professor

Jong Uk Kim, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) 

Education

2015 – 2022 Doctor of Philosophy
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
School of Chemical Engineering
Thesis: Multiscale Hierarchical Architectures Based on Lithographic Techniques for Efficient Light-to-Heat Conversion
Advisor: Prof. Tae-il Kim

2009 – 2015 Bachelor of Science
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
School of Chemical Engineering 

Research Appointments

2022 – 2026 Post-doctoral Associate/Fellow
Northwestern University, Evanston, U.S.
Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB)
Advisor: Prof. John A. Rogers

2022 Post-doctoral Associate
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
School of Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Tae-il Kim

2019 – 2020 Visiting Scholar
Northwestern University, Evanston, U.S.
Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB)
Advisor : Prof. John A. Rogers

Awards & Honors

2024 Best Mentor for the Summer 2024 Quarter, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB), U.S.

2023 – 2025 Sejong Science Fellowship Oversea Track, National Research Foundation of Korea

2021 Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, The Korean Institute of Chemical engineering (KIChE)

2018 BASF International Internship, Ludwigshafen, Germany 

2017 Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Korean GPF conference

2017 Best Presentation Award, HUST–SKKU Bilateral Graduate Student Workshop, Wuhan, China

2016 Hoimyung research award, The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (KIChE) 

2016 – 2021 Global Ph.D Fellowship (GPF), National Research Foundation of Korea

2016 Bronze Prize, 22nd Human Tech. (1st Author), Samsung Electronics Co.

2015 Visiting Student, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (UIUC), U.S.

2013, 2014 Choo-gang Scholarship, School of Chemical Engineering, SKKU 

2009, 2012 Academic Excellence Scholarship, School of Chemical Engineering, SKKU