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Minju Chung, Ph.D.
Minju Chung, Ph.D.
Email: minjuchung@kaist.ac.kr | Google Scholar | LinkedIn
Minju is an Assistant Professor at KAIST in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Minju received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Prof. Karthish Manthiram and Prof. Yuriy Román. At MIT, Minju's research focused on electrochemical alkene epoxidation using water as the oxygen source. Minju worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. David Flaherty at Georgia Tech, studying the intersection between thermo- and electro- catalytic reactions. At KAIST, Minju aims to expand the breadth of (thermo-)electrochemical synthetic pathways by leveraging multiple driving forces and innovative reactor designs.
Education/Experience:
2025-present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2018-2023 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014-2018 B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University
Honors and Awards:
WIC Travel Award, AIChE Women in Chemical Engineering (2024)
Postdoc Poster Award, Catalysis Gordon Research Conference (2024)
Kokes Award, The 28th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (2023)
AIChE CRE Travel Award, AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (2022)
Hanwha Travel Award, Hanwha Solutions Corp. & Hanwha Total Corp. (2021)
Dow Travel Award, MIT Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Advisory Board (2019)
Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholarship, Kwanjeong Educational Foundation, Republic of Korea (2018-2023)
SNU Alumni Association Award, Seoul National University Alumni Association (2018)
National Scholarship for Science and Engineering, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (2016-2017)
Eminence Scholarship, Seoul National University (2014-2015)
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