Professor

Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 2017

  • Academic advisor: Prof. Michael Corradini and Prof. Kumar Sridharan

• M.S., Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 2013

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea, 2011

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor, 2023 – Present

  • Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering and Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Energy Materials Technology, Pohang, South Korea

• Honorary Fellow, 2023 – Present

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Physics, Madison, WI

• Associate Scientist (Scientist II), 2020 – 2023

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Physics, Madison, WI

• Assistant Scientist (Scientist I), 2018 – 2020

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Physics, Madison, WI

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2017 – 2018

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Physics, Madison, WI

• Research Assistant, 2011 – 2017

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Physics, Madison, WI

Honors and Awards

• Best Paper Award at 2022 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, ASME, Third Place, July 1st, 2022

• Full Scholarship Award and Certificate, The Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation Summer School, Idaho National Laboratory, April 15th, 2020

• Best Team Presentation, The Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation Summer School, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 25th, 2019

• Full Scholarship Award and Certificate, The Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation Summer School, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 1st, 2019

• Best Poster Competition at 2019 TMS Meeting and Exhibition, First Place Prize and Second Place Prize, March 14th, 2019

• Graduate Excellence in Material Science (GEMS) Award, The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), October 27th, 2016

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

• 한국원자력학회 (KNS) 포상 및 장학위원회 위원, 2025~2026

• 한국방사성폐기물학회 (KRS) 사용후핵연료/고준위방폐물관리 소위원회 위원, 2024.5~2024.10

• 산업부 원자력R&D 예타사업 분과위원, H&P Partners, 2023.7-2023.11

• 글로벌 영 커넥트 차세대원자력분야 소재 기획위원, 한국재료연구원, 2023.8-2024.2

• ESCP member, Extended Storage Collaboration Program organized by Electric Power Research Institute, 2018 – Present

• TMS Nuclear Materials Committee member, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2016 – Present

• Editorial Board, Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, 2023 – Present

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