Kyoungil Cho, Ph.D. (조경일)

Education

• M.S. and Ph.D. in Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University (2020, 08)

Ph.D. Thesis: "Synthesis of Microporous Organic-Inorganic Polymer Catalysts and Their Applications to Green Chemistry"

M.S. Thesis: "Post-Synthetic Modification of Microporous Organic Networks and Their Application to Heterogeneous Catalysis"

Advisor: Prof. Seung Uk Son (Sungkyungkwan University)

• B.S. in Department of Chemistry, Hannam University (2015, 02)

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor (2025.06 - Current)

Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University (CWNU)

Changwon, Republic of Korea

• Postdoctoral Researcher (2023, 08 - 2025, 05)

Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Advisor: Prof. Soon Hyeok Hong

• Postdoctoral Researcher (2021, 11 - 2023, 07)

Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia (UBC) 

Vancouver, Cananda

Advisor: Prof. Mark J. MacLachlan

• Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer (2020, 09 - 2021, 09)

Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan Universty (SKKU) 

Suwon, Republic of Korea

Advisor: Prof. Seung Uk Son

Awards and Honers

Sejong  Science Fellowship (NRF Korea) 2025-present

Sungkyungkwan Science Fellowship (SKKU fellow) 2021-2022

BK21 Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2021

The Best Publication Award, BK21 HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Sicence, 2020

The Best Publication Award, BK21 HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Sicence, 2019

Representative Publications  (‡equal contributions, *corresponding author)

[1] Catalytic and Selective Chemical Recycling of Post-Consumer Rubbers into Cycloalkenes

B. Park‡, K. Cho‡, K. Choi and S. H. Hong* Chem 2025, 11, 102625

[2] Uniform Growth of Nanocrystalline ZIF-8 on Cellulose Nanocrystals: Useful Template for Microporous Organic Polymers

K. Cho, Z. Li and M. J. MacLachalan* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202300960

[3] The rise of morphology-engineered microporous organic polymers (ME-MOPs): Synthesis and benefits

K. Cho, C. W. Kang, S. H. Ryu, J. Y. Jang and S. U. Son* J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10, 6950-6964

[4] Valorization of Click-Based Microporous Organic Polymer: Generation of Mesoionic Carbene–Rh Species for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Poly(arylacetylene)s

K. Cho, H. S. Yang, I. H. Lee, S. M. Lee, H. J. Kim and S. U. Son* J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2021, 143, 11, 4100-4105

[5] A one building block approach for defect-enhanced conjugated microporous polymer: Defect utilization for recyclable and catalytic biomass conversion

K. Cho, S. M. Lee, H. J. Kim, Y. J. Ko and S. U. Son* J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 15553-15557

[6] Hollow structural effect of microporous organocatalytic polymers with pyrrolidines: dramatic enhancement of catalytic performance

K. Cho, J. Yoo, H. W. Noh, S. M. Lee, H. J. Kim, Y. J. Ko, H. Y. Jang* and S. U. Son* J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 8922-8926