The Kim Research Group

BIOGRAPHY

Yoon Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He studied Chemical Engineering at Hanyang University, Korea (2010) summa cum laude, and received his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2016 (advisor: Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov). His Ph.D. work on stretchable electronic and optical materials has earned him the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award and DSM Science & Technology Award, ACS. Subsequently, he worked at the Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a postdoctoral associate from 2016 to 2019 with Prof. Timothy M. Swager. His research group at the HKUST synthesizes porous crystalline polymers and applies them to energy applications. The current research topics include “Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks Solid Electrolytes”, “All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries”, “Single-Atom Catalysts Covalent Organic Frameworks”, etc. He has received numerous awards/recognitions in his independent career, including ChemPlusTalents (ChemPlusChem, Wiley), Early Investigator from (PMSE, ACS), Rising Star (ACS Materials Au, ACS), Emerging Investigator (Nanoscale, RSC) Influential Researcher (I&EC Research ACS), etc.

APPOINTMENTS

• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Sep 2019–Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Sep 2016–Jul 2019, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry (with Prof. Timothy M. Swager ) 

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Sep 2010–Aug 2016, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering (with Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov)

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Jan 2009–Jan 2010, Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry (with Prof. Adam J. Matzger)

EDUCATION

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Aug 2016, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering

• Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Aug 2010, B.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• 2023–present. Community Board, Nanoscale Horizons

• 2022–present. Early Career Advisory Board, Materials Today Energy

SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS

• 2024 — ChemPlusTalents, ChemPlusChem, Wiley

• 2024 — Delegate, World Laureate Forum, China

• 2024 — Early Investigator, PMSE, ACS (about)

• 2023 — Influential Researcher, I&EC Research, ACS (about)

• 2023 — Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, RSC (about)

• 2022 — Rising Star, ACS Materials Au, ACS (about)

• 2021 — Delegate, World Laureate Forum, China

• 2020 — Early Career Grant, RGC, Hong Kong

• 2018 — DSM Science & Technology Award, POLY, ACS (about) – One awardee per year

• 2018 — Future Faculty Scholar, PMSE, ACS (about)

• 2017 — ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, U of M (about) – One percent per year

• 2016 — Ivor K. McIvor Award, U of M

• 2015 — Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, POLY, ACS (about)

• 2014–2016 — Graduate Student Awards  –  Each from American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014), American Chemical Society (2015), and Materials Research Society (2016)

• 2014–2015 — Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, U of M (about)

• 2014 — Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement, U of M

• 2011–2013 — Graduate Scholarship, US $30,000 per year, STX Foundation, Korea

• 2003–2008 —Undergraduate Merit-based Scholarships, Hanyang University, Korea

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• Huang, J.; Cheng, L.; Zhang, Z.; Li, C.; Bang, K.T.; Liem, A.; Luo, H.; Hu, C.; Lee, Y.M.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Y.*; Kim, Y.* High-Performance All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Ionic Covalent Organic Framework Composites. Adv. Energy Mater. 2400762 (2024)

• Yuan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Bang, K.T.; Tian, Y.; Dang, Z.; Gu, M.; Wang, R.; Tao, R.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Imidazolate Covalent Organic Frameworks with Ether Chains as Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202402202 (2024)

• Li, C.; Wang, D.D.; Poon Ho, G.S.H.; Zhang, Z.; Huang, J.; Bang, K.T.; Lau, C.Y.; Leu, S.Y.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Anthraquinone-Based Silicate Covalent Organic Frameworks as Solid Electrolyte Interphase for High-Performance Lithium-Metal Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 45, 24603 (2023)

• Wang, R.; Lyu, H.; Poon Ho, G.S.H.; Chen, H.; Yuan, Y.; Bang, K.T.; Kim, Y.* Highly Conductive Covalent–Organic Framework Films. Small 2306634 (2023)

• Chen, H.; Bang, K.T.; Tian, Y.; Hu, C.; Tao, R.; Yuan Y.; Wang, R.; Shin, D-M.; Shao, M.; Lee, Y.M.; Kim, Y.* Poly(Ethylene Piperidinium)s for Anion Exchange Membranes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202307690 (2023)

• Chen, H.†; Tao, R.†; Bang, K.; Shao, M; Kim, Y.* Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells: State of the Art and Perspectives Advanced Energy Materials 2200934 (2022)

• Liang, X.†; Tian, Y.†; Yuan, Y.; Kim, Y.* Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Devices Advanced Materials 2105647 (2021)

  Pre-Independent Career——————————————————————

• Kim, Y.; Lin, Z.; Jeon, I.; Voorhis, T.V.; Swager, T.M.*  Polyaniline Nanofiber Electrodes for Reversible Capture and Release of Mercury(II) from Water.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 14413 (2018).

• Kim, Y.; Zhu, J.; Yeom, B.; Prima, M.D.; Su, X.; Kim, J.G.; Yoo, S.J.; Uher, C.; Kotov, N.A.  Stretchable Nanoparticle Conductors with Self-Organized Conductive Pathways.  Nature 500, 59 (2013).

• Kim, Y.; Koh, K.; Roll, M.F.; Laine, R.M.; Matzger, A.J.*  Porous Networks Assembled with Octa Phenyl Silsesquioxanes as Building Blocks.  Macromolecules 43, 6995 (2010).  (Undergraduate publication)