Jonggeol Na

I am currently in a postdoctoral fellow in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University working with Prof. Nick Sahinidis and performed visiting research with Prof. Richard D. Braatz at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I finished my Ph.D. in 2018 at Seoul National University in the lab of Prof. Won Bo Lee Lee and my first postdoctoral research at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology with Dr. Ung Lee.

My research focuses on addressing key computational challenges in the design and optimization of advanced process systems using tools from process systems engineering, machine learning, multiscale simulation, and mathematical optimization. Specific problem areas of interest include (1) autonomous discovery of non-intuitive process systems designs through artificial intelligence and multiscale simulations, and (2) conceptual design of non-traditional processes that improve sustainability in the chemical industry . The broad, long-term goal of my research is to develop process systems engineering tools that will lead to the discovery of new designs that could not be realized with existing techniques.

Here's my CV (pdf) updated: October 28, 2019.

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Jul. 2019 – Present)

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA USA
• Principal Investigator: Professor Nikolaos V. Sahinidis

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Mar. 2018 – Jun. 2019)

• Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Principal Investigator: Dr. Ung Lee

Visiting Student (Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2017)

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
• Host Adviser: Professor Richard D. Braatz

Education

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Mar. 2013 – Feb. 2018)

• Seoul National University, Seoul Republic of Korea
• Ph.D. Adviser: Professor Won Bo Lee
• Ph.D. Thesis on Computational science approach for design and optimization of sustainable process and its industrial applications

B.S. in Chemical Engineering with honors (Cum Laude) (Mar. 2009 – Feb. 2013)

• Seoul National University, Seoul Republic of Korea
• Minor Economics
• Senior Thesis Adviser: Professor Chonghun Han
• Senior Thesis on Quantitative analysis of heat exchanger network synthesis for applying theoretical networks to the real industry

Secondary Education in Science (Mar. 2006 – Feb. 2009)

• Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan Republic of Korea
• Adviser: Professor Jinho Oh
• Thesis on Synthesis of tripodal pseudorotaxane for making 3-D molecular building

Awards, Fellowships, and Honors

1. AIChE Travel Award, Hanwha-Chemical&Total, 2019
2. DAELIM Graduate Research Award, DAELIM, 2014
3. KIChE Best Poster Presentation Award, KIChE, 2014
4. Korea Process Simulation Olympiad Invensys Award, KIChE, 2012
5. Doosan Heavy Industry Green Energy Project 1^st place, Doosan Heavy Industry, 2012
6. Presidential Science Scholarship, National Research Foundation, Mar. 2009 – Feb. 2013