Principal Investigator

2024 - present | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, UNIST

2024 - present | Joint Professor, Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering, UNIST

2022 - 2024 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Depts. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry, UC Berkeley (Co-advisors: Douglas S. Clark and Peidong Yang)

2018 - 2022 | Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST (Ranked 1st in total grade point average) (Advisor: Chan Beum Park)

2016 - 2018 | M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST (Ranked 1st in total grade point average) (Advisor: Chan Beum Park)

2011 - 2016 | B.S., Chemistry, GIST (Summa Cum Laude; Ranked 1st in total grade point average)

2015 | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech (GIST - Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research)

2014 | Chemistry, UC Berkeley (GIST - UC Berkeley Extension International Program)

2011 | Chemistry, UC Berkeley (GIST - UC Berkeley Summer Sessions Program)

2024.05 | Regular Member at American Mensa
2024.05 | 미국 멘사 정회원

2023.02 | KAIST Cheonghyeon Creative Award (KAIST Chancellor's Award)
2023.02 | KAIST 청현창의상(KAIST 총장상)

2022.12 | Top 10 News in Science and Technology of the Year
2022.12 | 올해의 10대 과학기술뉴스(한국과학기술단체총연합회; 한국과총)

2022.02 | KAIST Global Leadership Award (Creativity) (KAIST Chancellor's Award)
2022.02 | KAIST 글로벌리더십(창의부문; KAIST 총장상)

2021.12 | Talent Award of Korea (Ministerial Award)
2021.12 | 대한민국 인재상(교육부 장관상; 한국장학재단)

2016.02 | Summa Cum Laude (Chemistry)
2016.02 | 최우등졸업(화학과)

2015.07 | GIST Information and Communication Engineering Contest (Silver)
2015.07 | GIST 정보통신공학 경시대회(은상)

2007.06 | Regular Member at Mensa Korea
2007.06 | 한국 멘사 정회원

2023.05 | Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)-Hyundai Postdoctoral Fellowship
2023.05 | 재미한인과학기술자협회-현대전자 포닥 장학금

2019 - 2022 | Global Ph.D. Fellowship
2019 - 2022 | 글로벌박사펠로우십(교육부 및 한국연구재단)

2015.06 | Caltech-GIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2015.06 | Caltech-GIST 여름 학부생 연구 장학 펠로우십

2014.02 | UC Berkeley Extension International Program Scholarship
2014.02 | UC Berkeley Extension 국제 프로그램 장학금

2014.06 | GIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2014.06 | GIST 여름 학부생 연구 장학 펠로우십

2011.06 | UC Berkeley Summer Sessions Program Scholarship
2011.06 | UC Berkeley 여름학기 프로그램 장학금

2011 - 2016 | National Scholarship for Science and Engineering
2011 - 2016 | 국가우수장학금(이공계; 한국장학재단)

2011 - 2016 | GIST Scholarship
2011 - 2016 | GIST 국비 장학금

High-Photovoltage Silicon Nanowire for Biological Cofactor Production
Journal of the American Chemical Society 145, 19508-19512 (2023)

Photoelectrocatalytic N2 fixation and C-H oxyfunctionalization driven by H2O oxidation
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 336, 122925 (2023)

Z-Schematic Artificial Leaf Structure for Biosolar Oxyfunctionalization of Hydrocarbons
ACS Energy Letters 8, 2513-2521 (2023)

Photoelectrocatalytic biosynthesis fuelled by microplastics
Nature Synthesis 1, 776-786 (2022)

Lignin as a multifunctional photocatalyst for solar-powered biocatalytic oxyfunctionalization of C-H bonds
Nature Synthesis 1, 217-226 (2022)

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide as a photocatalyst
Science Advances 5, eaax0501 (2019)

Biocatalytic C=C Bond Reduction through Carbon Nanodot-Sensitized Regeneration of NADH Analogues
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57, 13825-13828 (2018)

2025 to present | Introduction to Nanomaterials (MSE25301, Fall)
2025 to present | 나노재료개론(MSE25301, 2학기)

2025 to present | Electrochemical materials and devices (MSE60001, Spring)
2025 to present | 전기화학 소재 및 소자(MSE60001, 1학기)

2025 to present | Special Topic I: Electrochemical materials and devices (SE68101, Spring)
2025 to present | 반도체공학특론 I: 전기화학 소재 및 소자 (SE68101, 1학기)

2015 | Analytical Chemistry (CM3204, Fall, Teaching assistant)
2015 | 분석화학(CM3204, 2학기, 조교)

2013 | Physical Chemistry I (GS2202, Fall, Teaching assistant)
2013 | 물리화학 I(GS2202, 2학기, 조교)

2012 to 2015 | General Chemistry II (GS1202, Fall, Teaching assistant)
2012 to 2015 | 일반화학 및 연습 II(GS1202, 2학기, 조교)

2012 to 2015 | General Chemistry I (GS1201, Spring, Teaching assistant)
2012 to 2015 | 일반화학 및 연습 I(GS1201, 1학기, 조교)