Professor

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, KAIST (2000)
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, KAIST (1995)
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, KAIST (1993)

EXPERIENCES

• 2025/01 - present Chair, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea
• 2011/09 - present Professor, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea
• 2002/09 – 2011/08 Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland WA, USA
• 2001 –2002/09 Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• 2000/08 – 12 Postdoctoral Fellow, KAIST
• 1995/9 – 1996/6 Visiting Student, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK,
• 1994/12 – 1995/6 Military Service

HONORS and AWARDS

• Chevening Scholarship (British Council), 1995 - 1996
• Outstanding Performance Award (PNNL), 2007
• Individual Performance Award (PNNL), 2009
• Key Researchers in100 Future Technologies (NAEK), 2013
• Young Catalyst Researcher (KIChE), 2016
• ShinYang Award for Excellent Young Faculty (Seoul National Univ. College of Eng.) 2017
• Prime Minister's Commendation (Korea Government) 2019
• ShinYang Award for Technological Innovation (SNU, School of ChemBioEng) 2020
• Best Lecturer of the Semester in the College of Engineering 2022, Sept.
• MCARE Material Award, Materials Division of KIChE, 2022, Oct.
• Catalyst Development Excellence Award, Asia-Pacific Societies of Catalysis, 2023, Oct.

PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Member, The National Academy of Engineering Korea (NAEK) (2023 - )
• Editor, Catalysis Surveys from Asia (2022 - )
• Editorial Board, Applied Catalysis A: General (2021 - )
• Associate Editor, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2017 - )
• Associate Editor, News and Information of Chemical Engineering (NICE) (2016 - 2019)
• Editorial Board, Clean Technol. (2013 - )
• Guest Editor
• Catalysis Today vol. 265 (2016), Special issue of Korea-Japan Symposium on Catalysis
• Catalysis Today vol. 293-294 (2017), Special issue of ISCCER
• Program Chair, Korea-Japan Symposium on Catalysis, 2015 May, Busan
• Secretary, International Symposium on Catalytic Conversion of Energy and Resources, 2016, June, Seoul