Professor

Major Work Experiences

• Associate Professor in Dept. Organic Materials Engineering, Chungnam National University (09/2025 ~ ) [link]

• Assistant Professor in Dept. Organic Materials Engineering, Chungnam National University (03/2022 ~ 08/2025)

• Senior Researcher, 40M SANS Beamline Scientist in HANARO, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (01/2019 ~ 02/2022) [link]

• NIST-CHiMaD Postdoctoral Fellow in The University of Chicago (PI: Prof. Paul F. Nealey) (02/2018 ~ 12/2018) [link]

• Postdoctoral Researcher in Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST (PI: Prof. Sang Ouk Kim) (03/2017 ~ 02/2018) [link]

Education

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST (02/2017)

• M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST (02/2013)

• B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University (02/2011)

Honors and Awards

• 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) [link]

• 2024 충남대학교 최우수강의상, 충남대학교 (Top 4 ranked out of 935 professors over the university) [link]

• 2023 미원상사신진과학자상, 한국공업화학회 [link]

• 2016 한국과학기술한림원 최우수 젊은과학자 그룹 멤버 선정

Professional Associations and Activities

＊Domestic

• 한국섬유공학회: 기획부위원장(2026 - current), 학술위원(2025), 평의원(2024 - current), 편집위원(Textile Science and Engineering, 2026 - Current), 편집위원(섬유기술과 산업, 2024)

• 한국고분자학회: 평의원(2026 - current), 편집위원(Polymer(Korea), 2023 - current), 편집위원(고분자 과학과 기술, 2020-2022, 2024 - 2025), 분자전자부문위 운영간사(2024 - current)

• 한국전기전자재료학회: 편집위원(전기전자재료학회논문지, 2024 - current)

＊International

• Asian Textile Conference 18 (ATC-18), Secretariat member [link]

• 2025 MRS Spring meeting, Symposium Organizer, "EL02: Innovations in Directed Self-Assembly for Next-Generation Nanomanufacturing"  [link]

• ENGE 2024, Session Organizer, "Advanced X-ray and Neutron Analysis"  [link]

• KJF-ICOMEP 2024, Committee member