Professor

Research Experience 

• 2026.09 ~ present : Professor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University (SNU)    

• 2021.03 ~ 2026.09 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University (SNU) 

• 2012.06 ~ 2021.02 : Korea Institute of Science Technology (KIST), Clean Energy Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

  Principal Researcher (2018.02~2021.02) / Senior Researcher (2014.03 ~ 2018.02) / Researcher (2012.06 ~ 2014.02)

• 2019.04 ~ 2021.02 : Adjunct Position, Adjunct Professor, Yonsei University,  Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 

                                    YU-KIST program

• 2017.03 ~ 2021.02 : Associate Professor, KIST-UST School, Energy @ Environment Department

• 2015.03 ~ 2017.03 : Associate Professor, UST, Clean Energy Chemical Engineering Department

Associate Editor

• Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (2019.02 ~ present)

• Material Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry (2020.02 ~ present)

Award

• Distinguished Female Chemical Engineer Award of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. / Chemistry University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

               Advisor : Prof. Peidong Yang, May 2012

               Dissertation : " Semiconductor Nanowires for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting "

• M.S. / Chemistry Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea

               Advisor : Prof. Sehun Kim, Feb. 2005

               Thesis : "Chiral Adsorption of Styrene on Ge(100)"

• B.S. / Chemistry KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 2003. Feb 

EXPERIENCE

Jun. 2012 ~ 2020 : Research Scientist Clean Energy Research Center

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea

• Solar to Fuel Conversion : Hydrogen Generation, CO2 Conversion

• Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

• Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

• Sept. 2013 ~ Present : Assistant Professor UST (University of Science and Technology) KIST

• Clean Energy and Chemical Engineering Department

Sept. 2006 ~ May 2012 : Graduate Student Researcher

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), CA, USA

• Semiconductor for Solar Energy Applications

• Metal Oxide/Nitride and Silicon Nanowire Synthesis

• Photocatalysis

Aug. 2005 ~ Apr. 2006 : Researcher

KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea

Advisor : Prof. Sung Ho Kang

• Synthesis of a Chiral Organic Nanoreactor