Young-Moo Jo Ph.D.
Young-Moo Jo Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Materials Science & Engineering
Kyungpook National University
Mail: jym754@knu.ac.kr / jym754@gmail.com
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Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea (Mar. 1, 2025 – present)
Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA (Jul. 1, 2022 – Feb. 15, 2025)
(Advisors: Prof. Mircea Dinca) [link]
BK21 Research Professor, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Mar. 1, 2022 – Feb. 28, 2023)
M.S./Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2016 – Feb. 2022)
(Advisor: Prof. Jong-Heun Lee) [link]
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2010 – Feb. 2016)
Director of Industry–Academia Cooperation, The Korean Sensors Society (Dec. 2025 – present)
Co-organizer of Materials and Devices for Smart Sensors, GCIM2026 (Sep. 2025 – Jun.2026)
Early Career Editorial Board Member of Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering, AIP Publishing (Nov. 2025 – Oct.2026)
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Program Organizer of Korea Univ.– Kyushu Univ. Student Joint Workshop, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Nov. 11 – Nov. 13, 2019)
(Advisors: Prof. Jong-Heun Lee and Prof. Kengo Shimanoe) [link]
Visiting Student (Block Course of Chemical Sensors), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (Mar. 4 – Mar. 15, 2019)
(Advisors: Prof. Udo Weimer and Dr. Nicolae Barsan) [link] [link]
Visiting Student, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russia (Aug. 27 – Aug. 31, 2018)
(Advisors: Prof. Nikolay Samotaev) [link]
Visiting Student (Signal processing of chemical sensor array), Kangwon National University, Samcheok, Korea (Jul. 7 – Jul. 24, 2018)
(Advisors: Prof. Hyung-Gi Byun) [link]
[Non-academic career] Military Service, ROK Army 7th Infantry Division Air Defence, Hwacheon, Korea (Jan. 30, 2012 – Oct. 29, 2013)
Sejong Science Fellowship Grant ($100,000/year); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) by the Korea government, Korea
(Mar. 2022~Feb. 2027), given to 311 researchers out of postdoctoral researchers.
“Project: Room Temperature High Performance Gas Sensor using Light-Activated Metal-Organic Frameworks”
Postdoctoral Fellowship ($32,200); Brain Korea 21 PLUS (BK21 PLUS); Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea
(Mar. 2022~ Feb. 2023)
KU Achievement Award; Korea University, Korea (Feb. 2022), given to 32 graduate students out of 8700.
Best Paper Award; BK21 Plus Program in Korea University, Korea (Feb. 2022)
Best Paper Award; Korea University, Korea (Aug. 2021)
Best Paper Presentation Award; Korea Sensors Society, Korea (Nov. 2018)
Best Poster Paper Award; International Union of Materials Research Societies-ICEM 2018, Korea (Aug. 2018)