Principal Investigator

Education

M.S. & Ph.D. 2015-2019 

   School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University (Advisor: Taeghwan Hyeon)

   B.S. 2009-2015 (Military duty: 2010-2012)

   College of Liberal Studies, Seoul National University (Dual Degree: Chemical & Biological Engineering and Business Administration) 

   Professional Experiences

Editorial Board Member (2024 - )

   Catal, Springer Nature

   Assistant Professor (2023 - )

   Department of Integrative Energy Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

   KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

   Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2021-2023)

   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto (Advisor: Edward H. Sargent) 

   Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2019-2021)

   School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University (Advisor: Taeghwan Hyeon)

   Awards and Honors

Invited speaker, Sweden-Republic of Korea Academy of Science Collaboration @ Italy (2024)

Alumnus, 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Conference @ Germany  (2022)

Dongjin Science Best Research Award, Seoul National University (2019)

National Science & Technology Scholarship, Republic of Korea (2009-2015)

Representative Publications (First and Corresponding Author only)

1. "Photochemical tuning of dynamic defects for high-performance atomically dispersed catalysts."

Nature Materials 2024, Advanced Online Publication. (IF=47.7, Nature Brand Journal)

2. “Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis.”  

Nature Catalysis 2023, 6, 234-243. (IF=41.8, Nature Brand Journal) 

3.  “A silver-copper oxide catalyst for acetate electrosynthesis from carbon monoxide.” 

Nature Synthesis 2023, 2, 448-457. (Nature Brand Journal)

4. “CO2 Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products from Carbonate Capture Liquid.” 

Joule 2023, 7, 1-12. (IF=46.0, Cell Brand Journal)

5. “Atomic-level Tuning of Co-N-C Catalyst for High-Performance Electrochemical H2O2 Production.” 

Nature Materials 2020, 19, 436-442. (IF=47.7, Nature Brand Journal)

6. “Reversible and Cooperative Photoactivation of Single-Atom Cu/TiO2 photocatalysts.” 

Nature Materials 2019, 18, 620-626. (IF=47.7, Nature Brand Journal)

7. “Electronic interaction between transition metal single-atoms and anatase TiO2 boosts CO2 photoreduction with H2O.” 

Energy & Environmental Science 2022. 15, 601-609. (IF=39.7, Flagship Journal in Energy)

8. “Designing atomically dispersed Au on tensile-strained Pd for efficient CO2 electroreduction to formate.”

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 5386-5395.  (IF=16.4, Flagship Journal in Chemistry)

9. “Operando Identification of Chemical and Structural Origin of Li-Ion Battery Aging at Near-Ambient Temperature.” 

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 13406-13414. (IF=16.4, Flagship Journal in Chemistry)

10. “Engineering Titanium Dioxide Nanostructures for Enhanced Lithium-Ion Storage.” 

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 16676-16684. (IF=16.4, Flagship Journal in Chemistry)