Professor
Yong-Hyun Kim
KAIST Professor
Room 205, E6-6 (Basic Science Building)
Department of Physics / Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 34141, Korea
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, 2003
M.S. in Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, 1999
B.S. in Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, 1997
Daejeon Science High School, 1990
Work Experience
Associate Vice President (Dean), Office of Admissions, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2021-present
Director, KAIST Advanced Institure for Science-X (KAIX), Korea, 2018-2022
Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2017-present
Head, Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, KAIST, Korea, 2016-2020
Visiting Scholar, University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A., 2014-2015
KAIST Chair Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2013-2016
Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2011-2017
Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2009-2011
WCU Foreign Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2009-2013
Senior Scientist I, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Colorado, U.S.A., 2008-2009
Scientist II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Colorado, U.S.A., 2006-2008
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Colorado, U.S.A., 2003-2006
Award
Order of Science and Technology Merit, Korea, April 2021
International Cooperation Award, KAIST, February 2021
Best Lecture Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST, March 2018
Best Lecture Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST, March 2016
Best Lecture Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST, March 2014
KAIST Top 10 R&D Award, KAIST, February 2013
Best Lecture Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST, March 2012
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen R&D Team Award, Dept. of Energy, USA, June 2010
NREL Director’s Award, March 2008
Best Poster Awards in “Materials for Hydrogen Storage”, 2004 MRS Fall Meeting (Boston, 2004)