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Education

Sep. 2008 – Aug. 2013   Ph.D. in Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea
                                       (Advisor: Prof. Taek Dong Chung).

                      Dissertation: “Morphological Effect of Nanoporous Electrodes                      

                      For Neural Recording and Electrocatalysis”.

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Sep. 2006 – Feb. 2008      M.S. in Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Korea
                                       (Advisor: Prof. Jaeyoung Sung).

                      Dissertation: “Application of Statistical Mechanics to Molecular   

                     Wire Sensor and Molecular Adsorption”.

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Mar. 2003 – Aug. 2006    B.S. in Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Korea (summa cum laude)

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Experience

Mar. 2024 – Present       Associate Professor, Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University

Aug. 2020 – Present       Science and Technology Career Consultant, Science and Technology Career Support Center,                                                                       Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity

Jul.  2020 – Present       Visiting Professor, Division of Analytical Science, Korea Basic Science Institute

Mar. 2020 – Feb. 2024     Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University

May 2019 – Jan. 2020    Senior Postdoctoral Associate, Queens College-The City University of New York, United States

                                       (Advisor: Prof. Michael V. Mirkin).​

Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2019   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queens College-The City University of New York, United States

Mar. 2015 – Apr. 2019    Postdoctoral Associate, Queens College-The City University of New York, United States

                                       (Advisor: Prof. Michael V. Mirkin).

​Sep. 2013 – Feb. 2015   Postdoctoral Fellow, Seoul National University, Korea

                                        (Advisor: Prof. Taek Dong Chung).

Mar. 2008 – Aug. 2008   Researcher, Institute of Basic Science Chung-Ang University, Korea

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Technical Skills

Electrochemical techniques:

- Voltammetry, amperometry, potentiometry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance, electrodeposition, rotating disk electrode, scanning electrochemical microscopy, scanning photoelectrochemical microscopy, electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy, photoelectrochemical measurements.

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Fabrication of Microfluidic chip:

- Photolithography, glass etching, deposition and bonding, PDMS processing

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Materials:

- micro and nanoelectrode, carbon nanopipette, Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO), various metal nanoporous electrode (Au, Pt)

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Neural recording and stimulation

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Other instruments:

Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy,

Laser based pipette puller.

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Simulation:

- DigiElch, DigiSim, and COMSOL

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Programming:

- MATLAB, Labview, and Fortran

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Affiliations

American Chemical Society

Korean Chemical Society

International Society of Electrochemistry

Korean American Scientists and Engineers Association

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Certification

Secondary education (Chemistry) in South Korea