Dr. Jungki Ryu

Master’s Degree : 2006~2007

Thesis title: Analysis of beta-amyloid self-assembly on solid surface using atomic force microscopy and surface plasmon resonance

PhD’s Degree : 2007~2011

Thesis title: Peptide self-assembly for functional nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization, and applications

First Author Publications:
Chemistry - A European Journal, vol.20, pp.12020-12025, 2014
Soft Matter, vol.7, pp.7201-7206, 2011
Advanced Materials, vol.23, pp.1883-1888, 2011
Advanced Materials, vol.22, pp.5537-5541, 2010
Chemical Communications, vol.46, pp.7409-7411, 2010
Advanced Functional Materials, vol.20, pp.2132-2139, 2010
ACS Nano, vol.4, pp.159-164, 2010
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol.105, pp.221-230, 2010
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.48, pp.4820-4823, 2009
Advanced Materials, vol.21, pp.1577-1581, 2009
Advanced Materials, vol.20, pp.3754-3758, 2008
Chemistry of Materials, vol.20, pp.4284-4290, 2008
Biochemistry, vol.47, pp.5328-5335, 2008
Analytical Chemistry, vol.80, pp.2400-2407, 2008
Peptides, vol.29, pp.578-584, 2008

Current Affiliation:

2011 ~ 2014: Post-doc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2014 ~ 2019: Assistant Professor
2019 ~ 2023: Associate Professor
2023 ~ present: Full Professor
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST, 울산과학기술원)
https://www.bioinspired-materials.com/

Dr. Seong Yoon Lim

PhD’s Degree : 2007~2012

Thesis title: Synthesis of organic/inorganic hybrid nanomaterials for optical biosensors and cell-free protein expression system

First Author Publications:
Small, vol.8, pp.1994-1999, 2012
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol.21, pp.17623-17626, 2011
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol.105, pp.210-214, 2010
Langmuir, vol.25, pp.13302-13305, 2009
Journal of Biotechnology, vol.143, pp.183-189, 2009

Current Affiliation:

2012 ~ present: LG Chemical Research Park (LG화학 중앙연구소)

Dr. Sahng Ha Lee

Master’s Degree : 2006~2008

Thesis title: Effect of metal nanoparticles on electrochemical regeneration of cofactor for redox enzymatic reactions

PhD’s Degree : 2008~2012

Thesis title: Design and engineering of artificial photosynthesis in biocatalytic assemblies

First Author Publications:
ChemSusChem, vol.13, pp.2807-2827, 2020
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.57, pp.7958-7985, 2018
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.56, pp.8681-8685, 2017
ChemSusChem, vol.9, pp.1559-1564, 2016
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.54, pp.969-973, 2015
ChemSusChem, vol.7, pp.3007-3011, 2014
Chemistry - A European Journal, vol.19, pp.4392-4406, 2013
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol.110, pp.383-390, 2013
Chemistry - A European Journal, vol.18, pp.5490-5495, 2012
Chemical Communications, vol.47, pp.4643-4645, 2011
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, vol.351, pp.2589-2594, 2009
Small, vol.5, pp.2162-2166, 2009
ChemBioChem, vol.10, pp.1621-1624, 2009

Current Affiliation:

2013 ~ 2015: Post-doc, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
2015 ~ 2021: Research Assistant Professor, KAIST
2021 ~ present: 산업통상자원부 (MOTIE), 연구사

Dr. Joon Seok Lee

Master’s Degree : 2007~2009

Thesis title: Microfluidic self-assembly and fibrillation of amyloid peptides for high-throughput analysis

PhD’s Degree : 2009~2012

Thesis title: Self-assembly of amyloid peptides for the synthesis of functional nanobiomaterials

First Author Publications:
Biomaterials, vol.38, pp.43-49, 2015
Chemistry - A European Journal, vol.20, pp.3852-3857, 2014
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol.1, pp.1040-1044, 2013
Biomaterials, vol.33, pp.6098-6104, 2012
ACS Nano, vol.6, pp.2978-2983, 2012
Advanced Materials, vol.24, pp.1084-1088, 2012
Nanotechnology, vol.22, pp.494020-494026, 2011
Lab on a Chip, vol.11, pp.2309-2311, 2011
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.50, pp.1164-1167, 2011
Lab on a Chip, vol.11, pp.378-380, 2011
Biomaterials, vol.31, pp.6789-6795, 2010
Soft Matter, vol.5, pp.2717-2720, 2009
Analytical Chemistry, vol.81, pp.2751-2759, 2009
Langmuir, vol.24, pp.7068-7071, 2008

