Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007 (Ph. D.)

Seoul National University, 2000 (B. S.); 2002 (M. S.)

Professional Experience

Science Community Activity

• Associate Editor, Nano Letter (LINK)

• Korea Representative (vice president of Young Korea Academy of Science) for Global Young Academy of Science (2018, 2019 & 2020)

• Member of SKERIC Science Diplomacy Academy (2024-)

Science Policy Activity

• Member, the 20th Korean government transition committee (total 18 members) (2022.3-2022.5)
– as one of total 18 members, being responsible for science & technology policy

• Member, Presidential advisory committee for science and technology (2022.5- present)

• Committee, Korean-American Educational Commission, Fulbright Korea (2023.6 – present)

• Panel, “Economic Security: Perspectives from Seoul and Washington”, CSIS (center for strategic &
international studies, Washington DC (2023.2)

• Panel, “Annual Geopolitics of Technology in East Asia, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University (2023.11) (https://fsi.stanford.edu/events/2nd-annual-geopolitics-technology-east-asia)

Honors

• “Posco Cheongam Award for Science”, 2022

• Selected as “NanoConvergence Young Investigator Award”, 2021

• Selected as “ShinYang Engineering Award”, Seoul National University, 2021

• Selected as “Ten major nanotechnologies in 2018” (Ministry of Science and ICT), 2018

• “2017 Young Scientist Award (Presidential award)” from Korean President, 2017

• Panel, “ROK-G7 Convergences on International Security”, Institute of International Affairs, IAI, Italy

• Selected as “Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium, 2017 (LINK)

• Selected as “Young Frontier” in World Economic Forum, 2018 (LINK)

• National Research and Development Top 100 Excellency Award, 2017

• Selected as “Ten Leading Young Scientists” (Korean Academy of Science and Technology and YTN Science), 2017

• Excellent paper award in XAFS field (KOSUA), 2017

• 21st Samsung Humantech Paper award (Energy & Environment, Samsung Electronics), 2015

• 20th Young Scientist Award (The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials), 2015

• Young Scientist Award, Environmental Energy Division, The Korean Chemical Society, 2014

• Pioneering Scientist Award (Korean Academy of Science and Technology), 2011

• Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability (MIT Environmental Solution Initiative), 2005

• Outstanding Ph.D thesis award (MIT), 2006