Education

-Ph.D, Metallurgical Engineering (1990), University of Utah

-MS, Metallurgical Engineering (1985), University of Utah

-BS, Metallurgical Engineering (1984), Inha University

Experience

- 2024 ~ 2025

Samsung SDI Executive Advisor

- 2017 ~ 2023

Executive Vice President, SAMSUNG Fellow

SDI R&D Center Director

SDI Small Battery Business Director

SDI Electronic Materials Business Director

Battery Materials (EV, ESS, Mobile), Display Materials, Semiconductor Materials

Research Interest

Energy storage and conversion materials research developing rechargeable batteries and fuel cells, as well as technology management for organic and inorganic display materials.

Journal Articles

Modularly Aromatic-Knit Metal-Phenolic Network as a Tailored Platform for Electrochemical Applications, Energy Environment Science, 2021

Graphene balls for lithium rechargeable batteries with fast charging and high volumetric energy densities, Nature Communications, 2017

Discovery of Abnormal Lithium Storage Sites in a New Class Electrode Material Nature Communications, 2016

Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition for Lithium Metal Anodes with Interconnected Microsphere Protection, Chemistry Materials, 2017

Interconnected Microsphere Protection Discovery of Abnormal Lithium Storage Sites in a New Class Electrode Material, Nature Communications, 2016

Silicon carbide-free graphene growth on silicon for lithium-ion battery with high volumetric energy density, Nature Communications, 2015

Innovation in electronic materials : Creating novel devices with new functionalities, MRS Bulletin, 2015*

Direct observation of anomalous spinel-to-layered phase transition mediated by crystal water intercalation, Angewante Chemistry, 2015