Current Affiliation:

2013 ~ 2015: Post-doc, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
2015 ~ 2021: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, 한국과학기술연구원)
2021 ~ 2024: Associate Professor, Hanyang University
2024 ~ present: Full Professor, Hanyang University
https://www.nanobiointerfaces.com/

Dr. Sook Hee Ku

Master’s Degree : 2007~2009

Thesis title: Solid-phase self-assembly of amyloid peptides and its cytotoxicity to cells

PhD’s Degree : 2009~2013

Thesis title: Synthesis of bio-inspired nanomaterials for tissue engineering

First Author Publications:
Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol.2, pp.1445-1450, 2013
Biomaterials, vol.34, pp.2017-2023, 2013
Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol.2, pp.244-260, 2013
Biomaterials, vol.31, pp.9431-9437, 2010
Langmuir, vol.26, pp.15104-15108, 2010
Biomaterials, vol.31, pp.2535-2541, 2010
Langmuir, vol.24, pp.13822-13827, 2008

Current Affiliation:

2013 ~ 2015: Post-doc, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
2015 ~ 2016: Post-doc, University of Minnesota, USA
2016 ~ present: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH, 한국생산기술연구원)

Dr. Jae Hong Kim

Master’s Degree : 2008~2010

Thesis title: Development of self-assembled photoluminescent peptide nanomaterials as efficient sensing platform

PhD’s Degree : 2010~2014

Thesis title: Nanobiocatalytic assemblies for artificial photosynthesis

First Author Publications:
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.53, pp.6364-6368, 2014
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, vol.28, pp.1-9, 2014
Small, vol.10, pp.1272-1277, 2014
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.51, pp.517-520, 2012
Chemical Communications, vol.47, pp.10227-10229, 2011
Small, vol.7, pp.718-722, 2011
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol.26, pp.1860-1865, 2011

Current Affiliation:

2014 ~ 2018: Post-doc, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
2018 ~ 2021: LG Chemical Research Park (LG화학 중앙연구소)
2021 ~ present: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, 한국과학기술연구원)

Dr. Dong Heon Nam

Master’s Degree : 2008~2010

Thesis title: Synthesis and characterization of quantum dots and I-III-VI2 chalcopyrite nanoparticles for their application to artificial photosynthesis

PhD’s Degree : 2010~2015

Thesis title: Photo-induced electron transfer for water splitting and redox biocatalytic synthesis

First Author Publications:
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.57, pp.10595-10599, 2018
Green Chemistry, vol.18, pp.5989-5993, 2016
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol.198, pp.311-317, 2016
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, vol.33, pp.28-32, 2016
Bioconjugate Chemistry, vol.25, pp.2101-2104, 2014
Chemistry - A European Journal, vol.20, pp.3852-3857, 2014
ChemBioChem, vol.13, pp.1278-1282, 2012
Small, vol.6, pp.922-926, 2010

Current Affiliation:

2016 ~ 2018: Post-doc, University of Cambridge, England
2018 ~ present: SAMSUNG Display

Dr. Minah Lee

Master’s Degree : 2009~2011

Thesis title: Development of light-harvesting synthetic woods for artificial photosynthesis

PhD’s Degree : 2011~2015

Thesis title: Design of materials for bio-inspired energy conversion and storage

First Author Publications:
Green Chemistry, vol.19, pp.2980-2985, 2017
ACS Nano, vol.9, pp.6206-6213, 2015
Nature Communications, vol.5, pp.5335, 2014
Advanced Materials, vol.26, pp.4463-4468, 2014
Advanced Materials, vol.26, pp.2558-2565, 2014
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.52, pp.8322-8328, 2013
ChemSusChem, vol.4, pp.581-586, 2011
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol.20, pp.8848-8853, 2010

Current Affiliation:

