Professor

Contact Information

• E-mail: drygchung (at) gmail (dot) com

• Office Phone: +82 51 510-3757

• Office Location: 7th Engineering Annex Room 201, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Korea (South) 46241

Research Interests

• Molecular simulation

• Multiscale modeling

• AI for materials and chemicals

Academic Training

• Postdoctoral Fellow Chemical & Biological Engineering Northwestern University Jan. 2013 - Feb. 2016

• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Case Western Reserve University Jan. 2013

• B.S. Chemical Engineering Texas Tech University May 2007

Professional Appointments

• Mar. 2025 – current Professor
  School of Chemical Engineering (BKFOUR 21)
  Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (affiliated)
  Graduate School of Data Science (affiliated)
  Pusan National University

• Mar. 2020 – Feb. 2025 Associate Professor

School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University

• Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2025    Department Chair

School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University

• Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2024 Graduate School Chair

Graduate School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University

• May 2022 – Jun. 2022     Guest Researcher

Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology

• Jan. 2022 – May 2022 Visiting Scientist

Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Sept. 2021 – Dec. 2021 Visiting Researcher

Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

• Mar. 2016 – Feb. 2020 Assistant Professor

School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University

Honors & Awards

2025 PNU School of Engineering Excellent Researcher Award (Spring)

2024 I&EC Research Excellence in Review Award 

PNU School of Engineering Excellent Researcher Award (Spring)

2023 I&EC Research 2023 Class of Influential Researchers – Asia and Pacific 

PNU School of Engineering Excellent Researcher Award (Spring) 

2022 Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Emerging Investigator 

PNU School of Engineering Excellent Researcher Award (Fall) 

Service Award, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 

PNU School of Engineering Excellent Researcher Award (Spring) 

2020 Service Award, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers 

2017 Special Presentation Award, 2017 Joint Korea/Japan/Taiwan Chemical Engineering Conference 

2016 New Investigator Award, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers 

New Investigator Award, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 

Editorial Service

2024 - 2025 Editorial Advisory Board Langmuir (ACS Publication)

2022 - Current Editor Main Group Chemistry (IOP Publishing)