Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST
E-MAIL: yongjoon.cho@dgist.ac.kr
TEL: +82-53-785-6518
OFFICE: E2 Room 408
ORCID: 0000-0002-1199-0180
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
• Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, South Korea
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Chemistry
2025 – present
• Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Tobin J. Marks & Antonio Facchetti
2022 – 2025
EDUCATION
• Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
M.S.-Ph.D. Combined Course, Department of Energy Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Changduk Yang
Project: Structure Engineering of N-type Organic Conjugated Materials toward Next-generation Optoelectronics
2016 – 2022
• Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
B.S., Department of Energy Conversion & Storage for 1st Track
B.S., Department of Nano Chemistry for 2nd Track
2012 – 2016
HONORS & AWARDS
• Sejong Science Fellowship, National Research Foundation (NRF), 2024 – 2025
• Global Ph.D. Fellowship (GPF), National Research Foundation (NRF), 2017 – 2022
• GPF Annual/Stage Evaluation Results Outstanding Students, National Research Foundation (NRF), 2021
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 2020
• Graduate Scholarship for Research Assitant, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 2016