2015 ~ 2018: Post-doc, Stanford University, USA
2019 ~ 2024: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, 한국과학기술연구원)
2024 ~ present: Associate Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH, 포항공대)

Dr. Jong Wan Ko

Master’s Degree : 2010~2012

⁠Thesis title: Bio-inspired carbon dioxide mineralization for the synthesis of metal oxides and their applications

PhD’s Degree : 2012~2017

Thesis title: Nature-inspired design and synthesis of metal oxides for energy applications

First Author Publications:
ChemeElectroChem, vol.5, pp.2186-2191, 2018
Biomacromolecules, vol.18, pp.3551-3556, 2017
ChemSusChem, vol.10, pp.2585-2591, 2017
Chemical Communications, vol.52, pp.9723-9726, 2016
Green Chemistry, vol.18, pp.944-950, 2016
Green Chemistry, vol.17, pp.4167-4172, 2015
Chemical Communications, vol.49, pp.9725-9727, 2013
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol.1, pp.241-245, 2013
Green Chemistry, vol.14, pp.2391-2394, 2012

Current Affiliation:

2017 ~ present: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH, 한국생산기술연구원)

Dr. Yang Woo Lee

Master’s Degree : 2011~2013

Thesis title: Crystalline IrO2 nanoparticles decorated on TiO2 nanofibers as a robust water oxidation catalyst

PhD’s Degree : 2013~2019

Thesis title: Photovoltaic-photoanode tandem structures for unbiased biocatalytic solar-to-chemical conversion

First Author Publications:
Nature Communications, vol.9, pp.4208, 2018
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol.2, pp.5610-5615, 2014

Current Affiliation:

2019 ~ present: SAMSUNG Electronics

Dr. Eun Jin Son

PhD’s Degree : 2012~2018 (Master-PhD Integrated Degree)

Thesis title: Photoelectrochemical platforms for solar water oxidation and biocatalytic photosynthesis

First Author Publications:
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol.7, pp.2545-2552, 2019
Advanced Functional Materials, vol.28, pp.1705232, 2018
Faraday Discussions, vol.198, pp.135-145, 2017
Chemical Communications, vol.52, pp.9723-9726, 2016
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol.4, pp.11179-11202, 2016
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol.213, pp.322-328, 2015

Current Affiliation:

2018 ~ present: Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KIBO, 한국기술보증기금)

Dr. Byung Il Lee

PhD’s Degree : 2012~2018 (Master-PhD Integrated Degree)

Thesis title: Photodynamic suppression of beta-amyloid peptide self-assembly

First Author Publications:
Chemical Communications, vol.55, pp.1152-1155, 2019
Biomaterials, vol.190-191, pp.121-132, 2019
Scientific Reports, vol.7, pp.7523, 2017
Small, vol.13, pp.1603139, 2017
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.54, pp.11472-11475, 2015

Current Affiliation:

2019 ~ present: Post-doc, University College London (런던대학교), England

Dr. Su Keun Kuk

PhD’s Degree : 2013~2019 (Master-PhD Integrated Degree)

Thesis title: Design of photoelectrochemical platforms for biocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

First Author Publications:
ChemSusChem, vol.13, pp.2940-2944, 2020
ACS Catalysis, vol.9, pp.5584-5589, 2019
Advanced Energy Materials, vol.9, pp.1900029, 2019
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.11, pp.15952-15959, 2019
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.56, pp.3827-3832, 2017
Small, vol.13, pp.1603139, 2017
Green Chemistry, vol.18, pp.5989-5993, 2016

Current Affiliation:

2019 ~ present: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT, 삼성종합기술원)

Dr. You Jung Chung

Master’s Degree : 2014~2016

Thesis title: Photo-active g-C3N4 nanomaterials for light-induced inhibition of beta-amyloid aggregation

PhD’s Degree : 2016~2020

Thesis title: Multifunctional carbon dot-based photonic nanomedicinal platforms

First Author Publications:
ACS Nano, vol.14, pp.16973-16983, 2020
ACS Nano, vol.14, pp.6470-6497, 2020
Advanced Functional Materials, vol.30, pp.1910475, 2020
Nanoscale, vol.11, pp.6297-6306, 2019
Small, vol.13, pp.1700983, 2017
Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol.5, pp.1560-1565, 2016

