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
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