2023.09 – Present

Assistant Professor @ Dept. of Polymer Engineering, Inha University

2015.10 – 2023.08

Principal Researcher @ Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, KRICT

2017.03 - 2023.08

Associate Professor @ Dept. of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, UST (University of Science & Technology)

Education

2011.03 ~ 2016.02

Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea

Division of Environmental Science & Engineering

Thesis: Translating marine invertebrate biotools into advanced organic load-bearing biomaterials

Advisor: Prof. Dong Soo Hwang

Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Engineering; Major in Preparation & Nano-mechanics of Natural Polymer Composites

2009.03 ~ 2011.02

Hanyang University-KIST, Seoul, Korea

Department of Organic and Nano Engineering

Thesis: Dispersion state and physical properties of chemically coupled PET/T12 POSS composites

Advisor: Prof. Byoung Chul Kim & Seung Sang Hwang (KIST)

M.S. in Organic and Nano Engineering; Major in Preparation & Rheological Properties of Polymer Composites

2005.03 ~ 2009.02

Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Department of Organic and Nano Engineering

B.S. in Organic and Nano Engineering

Awards 

l  2013 Future Basic Science Leader (Award from the Minister of Education for Outstanding Students): 교육부 장관 표창장

l  2016 Best Thesis Award from Pohang University of Science and Technology 최우수졸업논문

l  2019 Award for Outstanding Researcher from KRICT 화학연 우수연구자

l  2020 Award for Outstanding Researcher from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy 산업부 장관 표창장

l  2020 Top 100 National R&D Project Award from the Minister of Science and ICT. 과기부 장관 표창장

   - 비닐봉투용 고강도 생분해성 플라스틱 제조 기술개발 (실무책임자)

l  2021 Top 100 National R&D Project Award from the Minister of Science and ICT. 과기부 장관 표창장

- 자가치유 물질기반 온도변화 감지필름 제조기술 (연구책임자)

l  2022, 국가과학기술연구회 (NST) 이사장상-과학커뮤니케이터