Current Affiliation:

2020 ~ present: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT, 삼성종합기술원)

Dr. Da Som Choi

PhD’s Degree : 2014~2020 (Master-PhD Integrated Degree)

Thesis title: Design of photoelectrochemical cells for biocatalytic selective oxyfunctionalization

First Author Publications:
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.59, pp.15886-15890, 2020
ACS Catalysis, vol.9, pp.10562-10566, 2019
Green Chemistry, vol.21, pp.515-525, 2019
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.57, pp.7958-7985, 2018
ACS Catalysis, vol.7, pp.1563-1567, 2017

Current Affiliation:

2020 ~ present: SAMSUNG Electronics

Dr. Kayoung Kim

Master’s Degree : 2014~2016

Thesis title: Photoelectrocatalytic inhibition of amyloid self-assembly by hematite photoanode

PhD’s Degree : 2016~2020

Thesis title: Chemical sensing platforms for Alzeimer's disease core biomarkers

First Author Publications:
ACS Nano, vol.14, pp.10376-10384, 2020
Chemical Society Reviews, vol.49, pp.5446-5472, 2020
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.12, pp.23667-23676, 2020
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol.154, pp.112075, 2020
Nature Communications, vol.11, pp.119, 2020
Advanced Functional Materials, vol.28, pp.1802813, 2018
Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol.6, pp.1601133, 2017

Current Affiliation:

2020 ~ 2022: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, 한국과학기술연구원)
2022 ~ present: Assistant Professor, Dankook University

Dr. Giyeong Son

Master’s Degree : 2015~2017

Thesis title: Light-induced disassembly of beta-amyloid aggregates by ruthenium complex

PhD’s Degree : 2017~2021

Thesis title: Design of organic materials for nature-inspired photochemical and electrical energy storage

First Author Publications:
Advanced Science, vol.10, pp.2301993, 2023
ACS Energy Letters, vol.6, pp.1659-1669, 2021
ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol.3, pp.1215-1221, 2020
Small, vol.14, pp.1801396, 2018
Acta Biomaterialia, vol.67, pp.147-155, 2018

Current Affiliation:

2021 ~ 2024: Post-doc, Harvard University
2024 ~ present: SAMSUNG Research

Dr. Jinhyun Kim

Master’s Degree : 2016~2018

Thesis title: Carbon nanodot-sensitized regeneration of nicotinamide cofactor analogues for biocatalytic C=C bond reduction

PhD’s Degree : 2018~2022

Thesis title: Photocatalytic biohybrids for sustainable chemical synthesis

First Author Publications:
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol.336, pp.122925, 2023
ACS Energy Letters, vol.8, pp.2513-2521, 2023
Trends in Chemistry, vol.5, pp.133-146, 2023
Nature Synthesis, vol.1, pp.776-786, 2022
Chem Catalysis, vol.2, pp.2425-2427, 2022
Nature Synthesis, vol.1, pp.217-226, 2022
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.14, pp.11465-11473, 2022
ChemSusChem, vol.14, pp.30543058, 2021
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol.8, pp.8496-8502, 2020
ChemSusChem, vol.13, pp.2940-2944, 2020
ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol.3, pp.1215-1221, 2020
Science Advances, vol.5, pp.eaax0501, 2019
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, vol.49, pp.122-129, 2019
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.57, pp.13825-13828, 2018

Current Affiliation:

2022 ~ 2024: Post-doc, University of California, Berkeley
2024 ~ present: Assistant Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Dr. Jinhyeong Jang

PhD’s Degree : 2018~2023

Thesis title: Stimuli-responsive nanomaterials for modulating amyloid aggregate structure

First Author Publications:
Advanced Science, in press, 2024
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.475, pp.146193, 2023
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.15, pp.48-56, 2023
ACS Nano, vol.16, pp.18515-18525, 2022
Science Advances, vol.8 (issue 19), pp.eabn1675, 2022
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.13, pp.18581-18593, 2021
Biomaterials, vol.255, pp.120165, 2020

Current Affiliation:

