Research Experience

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Sep. 2024 - Present                   Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA​​

Advisor: Prof. Shannon S. Stahl (https://stahl.chem.wisc.edu)​

# Project: Redox-mediated electrochemical technologies for lithium-ion battery recycling

# National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) award: Sep. 2024 – Aug. 2025

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Feb. 2024 - July 2024               Visiting Scholar

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA​​

Advisor: Prof. Shannon S. Stahl

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Sep. 2022 - Aug. 2024               Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST)

Advisor: Prof. Tae-Hyuk Kwon

# NRF award: Sep. 2022 – Aug. 2024
# Project: Photoelectrochemical cells using nitroxyl radical mediators

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Education

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Mar. 2016 - Aug. 2022               M.S. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, UNIST​​

Advisor: Prof. Tae-Hyuk Kwon (https://www.kwon90.com)​

# Thesis: Electronic coupling engineering of π-conjugated organic materials for energy conversion and storage

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Mar. 2012 - Feb. 2016                 B.S. in Energy Engineering and Chemistry

School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST

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Research Grants (Awards)

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Sep. 2024 - Aug. 2025              Sejong Science Fellowship Grants Overseas Training Track (NRF award)

# Principal Investigator, Awarded total 73,500,000 KRW (~$50,700) for one year

# Title: Electrochemical direct recycling of cathode materials in spent Li-ion batteries using redox mediators
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Sep. 2022 - Aug. 2024              Domestic Postdoctoral Training Program (NRF award)

# Principal Investigator, Awarded total 120,000,000 KRW (~$82,800) for two years
# Title: Development of cross-linkable robust photosensitizers for upcycling lignin via photo-electrochemical reactions

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Awards

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Feb. 16, 2024                                UNIST Best Research Award 

# The award for outstanding research achievement as one of the top two researchers in the class of 2023 graduates from the Department of Chemistry, UNIST.

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Jun. 08, 2022                              Best Poster Award, GPVC 2022 

# The largest international photovoltaic conference in the Republic of Korea since 2011.

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Nov. 12, 2020                               Excellent Student Paper Award, PVSEC-30 & GPVC 2020

# The international photovoltaic science and engineering conference.

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Feb. 11, 2020                                The Samsung 26th Humantech Paper Award – Bronze Prize

# The largest paper competition for graduate students in the Republic of Korea.
# Research section: Material Science & Engineering

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Oct. 19, 2019                                Best Poster Presentation Award, the 19th Organic Chemistry Division of KCS 

# One of the largest academic conferences in the Republic of Korea