Principal investigator

Career

Deputy Director (2026. 02. ~ present) Engineering Education Innovation Center, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea​

Department Chair (2025. 07. ~ present) Chemical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea

Full Professor (2023. 09. ~ present) Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea

Associate Professor (2019. 09. ~ 2023. 08.) Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea

Assistant Professor (2015. 09. ~ 2019. 08.) ​Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea  

Postdoctoral Fellow (2013. 03. ~ 2015. 08.) National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States (Advisor: Dr. Thomas P. Moffat)

Postdoctoral Fellow (2012. 03. ~ 2013. 02.) Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea (Advisor: Dr. Jong Hyun Jang)

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Education

​Doctor of Philosophy (2006. 03. ~ 2012. 02.) School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea 

Thesis: "Study on electrochemical preparation of Pt-based catalyst for direct methanol fuel cell anode" (Advisor: Prof. Jae Jeong Kim) 

Bachelor of Science (2001. 03. ~ 2006. 02.) School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea 

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Selected Publication

​​Effect of interstitial alkyl chain engineering of anion exchange membrane for Improved CO2 electrolyzer

Joule 10 (2026) 102534.

Transition metal ion doping on ZIF-8 for enhanced the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction

Advanced Materials 35 (2023) 2208224.

​Dendritic gold-supported iridium/iridium oxide ultra-low-loading electrodes for high-performance proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 283 (2021) 119596. 

​Self-terminated electrodeposition of iridium electrocatalysts

Energy and Environmental Science 8 (2015) 3557.

​Development of a membrane electrode assembly for alkaline water electrolysis by direct electrodeposition of nickel on carbon paper

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 154-155 (2014) 197-205. 

Effect of morphology of electrodeposited Ni catalysts on the behavior of bubbles generated during oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline water electrolysis

Chemical Communications 49 (2013) 9323-9325. 

Academic Activity

학술운영이사, 한국세라믹학회 (2026. 01. ~ 2026. 12.)

학술연구위원회 실무이사, 한국전기화학회 (2022. 01. ~ 2023. 12.)

​무기재료분과회 산학연협력간사, 한국공업화학회 (2022. 01. ~ 2022. 12.)

운영위원회 편집운영이사, 한국세라믹학회 (2022. 01. ~ 2022. 12.)

​무기재료분과회 산학연간사, 한국공업화학회 (2021. 01. ~ 2021. 12.)

​연료전지분과회 총무간사, 한국전기화학회 (2020. 01. ~ 2021. 12.)

​무기재료분과회 총무간사, 한국공업화학회 (2020. 01. ~ 2020. 12.)

​학술이사, 한국재료학회 (2020. 01. ~ 2020. 12.)

​무기재료분과회 재무간사, 한국공업화학회 (2019. 01. ~ 2019. 12.)   

​학술분과 임원, 한국재료학회 (2019. 01. ~ 2019. 12.) 

무기재료분과회 섭외간사, 한국공업화학회 (2018. 01. ~ 2018. 12.)                                

편집운영이사회 편집운영이사, 한국화학관련학회연합회 (2017. 01. ~ 2017. 12.)   

기술지편집위원회 실무이사, 한국전기화학회 (2016. 01. ~ 2017. 12.)   

​​Award

학술발표상, 한국수소및신에너지학회 (2025. 11. 21.)

학술상, 조희욱 연구기금 (2024. 10. 16.)

연료전지 학술상, 한국전기화학회 (2024. 04. 04.)

​논문상, 대한금속재료학회 (2022. 04. 28.)

신진과학자상 우수상, 한국공업화학회 (2017. 11. 09.)