EDUCATION

2013 – 2018

• Ph.D. in Department of Energy Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST (Advisor: Prof. Byeong-Su Kim), Thesis: Synthesis and Architecture-Controlled Assembly of Functional Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage

2009 – 2013

• B.S. double majoring in Chemical Engineering and Energy Conversion & Storage, School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, Thesis: Polymer and Silica Coated Separator for Li-S Battery by using Layer-by-Layer Method

RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021 - present

• Assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan

2019 – 2021

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas, Austin (Advisor: Prof. Allen J. Bard)

2018 – 2019

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul (Advisor: Prof. Byeong-Su Kim)

2017

• Visiting researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Advisor: Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov)

2011 – 2013

• Undergraduate researcher, School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan (Advisor: Prof. Byeong-Su Kim)

2011

• Visiting researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station (Advisor: Prof. Jodie L. Lutkenhaus)

2010

• Undergraduate researcher, Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy, UNIST, Ulsan (Advisor: Prof. Yongseok Jun)

HONOR AND AWARDS

2021

• Early Career Researcher Award, The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering, Busan-Gyeongnam Region

2019 – 2020

• Post Doc. Researcher Fellowship, Yonsei University Research Fund

2019

• IUPAC Poster Prize, Korean Chemical Society

2013 – 2018

• Global Ph.D. Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

2016

• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Energy Engineering, UNIST

2009 – 2013

• Academic Scholarship, UNIST