​My field of research is interested in designing porous materials and performing catalysis efficiently. To design a porous material, a fully aromatized reactions (fully conjugated polymers) are used or functionalized the carbon materials. Thermodynamically stable form of porous materials can be used in energy materials in a variety of ways. For one example, it can be applied to hydrogen production through water electrolysis, ammonia decomposition, or other organic chemical reactions (dehydrogenation) for a carbon-free economy.

​Ph.D. School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea, 2019.
B.Sc. School of Energy and Chemical Engineering & School of Material Science Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea, 2014. 

​2021 - Present: Postdoctoral fellow, Prof. Cafer T. Yavuz group, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2019 - 2021: Postdoctoral researcher, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Prof. Jong-Beom Baek group, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea
2016 - 2017: Visiting Researcher, Prof. James De Yoreo group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, US

​2019: Best Graduate Student Award, Department of Energy Engineering, UNIST
2019: Excellence Prize for the Future Automobile Polymer Material Idea Contest, Hyundai Motor & the Polymer Society of Korea.
2018 Talent Award of Korea, Ministry of Education, Korea.
2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Energy Engineering, UNIST
2014 - 2016: Global Ph.D. Fellowship (GPF) from the National Research Foundation of Korea. 

​Networks polymer Functionalized carbon materials Catalyst Hydrogen energy