Members
Hoimin Jung, Ph.D. (정회민)
Principal Investigator
Professional Experience
- Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, POSTECH, starting January 2027
- Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate / Resnick Sustainability Institute Pioneer Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE), Caltech, 2024–present (Advisor: Prof. Jonas C. Peters)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, KAIST Chemistry / IBS-CCHF, 2023–2024 (Advisor: Prof. Sukbok Chang)
- Visiting Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017 (Advisor: Prof. Tehshik P. Yoon)
Education
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, KAIST, 2023 (Advisor: Prof. Sukbok Chang, Co-advised by Prof. Mu-Hyun Baik)
- B.S. in Chemistry, KAIST, 2018
Selected Honors
- Resnick Sustainability Institute Pioneer Postdoctoral Fellowship, Caltech, 2024 – 2026 [Link]
- National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellow, South Korea, 2024 – 2025
- S-Oil Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in Chemistry, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) & S-Oil, Korea, 2024. [News Link]
- Minister of Education Commendation (BK21 outstanding personnel), South Korea, 2023
- Outstanding Thesis Award, KAIST, 2023
- A participant of the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Lindau Foundation, 2022
- Global Ph. D. Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 2019 – 2022
- CHEMISTAR Award, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 2018
- KCS Presidential Award, Korean Chemical Society (KCS), 2018
- KAIST Presidential Award, KAIST, 2018
- National Delegate, Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS), Swedish Federation of Young Scientists, 2017. Invitation to 2017 Nobel Ceremony.
- Presidential Science Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF) 2014 – 2017
- KAIST Presidential Fellowship (KPF), KAIST, 2014 – 2017
- Future Chemists’ Award, The Korean Union of Chemical Science and Technology Societies (KUCST), 2014
- KAIST Presidential Award, KAIST, 2014