Education

• Post-doctoral Researcher: University of Southern California, USA
• Ph. D.: Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (Roger E. Miller / Tomas Baer), USA
• M. S.: Chemisty, University of Idaho, (Jeanne L. McHale), USA
• B. S.: Chemistry, Gyeongsang National Unviersity, Republic of Korea

Professional Experience

• 2026-Present Director of Research Institute of Advanced Chemistry, GNU, Korea
• 2024-Present Associate Editor, eLight, Springer Nature
• 2023-Present Editor, Light: Science & Applications, Nature
• 2023-Present Director of Graduate School for Molecular Material Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), GNU, Korea
• 2019-Present Director of Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry and Nanomaterials, GNU, Korea

Honors and Awards

• 2026 IPJAE Physical Chemistry Award, Korean Chemical Society
• 2025~2026 Outstanding Editor Award, Light: Science & Applications, Nature
• 2022~2025 World’s TOP 2% Scientists, Stanford University, Elsevier
• 2024 Top 50 Excellent Research Achievements of the Ministry of Education's Academic Research Support Program, Ministry of Education
• 2024 Sigma-Aldrich Excellent Chemistry Award, Sigma-Aldrich & Korean Chemical Society
• 2023 Gyeongnam Province Science & Technology Top Award, Gyeongnam Province
• 2022 Kim Myung Soo Award, Korean Chemical Society(Physical Chemistry)
• 2015 Young Physical Chemistry Award, Korean Chemical Society(Physical Chemistry)
• 2014 Top 50 Environmental Technology Award, Ministry of Environment

Research Interests

• Gas-Phase Spectroscopy, Laser Photochemistry, Electrocatalysis for Fuel and Value-added Chemicals Production, In-situ Cryogenic X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (IC-XAS)

Publications (Max 5)

• NiMo Dual-Atom Dimers on Pd Nanosheets for Selective C─H and C─C Bond Cleavage of Ethylene Glycol From Waste Plastics, Advanced Materials, 38 (2026) e73526
• Isolated Ir–Se Sites in Nickel Selenide for Glyoxal-Mediated Ethylene Glycol Oxidation to Formate and PET Upcycling, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, (2026) e6834878
• Laser-Anchored Ru Single-Atoms Enable Paired PET Plastic and Nitrate Upcycling into Formate and Ammonia, ACS Catalysis, 16 (2026) 10035–10053
• Mitigating Intraphase Catalytic-Domain Transfer via CO₂ Laser for Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electroconversion and Zn-Nitrate Battery Behavior, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63 (2024) e202413774
• Pulsed laser-tuned ruthenium@carbon interface for self-powered hydrogen production via zinc–hydrazine battery coupled hybrid electrolysis, eScience, 5 (2025) 100408