2023 ~ 2024: postdoc, KAIST
2024 ~ present: postdoc, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Dr. Jaeho Yoon

Master’s Degree : 2017~2019

Thesis title: Light-harvesting alginate hydrogel for sustainable photobiocatalysis

PhD’s Degree : 2019~2024

Thesis title: Piezoelectric, thermoelectric, photochemical materials for sustainable redox biocatalysis

First Author Publications:
Nature Communications, vol.13, pp.3741, 2022
ACS Catalysis, vol.10, pp.5236-5242, 2020
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol.7, pp.5632-5637, 2019

Current Affiliation:

2024 ~ present: SAMSUNG Electronics

Dr. Sung Hyun Ko

Master’s Degree : 2017~2019

Thesis title: Biological nicotinamide cofactor as a redox active motif for reversible electrochemical energy storage

PhD’s Degree : 2019~2024

Thesis title: Designing sustainable Li-ion battery systems with redox-active organic materials

First Author Publications:
Energy & Environmental Science, in press, 2024
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol.10, pp.20464-20472, 2022
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol.58, pp.16764-16769, 2019

Current Affiliation:

2024 ~ present: Post-doc, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

Sungjin Kim

Master’s Degree : 2009~2011

Thesis title: Mussel-inspired mineralization of calcium carbonate and bone hydroxyapatite

First Author Publications:
Advanced Functional Materials, vol.23, pp.10-25, 2013
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol.21, pp.11070-11073, 2011
Advanced Materials, vol.23, pp.2009-2014, 2011
Langmuir, vol.26, pp.14730-14736, 2010
Biomaterials, vol.31, pp.6628-6634, 2010

Current Affiliation:

2011 ~ 2014: SK Chemical
2015 ~ 2020: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2020 ~ 2023: Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
2023 ~ present: Assistant Professor, New Mexico University, USA

Kyeong Hwan You

Master’s Degree : 2010~2012

Thesis title: Highly photoactive, low band-gap titanium dioxide nanoparticles wrapped by graphene

First Author Publications:
Advanced Materials, vol. 24, pp. 1084-1088, 2012

Current Affiliation:

SK Chemical

Hwa Yeong Lee

Master’s Degree : 2011~2013

Thesis title: Hydrogen-terminated silicon nanowires for biocatalyzed artificial photosynthesis

First Author Publications:
Nanoscale, vol.4, pp.7636-7640, 2012
ChemSusChem, vol.5, pp.2129-2132, 2012

Current Affiliation:

LG Chemical

Gyeong Min Ryu

Master’s Degree : 2013~2015

Thesis title: Hematite-based biocatalytic photoelectrochemical cells and their applications

First Author Publications:
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol.198, pp.311-317, 2016
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol.3, pp.4483-4486, 2015
ChemSusChem, vol.7, pp.3007-3011, 2014

Current Affiliation:

SK Energy

Woo Seok Choi

Master’s Degree : 2014~2016

Thesis title: Photoelectrochemical enzyme cells driven by biofuel oxidation

First Author Publications:
ChemSusChem, vol.9, pp.1559-1564, 2016

Current Affiliation:

K-Water (한국수자원공사)

Yerin Hur

Master’s Degree : 2018~2020

Thesis title: Near-infrared-active copper bismuth oxide electrodes for targeted dissociation ofβ-amyloid aggregates

First Author Publications:
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.12, pp.23667-23676, 2020

Current Affiliation:

LG Chemical

Yunna Um

Master’s Degree : 2019~2021

Thesis title: Hematite-based photoelectrochemical lignin depolymerization and redox biotransformation

Publications:
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.14, pp.11465–11473, 2022

Current Affiliation:

SAMSUNG Electronics

Jeehoon Shin

Master’s Degree : 2019~2021

Thesis title: Natural pollen exine-templated synthesis of photocatalytic metal oxides with high surface area and oxygen vacancies

First Author Publications:
Applied Surface Science, vol.599, pp.154064, 2022

Current Affiliation:

University of Pennsylvania

Calvin Andreas Hutomo

Master’s Degree : 2021~2023

Thesis title: Electrocatalytic dissociation of beta-amyloid aggregates

Publications:
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.475, pp.146193, 2023

Current Affiliation:

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)