Principal Investigator
The University of New Mexico
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office: 1463, Farris Engineering Center
Phone: 505-277-1932
Email: sungjinkim@unm.edu or sungjink@alum.mit.edu
Professional Experience
The University of New Mexico
Assistant Professor (2023-Present), Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Faculty (2023-Present), Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
Editorial Board Member (2026-Present), Discover Polymers, Springer Nature
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
R&D Staff (2023), Manufacturing Science Division, Energy Science and Technology Directorate
Postdoctoral Researcher (2020-2023), Chemical Sciences Division, Physical Sciences Directorate (Advisor: Prof. Tomonori Saito)
SKC Co., Ltd. / SK Group
Research Engineer (2011-2014), Advanced Technology R&D Center
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. (2020) in Materials Science and Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Niels Holten-Andersen)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
M.S. (2011) in Materials Science and Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Chan Beum Park)
B.S. (2009) in Materials Science and Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Suk-Joong L. Kang, Prof. Chan Beum Park)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Exchange Student (2008) in Materials Science and Engineering
Teaching
The University of New Mexico
Instructor (2024-Present), CBE561 Kinetics of Chemical Processes
Instructor (2023-Present), CBE461 Chemical Reactor Engineering
Instructor (2023-Present), BME567/CBE501 Graduate Seminar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching Assistant (2019), 3.091 Introduction to Solid-state Chemistry (Instructor: Prof. Jeffrey C. Grossman)