Many of renewable energy sources exist in varied forms such as waste heat, sunlight, and even wastewater. As a result of such variety of forms, a development of a wide range of energy converting technologies is essential. For example, Li-ion batteries can reversely transform electricity to chemical energy. Microbial fuel cell and thermoelectric module can convert organic matter and heat into electricity, respectively. The overall efficiency of these technologies is largely governed by reaction and transport of energy carriers such as electrons, ions, and phonons. Thus, detailed characterization holds the key to improvement of device performance. Employing analytical and physical chemistry strategies, our group explores electrochemical and solid-state material system applied in important renewable energy applications, namely, Li ion battery, microbial electrochemical device, and thermoelectrics

• Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2013
• B.S. Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea, 2008

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2014-2017
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2014
• Undergraduate Researcher, Chemistry, POSTECH, 2007-2008