Contact Information

• Office: 409 Walters Hall, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210

• Email: cyoo05@esf.edu

• Phone: 315-470-6516

• Fax:      315-470-6945

Education

• Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (Major), Biorenewable Resources and Technology (Minor), Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA, 2012

• MS in Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2008

• BS in Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 2006

Professional Experience

• 04/2024 – Present: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA

• 07/2018 – 03/2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA

• 08/2015 – 07/2018: Postdoc Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

• 09/2012 – 08/2015: Postdoc Research Associate, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Professional Affiliation

• 2025 – present: Associate Editor, Advances in Industrial Engineering Chemistry

• 2019 – present: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

• 2019 – present: Editorial Board Member, Applied Sciences 

• 2024  – 2025: Topic Editor, Genetic Engineering, Pretreatment, Thermochemical, and Biochemconversion for Lignocellulose Valorization, Volume II, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

• 2022  – 2023: Topic Editor, The Application of Green Chemistry in Biomass Valorization: Green Route, Green Catalyst and Green Solvent, Frontiers in Chemistry

• 2021 – 2022: Topic Editor, Biochemical/Biomaterial Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

• 2020 – 2021: Guest Editor, Recent Biomass Upgrading and Conversion Technologies, Energies

• 2019 – 2020: Guest Editor, Biorefinery: Current Status, Challenges, and New Strategies, Applied Sciences

• 2019 – 2020: Topic Editor, Advances in the Structural Elucidation and Utilization of Lignins, Frontiers in Energy Research

• 2019 – 2020: Guest Editor, Advancements in Catalytic Conversion of Biomass into Biofuels and Chemicals, Energies

• 2018 – 2019: Topic Editor, Advancements in Biomass Recalcitrance: The Use of Lignin for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals, Frontiers in Energy Research

• 2011 – present: Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)

• 2009 – present: Member, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)

• 2006 – present: Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Selected Awards and Honors

• SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities (2025)

• 2024 ACS Energy & Fuels Rising Stars (2024)

• ESF Exemplary Researcher (2023)

• ACS ENFL Early Career Investigator Spotlight (2023)

• NSF CAREER Award (2023)

• ACS CNY Section Award (2021)

• Robin Hood Oak Award - Distinguished Faculty for Teaching Excellence Award (2020)

• SOLAR 2020 Award - Advisor of the Year (2020)

• ORNL UT-Battelle Awards (2017)

• Supplementary Performance Award ORNL (2016)

• Gamma Sigma Delta (The honor society of Agriculture) (2012)

• Research Excellence Award (2012)

• Alpha Epsilon (The honor society of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering) (2011)

• Science and Technology Scholarship (Excellent Scholarship) (2006)

• Hanyang Fusion Materials Scholarship (2006)

Links

• Google scholar

• Research Gate

• Linkedin

• ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6179-2414

• SUNY ESF Department Web