Professor

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (2016–2022)
  Dissertation: Bioinspired adhesive architectures for soft bioelectronics
  
  

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (2010–2016)

Professional Experience

• 2023–Present Assistant Professor, Korea National University of Transportation
  
  

• 2022–2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Sungkyunkwan University
  
  

• 2022–2023 Visiting Researcher, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)

Major Awards & Research Grants

• 2024.01–2024.12 XR Demonstration Complex Project for the Materials, Parts, and Equipment Industry (PI)
  
  

• 2023.04–2025.12 Joint Public-Private Investment Program for Semiconductor Talent Development (Lead Institution Investigator)
  
  

• 2023.03–2028.02 Sejong Science Fellowship for Young Researchers (PI)
  
  

• 2023.06–2023.12 LINC 3.0 Industry-Academia Joint Technology Development Project (PI)
  
  

• 2022.09–2022.12 BRIDGE Project for Creative Asset Utilization in Universities (PI)
  
  

• 2022.06–2023.05 Creative and Challenging Research Base Support Program (PI)
  
  

• 2022.04–2023.02 Specialized Lab-Based Startup Support Program (PI)
  
  

• 2022.03–2023.02 BK21 Young Researcher Support Program
  
  

• 2020–2021 Next Generation Science and Technology Scholarship (Doctoral Research Encouragement Grant, PI)
  
  

• 2022 MRS Fall Poster Award: Most Comprehensive Research
  
  

• 2021 Outstanding Paper Award, BK21 Graduate Student Paper Competition, Sungkyunkwan University (First Author)
  
  

• 2021 Outstanding Research Scholarship, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
  
  

• 2018 Top 100 National R&D Excellence Achievements (Octopus-inspired underwater adhesive medical patch)
  
  

• 2016 Silver Prize, 22nd Samsung Electronics HumanTech Paper Award

Selected Recent Publications

• 2025 Energy-autonomous and skin-adaptive sensor patch, Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports
  
  

• 2025 Printable conductive Marangoni-driven 3D microdome e-skin, InfoMat
  
  

• 2025 Polymer semiconductor-coated 3D aerogel for water evaporation, Desalination
  
  

• 2025 Soft skin-adaptive optical patch sensor, Nature Communications
  
  

• 2025 Nanoscale skin-controllable adhesive architectures, ACS Nano
  
  

• 2025 Electroactive programmable adhesive materials, InfoMat
  
  

• 2024 Self-healing 3D micro-suction adhesives, InfoMat
  
  

• 2024 Skin-attached haptic interface platform, Advanced Functional Materials
  
  

• 2024 Electroactive-actuating adhesive electronics, Advanced Functional Materials
  
  

• 2024 Artificial octopus-limb-like adhesive patches, ACS Nano

Teaching & Mentoring

• Undergraduate courses: Engineering Mathematics, Robotics, Microcontrollers for Robotics, Capstone Design
  
  

• Mentoring: Undergraduate research advising, women in engineering mentorship programs
  
  

Research Areas

We integrate electronics, mechanical engineering, and materials science
to develop next-generation wearable technologies, soft grippers,
and to advance the standardization of tactile sensors.