EDUCATION

•   Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2011

Ph.D., School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Advisor: Dr. William J. Koros)

•   University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL 2006

Bachelor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Cum Laude)

RESEARCH & INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Sogang University, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 9/2016 - Present

Associate professor (Green & Sustainable Lab) 9/2020-Present

Assistant professor (Green & Sustainable Lab) 9/2016-8/2020

Korea Institute of Science & Technology, 12/2012 - 8/2016

Senior research scientist

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 5/2011 – 11/2012

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 8/2006 – 5/2011

Graduate Research Assistant (Research Interest: Barriers and Membrane-Based Gas Separation)

Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Kiheung, South Korea 5/2006 – 8/2006

Summer Internship (Mentor: Dr. Yongsung Kim)

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Urbana-Champaign 5/2005 – 5/2006

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Prof. Richard I. Masel)

AWARDS & HONORS

Distinction List – University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (Graduation 2006)

Dean's List – University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (Fall 2004 and Spring 2005)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

•   Associate Editor for Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 1/2020 – 12/2021

•   Academic director for Korean Society of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC), 1/2020 – 12/2020

•   Assistant coordinator for the Separation Division of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE), 01.2018 – Present

•   Assistant director of planning for the Membrane Society of Korea (MSK), 01.2016 – Present

•   Peer Reviewer and Referee for Separation & Purification Technology, 08.2018 – Present

•   Peer Reviewer and Referee for Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 03.2018 – Present

•   Peer Reviewer and Referee for Membrane Journal, 09.2014 – Present

•   Peer Reviewer and Referee for Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 01.2011 – Present

•   Peer Reviewer and Referee for Journal of Membrane Science, 01.2006 – Present