Junyoung Kwon (June Kwon)

Assistant professor (03/2024 - present) 

Pukyong National University, Department of Nanotechnology Engineering, South Korea 

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8630-0415

Education                                                        

Ph. D. (2016 - 2020)

Pusan National University, Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering, South Korea 

Advisor: Prof. Jaebeom Lee

M. Sc. (2014 - 2016)

Pusan National University, Cogno-Mechatronics Engineering, South Korea 

Advisor: Prof. Jaebeom Lee

B. Sc. (2010 - 2014)

Pusan National University, Nano-Medical Engineering, South Korea 

Work Experiences

• PostDoc, advisor: Prof. Silvia Vignolini (09/2023 – 02/2024)

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials, Germany                     

• PostDoc, advisor: Prof. Silvia Vignolini (09/2022 – 08/2023)

University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry, UK

• Research assistant professor with Prof. Jihyeon Yeom (05/2021 – 08/2022)

KAIST, DMSE, South Korea 

• PostDoc with Prof. Jihyeon Yeom (08/2020 - 04/2021)

KAIST, DMSE, South Korea 

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• Visiting student, advisor: Prof. Silvia Vignolini (2019)

University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry, UK

• JSPS exchange student with Prof. Enoch Y. Park (2017)

Shizuoka University, Japan

• Visiting student, advisor: Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov (2015)

University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ann Arbor, US

Fellowships, Grants & Awards

• NRF Excellent Young Researchers Grant (04/2024 – 03/2029)

• NRF International Postdoc Fellowship (09/2022-08/2023)

• KHIDI Biomedical Global Fellowship (07/2019 – 06/2020) 

• NRF Global Ph.D. Fellowship (03/2017 – 03/2020) 

Academic Service 

• Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Preparation and Characterization of Magnetic Nanomaterials", Materials (10/2025 - present)