Professor

Choongik Kim

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sogang University, Seoul, Korea  04107

Office: R605

Email: choongik@sogang.ac.kr

• Education

1999. 3 - 2003. 2   B. S. in Chemistry: Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Summa Cum Laude)

                               (Advisor: Seong Keun Kim)

2005. 9 - 2009. 6   Ph. D. in Chemistry: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL USA

                              Major Field: Polymer Dielectric Materials for Organic Thin-Film Transistors 

                              (Advisor: Tobin J. Marks)

• Experience

2000. 6 - 2002. 1     Research Assistant at Seoul National University 

2002. 2 - 2002. 6     Research Assistant at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehobot, Israel 

(Advisor: Gilad Haran)

2003. 3 - 2005. 8     Military Service in the Republic of Korea Air Force

2009. 6 - 2010. 12   Postdoctoral Associate at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA 

(Advisor: George M. Whitesides)

2011. 3 - 2015. 2     Assistant Professor at Sogang University

2015. 3 - 2020. 2     Associate Professor at Sogang University

2020. 3 -                  Professor at Sogang University

2022. 3 - 2023. 02   Visiting Scholar at UC San Diego

• Awards and Honors

2001 - 2003     Undergraduate Fellowship, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies

2003                Summa Cum Laude, Seoul National University

2005 - 2006     Department Fellowship, Northwestern University

2006 - 2008     MRSEC Fellowship, Northwestern University

2008                Conference Travel Grant (Spring and Fall), Northwestern University

2007 - 2009     Ryan Fellowship, Northwestern University

2008                MRS Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society

2009                Frank J. Padden Jr. Award (Finalist), American Physical Society

2010                IUPAC Prizes for Young Chemists (Honarable Mention Awards), IUPAC

2017                Best Teaching Award, Sogang University (Fall semester, 2016)

2017                Best Teaching Award, Sogang University (Spring semester, 2017)

2018          Aspire Award, Finalist, APEC (Representative, Republic of Korea)

• Membership

2015 - present     전략물자관리원 기술자문단 & 국제수출통제체제 안건검토 기술분위 위원

2016 - present     서울교육멘토 교육기부단 (서울시교육청)

2023 - 2025         서울교통공사 기술자문위원 (전자분야)

2024 - 2025         한국도로공사 기술평가위원 (전자분야)

2018                    Guest Editor for Energies (“Solar Cell Materials”)

2019 - present     Editorial Board Member - Coatings (mdpi)

2023 - present      Associate Editor - Frontiers in Electronics

2024 - 2025          Editorial Board - Surface Review and Letters