joule, 2025, 9, 102046 (IF=38.6)
  "Alleviating Kinetical Delamination Induced by Localized Cathode Contact via Electrochemo-Mechanical Coupled Modeling in All-Solid-State Batteries" 

• Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 4763 (IF=16.6)
  "Shear Force Effect of the Dry Process on Cathode Contact Coverage in All-Solid-State Batteries"

• Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2386 (IF=14.919)
  "Tetradiketone macrocycle for divalent aluminium ion batteries" 

• Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 14869 (IF=15.336)
  “Fluorinated Aromatic Diluent for High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries” 

• Advanced  Materials, 2019, 31, 1901645 (IF=30.849)
  “Highly Elastic Polyrotaxane Binders for Mechanically Stable Lithium Hosts in Lithium Metal Batteries” 

• Nature Energy, 2019, 14, 51 (IF=60.858)
  “Rechargeable Aluminium Organic Batteries”