Faculty

The Advanced Materials Design Laboratory (AMDL) focuses on researching core materials in energy materials (fuel cell materials, secondary battery materials), extreme materials (defense materials), and eco-friendly materials (automotive interior materials). Specifically, we aim to promote the development of advanced material research and process optimization using atomic and molecular-level computational design and machine learning techniques.

– Curriculum Vitae

2024 – present   : Professor, UNIST

2020 – 2024     : Professor, Pusan National University

2017 – 2020     : Associate Professor, Pusan National University

2013 – 2017     : Assistant Professor, Pusan National University

2012 – 2013     : Senior Researcher, Agency for Defense Development

2011 – 2012     : Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology

– Academic Credential

2011 : Ph. D. Georgia Institute of Technology

2007 : M. S. North Carolina State University

2004 : B. S. Pusan National University

– Research Keywords and Topics

Computational Materials Science, Molecular Dynamics, Density Functional Theory, Multi-scale Simulations, Fuel Cells (Catalyst Layers, Ionomers, Catalysts), Batteries (Electrodes, Separators), Space and Defense Materials, Eco-materials, Machine Learning

– Publications (selected)

Liquid metal based three-dimensional microelectrode arrays integrated with implantable ultrathin retinal prosthesis for vision restoration, Nature Nanotechnology (2024).

Ion trap and release dynamics enables non-intrusive tactile augmentation in monolithic sensory neuron, Science Advances, 9, eadi3827 (2023).

Persulfate activation by nanodiamond-derived carbon onions: Effect of phase transformation of the inner diamond core on reaction kinetics and mechanisms, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 293, 120205 (2021).

Visco-poroelastic electrochemiluminescence skin with piezo-ionic effect, Advanced Materials, 2100321 (2021).

Novel graphene hydrogel/B-doped graphene quantum dots composites as trifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn−air batteries and overall water splitting, Advanced Energy Materials, 9, 1900945 (2019).

Facet selectivity of Cu current collector for Li electrodeposition, Energy Storage Materials, 19, 154-162 (2019).

Surface-loaded metal nanoparticles for peroxymonosulfate activation: Efficiency and mechanism reconnaissance, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 241, 561-569 (2019).

An ultrastable ionic chemiresistor skin with an intrinsically stretchable polymer electrolyte, Advanced Materials, 30, 1706851 (2018).

An ultrasensitive, visco-poroelastic artificial mechanotransducer skin inspired by Piezo2 protein in mammalian Merkel cells, Advanced Materials, 29, 1605973 (2017).

– Awards/Honors/Memberships

2019 – present : Advisory Editorial Board Member, Applied Surface Science Advances, Elsevier

2019 – present : Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group