2026.09
Youngsik Park (박영식) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2026.04
The Chi Group was awarded funding from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (중기부).
2026.03
Hyejin Cho (조혜진) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
The Chi Group was awarded funding from "The Hyundai Motor Group (현대자동차)".
The Chi Group was awarded funding from "WISET(여대학원생 공학연구팀제 지원사업 심화과정)".
2025.09
The research project with the Hyundai Motor Group (현대자동차) was selected as an excellent industry-academic research project (우수산학과제). Prof. Chi will give a talk at "the excellent industry-academic achievement sharing meeting" (우수산학 성과공유회) in HMG TECH SUMMIT 2025.
Hyomin Choi (최효민) received "The research scholarship for master's students" (석사과정생연구장려금) from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
2025.05
The Chi Group was awarded funding for "Development of all-solid-state polymer battery for wearable devices that fit closely to the human body" from the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (산기평).
2025.04
The Chi Group was awarded funding from "WISET(여대학원생 공학연구팀제 지원사업 심화과정)" and "KBSI(선도연구지원프로그램)".
Our work on polycarbonate biodegradation by the enzyme has been featured in the media — 연합뉴스, 베리타스알파, 대학저널, 전자신문, etc.
Yukyung Jung (정유경) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2024.10
Jieun Lee (이지은) received "The Best Poster Presentation Award (우수포스터발표상)" at the 2024 fall conference of The Polymer Society of Korea (고분자학회).
2024.07
Juyeong Na (나주영) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2024.06
Prof. Chi received "The Excellent Teaching Award (우수교육상)".
2024.04
The Chi Group was awarded funding from "The Ministry of Environment(전남녹색환경지원센터)".
2024.03
Hyomin Choi (최효민) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2024.02
Prof. Chi was selected as a 2023 Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (MSDE) Outstanding Early-Career award winner and featured in the RSC — MSDE Blog.
2024.01
Yunji Kim (김윤지) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2023.12
The Chi Group was awarded funding from "The Hyundai Motor Group (현대자동차)".
2023.08
Hyung Gwon Kim (김형권) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
Jin Hui Jo (조진희) received a scholarship from 광주전남발전협의회.
2023.06
The Chi Group was awarded funding from "LINC+(Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation+, 링크과제)" and "National Research Foundation of Korea".
2023.03
Jung Won Kim (김정원) and Nara Han (한나라) joined our group as undergraduate students. Welcome aboard!
2022.09
Eun Ji An (안은지) and Jieun Lee (이지은) joined our group as undergraduate students. Welcome aboard!
2022.06
The Chi Group was awarded funding for "Technology development for preparing industrial feedstock from wPET using depolymerization method" from the Korea Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (에기평).
2021.05
The Chi Group was awarded funding for "Undergraduate Research Program (URP, 학부생연구프로그램)" from the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity.
Wang Chae Jung (정왕채) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2021.01
Seong Jin An (안성진) and Ki Jung Kim (김기중) joined our group as undergraduate students. Welcome aboard!
2020.10
Somi Yu (유소미), Yeon Jin Kim (김연진), and So Hyeon Park (박소현) joined our group as undergraduate students. Welcome aboard!
2020.09
The Chi Group was awarded funding for "BK21+(BK21 Program for Advanced Chemicals and Materials)".
Chang Oh Lee (이창오) joined our group as a graduate student, and Gun Young Ryu (류건영) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2020.06
The Chi Group was awarded funding for "LINC+(Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation+)" and "Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea".
2020.05
Inwoo Lee (이인우) and Da Hun Lim (임다훈) joined our group as undergraduate students. Welcome aboard!
2020.02
The Chi Group was awarded funding for a "Professional human resources training project for ICT convergence textile".
2020.01
Jin Hui Jo (조진희) joined our group as an undergraduate student. Welcome aboard!
2019.09
The Chi Group officially started.