Group members Kevin and Aden at the EIU Physics Students’ Research Presentation
Recognized for outstanding contributions to research at EIU (2024–2025)
Talk, 2025 ISAAPT Fall Meeting, Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL
title: High-Pressure Hydrogen Intercalation in Layered Materials: An X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) Study of Structural Modifications
title: Pressure-Harnessed Hydrogen-Rich Quantum Materials
Summer research Trip to GeoSoilEnviroCARS (GSECARS) at APS, Argonne National Laboratory (Kevin, Aden, Amber)
title: X-ray Diffraction Study of Hydrogen Insertion and Retention in Pressurized Layered Materials
Talk, American Physical Society (APS) Joint March Meeting and April Meeting, Anaheim, CA
A Paper has been published as an Editor's Suggestion in Physical Review B
Poster, 2025 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Winter Meeting, St. Louis, MO
A recent paper has been highlighted by the High-Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HPCAT)
A Paper has been published as an Editor's Suggestion in Physical Review B
Invited Colloquium, Department of Physics, University of Illinois Chicago
Invited Talk, Bilateral: 2024 The AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award I, 2024 Korean Physical Society (KPS) Fall Meeting (Zoom)
Trip to High-pressure collaborative access team (hPCAT) at APS, Argonne National Laboratory
Title: Exploring Hydrogen Storage: Micro-Scale Hydrogen-Graphite Mixtures at Moderate Pressure
to support Research presentation at the Joint March Meeting and April Meeting: APS Global Physics Summit in March 2025
Startup Funds ($19,970/year for 3 years = $59,910), plus a Stipend for one or two Students for mentoring in research ($6,500/year for 3 years = $19,500)
Research Award ($1,500), Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA), Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)
Invited Talk, Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA), 2024 AKPA Awards Ceremony (Zoom), June 2024