People

Education

2013 PhD in Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (early graduation)

Thesis title: Soft-template synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots for optoelectronic applications (Best Thesis Award)

2011 MS in Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (early graduation)

2010 BS in Chemical Engineering and Physics (minor), POSTECH

Professional Experiences

2021 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women's University

2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women's University

2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University

2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH

Honors and Awards

2016-2024 Best Teacher Award, Sookmyung Women's University (9 consecutive years)

2024 Best Mentor Award, Sookmyung Women's University

2023 Sookmyung Professor of the Year Award (Education), Sookmyung Women's University

2023 Best Mentor Award, Sookmyung Women's University

2022 Best Industry-Academia Collaborator Award, Sookmyung Women's University

2021 Materials Horizons Outstanding Peer Reviewers Award, Royal Society of Chemistry

2020 Best Researcher Award, Sookmyung Women's University

2018 KIRD Educational Contents Contest Grand Prize, Korea Institute of Human Resources Development (KIRD)

2018 KSEE Teaching Award, Korean Society for Engineering Education (KSEE)

2018 Marquis Who's Who in the World

2017 Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering

2014 National Postdoctoral Fellowship

2014 Chang Kun Soo Thesis Award, POSTECH

2013 POSTECH Shortest-term Doctorate Record Holder (total 3.5 years) 

2011-2013 Graduate Research Award, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH 

2011-2013 Graduate Presentation Award, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH

2012 Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Insitute of Chemical Engineering (KIChE) 

2011 Best Oral Presentation Award, The Global Photovoltaics Conference (GPC)

2008 National Certified Engineer (Chemical Engineering)

2003-2007 National Engineering Scholarship