Professor

• Education
  2001 - 2002     Postdoctoral Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
  1993 - 1997     Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, KAIST
  1991 - 1993     M. S. Chemical Engineering, KAIST
  1987 - 1991     B. A. Chemical Technology, Seoul National Univ.

• Professional Career
  2026 -              Non-Standing Director, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
  2026 -              Outside Director, POSCO Future M
  2026 -              Vice President, The Korean Electrochemical Society
  2025 -              Editor, Journal of Power Sources (Elsevier)
  2024 -              Director & Head Professor, Graduate School of Battery Specialization, Yonsei University
  2024 -              Chair, Energy Materials Division, The Polymer Society of Korea
  2023 -              Director, BK21 Plus Program, Yonsei University
  2022 -              Director, Secondary Battery Research Center, Yonsei University
  2022 -              Chair, Energy Conversion and Storage Division, KSIEC
  2021 -              Head Professor, Yonsei–LG Energy Solution Battery Track Department, Yonsei University
  2020 -              Underwood Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University
  2016 -              Head, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
  2015 -              Professor, UNIST
  2014 -              Director of BK21 Plus Program, UNIST
  2014 - 2015     Dean of Student Affairs, UNIST
  2012 - 2015     Associate Professor, UNIST
  2008 - 2012     Associate Professor, Kangwon National University
  1997 - 2008     Principal Research Scientist, Batteries R&D, LG Chem.

• Honors & Awards 

2026                 The 67th Samil (March 1st) Culture Award in Technology & Engineering
2025                 Battery Technology Award, The Electrochemical Society (ECS)

2025                 Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University, China
2025                 Minister's Award, Chemical Industry Day, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE)

2025                 Minister's Award for Research Innovation, NANO KOREA, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
2025                 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Power Sources

2023                 Top 100 National R&D Achievements, NRF

2023                 Silver/Participation Prize, Samsung Human Tech Paper Contest

2022                 Bronze Prize, Samsung Human Tech Paper Contest

2021                 Silver Prize, Samsung Human Tech Paper Contest

2020                 Gold Prize, Samsung Electro-Mechanics Paper Contest
2020                 Top 10 National Nanotechnologies, MOTIE
2019                 Top 100 National R&D Achievements, NRF
2018                 Gold Prize, Samsung Human Tech Paper Contest
2017                 Top 100 National R&D Achievments, NRF
2017                 Secretary of the 9th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources
2015                 Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
2015                 Best Teaching Award, UNIST
2014                 Top 50 Basic Research Awards, NRF
2013                 Excellence in Reviewing, J. Membr. Sci., Elsevier
2012                 A Main Coordinator of the 16th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries(IMLB)
2007                 NET Awards, MEST
2005                 Grand Prize of the LG Chem. Patent, LG Chem.

• Memberships
  2024 -               A Member of The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)                                        2018 -               A Member of International Scientific Committee of IMLB
  2014 -               Secretary of the Membrane Society of Korea
  2010 - 2011      General Secretary of the Korean Electrochemical Society
  2008 - 2009      Secretary of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry