Education

• 2014.03 - 2019.02 Doctor of Philosophy

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea (Advisor: Prof. Ho Won Jang)

• 2010.03 - 2014.02 Bachelor of Science

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. Ajou University, Suwon (Advisor: Prof. Kyung Hyun Ko, Prof. Dong Wan Kim)

Professional Experiences 

• 2023.09 - Present Assistant Professor

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Incheon National University, Republic of Korea

• 2020.03 - 2023.07 Postdoctoral Fellow

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada (Advisor: Prof. Ted Sargent)

• 2019.03 - 2020.02 Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea (Advisor: Prof. Ho Won Jang)

Honors and Awards

• 2021.09 - 2022. 08 Nurturing Next-generation Researchers

“Development of Carbon Utilization Platform based on Heterogeneous and Nanoporous Metal Electrocatalysts”, 

National Research Foundation of Korea (0.45 billion KRW /1 year)

• 2015.03- 2019.02 Global Ph.D. Fellowship

"Heterogeneous Metal Oxide Nanostructure for Efficient Solar Fuel Generator", National Research Foundation of Korea

(1.2 billion KRW /4 years)

• 2017.10.17-21 Best Presentation Award, TU-SNU-UT Student Workshop 

• 2017.02.15 Best Poster Award, The 24th Korean Conference on Semiconductors

• 2017 Candidate for Global Empowerment Program, National Research Foundation of Korea

Representative Papers 

• [First author] Bimetallic metal sites in metal-organic frameworks facilitate the production of 1-butene from electrosynthesized ethylene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.146, 20, 14267–14277 (2024)  (IF: 14.4, JCR Ranking: 9.5 %) 

• [First author] Selective synthesis of butane from carbon monoxide using cascade electrolysis and thermocatalysis at ambient conditions, Nature Catalysis, 6, 310-318 (2023) (IF: 40.706, JCR Ranking: 1.818 %) 

• [First author] Tailored BiVO4/In2O3 nanostructures with boosted charge separation ability toward unassisted water splitting, Carbon Energy, e321 (2023) (IF: 21.556, JCR Ranking: 4.057 %) 

• [First author] Crystal facet engineering of TiO2 nanostructures for enhancing photoelectrochemical water splitting with BiVO4 nanodots, Nano-Micro Letters, 14 (1), 1-15 (2022) (IF: 23.655 JCR Ranking: 3.768 %). 

• [First author] Efficient water splitting cascade photoanodes with ligand-engineered MnO cocatalysts, Advanced Science, 5, 1800727 (2018) (IF: 17.521 JCR Ranking: 6.086 %). 

• [First author] Dominance of plasmonic resonant energy transfer over direct electron transfer in substantially enhanced water oxidation activity of BiVO4 by shape-controlled Au nanoparticles, Small, 13, 1701644 (2017) (IF: 15.153 JCR Ranking: 6.832%).

• [First author] Conformally coated BiVO4 nanodots on porosity-controlled WO3 nanorods as highly efficient type Ⅱ heterojunction photoanodes for water oxidation, Nano Energy, 28, 250-260 (2016) (Citation: 152, IF: 19.069, JCR Ranking: 5.217%).