Education

     Ph. D. (Chem.E), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, U.S.A., 2015

     M. S. (Energy Con.), Korea University of Science & Technology (KIST campus), Daejeon, South Korea, 2008

     B. S. (Chem.E), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea, 2005

Academic Activities

     Scientific Committee Member, Korean Electrochemical Society (JKES), 2024 - present 

     Associate Editors, Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society (JKES), 2021 - 2023 

Professional Experience

     Associate Professor, Hankyong National University, 2022 – present

     Assistant Professor, Hankyong National University, 2018 – 2022

     Research Fellow, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea, 2017-2018

     Post-doctoral Fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, KSA, 2016-2017

     Graduate Research Assistant, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, 2009-2015

     Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea, 2008-2009

     Visiting Scholar, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, 2006 – 2007

     Graduate Research Assistant,  Korea University of Science & Technology (KIST campus), Daejeon, South Korea, 2005 – 2008

     Engineer, LG-Phillips LCD, Gumi, South Korea, 2005

Research Interests

     Fuel cells: advanced electro-catalysts for methanol and formic acid oxidation and oxygen reduction

     Next generation batteries: batteries material synthesis for the next generation batteries such as Li-sulfur and metal-air batteries

     Advanced materials: nanomaterials, , graphitized carbon and multi-functional composite materials