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Jaewook Myung is currently an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate professor of green growth and sustainability by courtesy at KAIST. Prior to joining KAIST, he was an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and fellow in the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity of Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2017 to 2019, and a postdoctoral research fellow at Pennsylvania State University from 2016 to 2017. He received a B.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at KAIST in 2011, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Jaewook’s interests are in developing eco-design principles for circular waste solutions. In this context, the Myung group, also referred to as the WITHLAB (Waste-Innovating Technologies for Humanity Laboratory @ KAIST), is engaged in multiple projects in the nexus of environmental microbiology, polymer chemistry, and waste management engineering. Jaewook is the Korean representative for 2022 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (“ASPIRE”), which is an annual award that recognizes young scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to both excellence in scientific research and cooperation with scientists from other APEC member economies.
Education
Education
(Ph.D.) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2016
(M.S.) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2014
(B.S.) Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, 2011
Appointments
Appointments
Associate professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, 2024–
Associate professor by courtesy, Graduate School of Green Growth and Sustainability, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, 2024–
Visiting scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2024–2025
Assistant professor by courtesy, Graduate School of Green Growth and Sustainability, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, 2023–2024
Assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, 2019–2024
Vising assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2019–2020
Assistant professor and fellow in Hunt Institute, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2017–2019
Postdoctoral researcher, Logan Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2016–2017
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
Best Paper Presentation Award, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC), 2025
Reader's Choice Award, KAIST School of Engineering, 2025
Excellent Paper Presentation Award, Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association, 2025
Best Presentation Award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (KSEE), 2024
Best Presentation Award, 2024 Foreign Environmental Researchers' Fair (FERF), 2024
Best Presentation Award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (KSEE), 2024
Academic Award, Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association, 2023
Excellent Paper Presentation Award, Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association, 2023
Excellent Paper Presentation Award, Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association, 2023
Best Presentation Award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (KSEE), 2022
Korean Representative for 2022 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 2022
Excellent Paper Presentation Award, Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association, 2022
Excellent Paper Presentation Award, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2022
Best Paper Award, Korea Society of Waste Management, 2021
CEE Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, 2021
Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, 2021
New Investigator Award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (KSEE), 2020
Sam Taylor Fellowship, United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 2018
Stella Porter and Lester A. Russell Award, Southern Methodist University, 2017
Travel Grant Award, CJ-Forum at US-KOREA Conference 2015 (UKC 2015), Atlanta, GA, 2015
Top Poster Award, 2015 Opportunity Job Fair, Stanford School of Engineering, 2015
ISME15 Travel Grant Award, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), 2014
KSEA-KUSCO Scholarships, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), 2014
ASM 2014 Student Travel Grant, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 2014
Top Poster Award, 2014 Opportunity Job Fair, Stanford School of Engineering, 2014
Samsung Scholarship, 2013–2016
STX Scholarship for Graduate Study Abroad, STX Scholarship Foundation, 2011–2013
Leon B. Reynolds Memorial Scholarship, Stanford School of Engineering, 2011–2012
Neukermans Family Graduate Fellowship, Stanford School of Engineering, 2011–2012
Salutatorian, KAIST Commencement, 2011
KAIST Honor Student, KAIST, 2010
Kim Younghan Global Leader Scholarship, KAIST, 2006–2007
National Science Scholarship with Highest Honor, Korea Scholarship Foundation, 2005–2010
Departmental Scholarship with top honor in CEE Department, KAIST, 2006–2010
Daedeok Science Complex Scholarship, 2004
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