Research interests

    - Designing and characterizing materials for rechargeable Li/Na/K batteries at atomic scale using first-principles calculation

    - Data-driven materials development for new functional materials using first-principles high-throughput calculations and Machine/Deep learning

Research experience

• KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea: Associate professor (2023.05 ~ )

• UNIST, Ulsan, Republic of Korea: Assistant professor (2019.12 ~ 2023.04)

• Nano Research Energy : Youth Editorial Board (2022~) 

• EcoMat: Young Advisory Board Member (2022~)

• Samsung Research America, Burlington, MA, USA: Senior Research Engineer (2017 ~ 2019)

• University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA: Associate Specialist (2016 ~ 2017, PI: Prof. Gerbrand Ceder)

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA: Postdoctoral Researcher (2013 ~ 2015, PI: Prof. Gerbrand Ceder)

• Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea: Postdoctoral Researcher (2011 ~ 2013, PI: Prof. Kisuk Kang)

Education

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

        Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Feb. 2009 ~ Jan. 2011, advisor: Prof. Kisuk Kang)

        M.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Mar. 2007 ~ Jan. 2009, advisor: Prof.Hyuck Mo Lee)

• Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea

        B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Mar. 2000 ~ Feb. 2007)

Selected publications

1. Dong-Hwa Seo,‡ J. Lee,‡ A. Urban, R. Malik, S. Kang, G. Ceder,* “The structural and chemical origin of the oxygen redox activity in layered and cation-disordered Li-excess cathode materials”, Nature Chem., 8, 692 (2016) ‡equally contributed (1,003 times cited)
2. W. Zhang,‡ Dong-Hwa Seo,‡ T. Chen,‡ L. Wu, M. Topsakal, Y. Zhu, D. Lu, G. Ceder,* F. Wang,* “Kinetic Pathways of Ionic Transport in Fast Charging Lithium Titanate”, Science, 367 (6481) 1030 (2020), ‡equally contributed (161 times cited)
3. S. B. Ma, H. J. Kwon, M. Kim, S.-M. Bak, H. Lee, S. N. Ehrlich, J.-J. Cho, D. Im, Dong-Hwa Seo*, “Mixed ionic–electronic conductor of perovskite LixLayMO3-δ toward carbon-free cathode for reversible lithium–air batteries", Adv. Energy Mater., 10 (31) 2001151 (2020), selected as a front cover
4. J. Hwang, S. Myeong, E. Lee, H. Jang, M. Yoon, H. Cha, J. Sung, M. G. Kim*, Dong‐Hwa Seo*, J. Cho*, “Lattice‐Oxygen‐Stabilized Li‐ and Mn‐Rich Cathodes with Sub‐Micrometer Particles by Modifying the Excess‐Li Distribution”, Adv. Mater., 33, 2100352 (2021)
5. J. Lee†*, C. Wang†, R. Malik, Y. Dong, Y. Huang, Dong-Hwa Seo*, J. Li*, “Determining the criticality of Li-excess for disordered-rocksalt Li-ion battery cathodes”, Adv. Energy Mater., 11, 2100204 (2021)
6. E. Lee, T.-U. Wi, J. Park, S.-W. Park, D. H. Lee, M.-H. Kim, B.-C. Park, C. Jo, R. Malik, T. J. Shin, S. J. Kang, H.-W. Lee*, J. Lee*, Dong-Hwa Seo*, “Nanocomposite engineering of a high-capacity partially ordered cathode for Li-ion batteries”, Adv. Mater., online published (2023), selected as a front cover
7. H. Kwak,† J.-S. Kim,† D. Han,† J. S. Kim, J. H. Park, G. Kwon, S. M. Bak, H.-W. Lee, K.-W. Nam,* Dong-Hwa Seo,* Y. S. Jung*, “Interfacial Superionic Conduction Boosted in Halide Nanocomposite Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries”, Nature Commun., in press (2023)

Honors and Awards

• Highly Cited Researchers (HCR), Cross-field, Clarivate (2022)

• POSCO Science Fellowship, POSCO TJ Park Foundation (2022~2024)

• IBA Early Career Award, International Battery Association Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea, March 2018

- For outstanding contributions to the design of electrode and electrolyte materials by using combined atomistic modeling and machine/deep learning methods

• National Research Fellowship, National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (2014~2015)

Full Publications and patents

• 86 SCI/SCIE papers and 1 book chapter (link)

• 8 US patents, 2 EP patents, 1 CN patents, 2 JP patents, 5 KR patents holding (granted and currently active), and 20 US patents, 11 EP patents, 11 CN patents, 35 KR patents, 1 HU patent, 1 PL patent, 2 JP patents  filing (pending)

Google scholar citations = 17,502, as of March 2024 (link)