Research Interests
High-Throughput Automated Synthesis & Characterizations on Metal Halide Perovskites and Colloidal Nanomaterials
Machine-Learning Integrated High-Throughput Explorations of Materials Synthesis and Accelerated Discoveries
Chemical Insights into Phase Growth Control & Crystallization Dynamics of Perovskite (Nano)Materials
Spatially Resolved Materials Characterizations Elucidating Structural-Property Relationships in Optoelectronic Materials
Mechanistic Study in Emerging Optoelectronic Devices & Materials
(Carrier Dynamics, Surface Chemistry, Interfacial Engineering, etc.)
Academic Experience
Research Member, Inorganic Luminescent Materials Research Group - (2025.01. - Present)
The Korean Information Display Society (KiDS), Republic of Korea
Assistant Professor - (2024.03. - Present)
Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Postdoctoral Research Associate - (2023.03. - 2024.01.)
Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturings (IAMM)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
Advisor: Prof. Mahshid Ahmadi and Prof. Sergei V. Kalinin
Visiting Project User - (2021.11. - 2024.01.)
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Postdoctoral Research Associate - (2021.11. - 2023.02.)
Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturings (IAMM)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
Advisor: Prof. Mahshid Ahmadi
Postdoctoral Researcher - (2020.09. - 2021.10.)
Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Advisor: Prof. Hyosung Choi and Prof. Whikun Yi
Education
Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea - Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (2014.03. - 2020.08.)
Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences
Advisor: Prof. Whikun Yi
Dissertation: Development of Novel Quantum Dot Optoelectronics Incorporating Carbon Nanomaterials and Their Charge Carrier Dynamics
Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea - B.S. in Chemistry (2010.03. - 2014.02.)
Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences
Awards
Miwon Commercial Co. Ltd. Early Career Research Award (미원상사신진과학자상)
The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC), Republic of Korea (2025.06.)
PSK-INNOX Early Career Research Award
The Polymer Society of Korea (PSK), Republic of Korea (2023.10.)
Best Dissertation Award for Ph.D. Thesis
The Korean Chemical Society (KCS), Republic of Korea (2020.10.)
Best Dissertation Award for Ph.D. Thesis
Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2020.08.)
Best Research Award for Young Researchers (post-docs & graduate students)
Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2020.03.)
Best Teaching Assistant Award
Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2016.08.)
Best Award for Thesis Presentation (B.S.)
Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2013.11.)