Education

2007 – 2011: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Advisor: Charles F. Zukoski)

2007 – 2009: M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Advisor: Charles F. Zukoski)

2003 – 2007: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU)

Professional Experiences

2023. 03 – present: Associate Professor, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, SNU

2024. 01 – 2024. 07: Visiting Professor, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

2021. 03 – 2023. 02: Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, SNU

2018. 03 – 2021. 02: Associate Professor, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

2014. 03 – 2018. 02: Assistant Professor, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST

2012. 02 – 2014. 02: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University (Advisor: Richard A. Register) 

Awards/honors

2024 Lee, Byoungho Outstanding Lecture Award (이병호 우수 강의상), SNU College of Engineering (서울대학교 공과대학)

2024 selected as a member of the Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (한국차세대과학기술 한림원) 

2023 Young Investigator Award by the division of Transport Phenomena, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (한국화학공학회 이동현상 신진연구자상)

2021 Selected as one of the 2021 Emerging Investigators in Nanosacle 

(https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/NR/D1NR90087K#!divAbstract)

2021 10th Miwon Young Scientist Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 

2020 TCI 우수고분자연구실 (지도교수), Polymer Society of Korea

2020 OSK Rising Star 30, Optical Society of Korea

2015 Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Korean Neutron Beam Users Association

2012 Princeton Center for Complex Materials Fellowship

2011 Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award, the US chapter of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering

2010 9th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, 2nd Place Oral Presentation, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois

2009 8th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, 3rd Place Poster Presentation, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois

2008 Midwest Chapter Society of Cosmetic Chemists SCC scholarship

Memberships

Member of American Physical Society

Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering

Member of the Polymer Society of Korea (한국고분자학회) 

Member of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (한국화학공학회)

Member of the Korean Society of Rheology (한국유변학회)

Member of the Korean Society of Korean Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (한국공업화학회)