HONORS & AWARDS
2025 — Rising Star, Progress in Polymer Science, Elsevier (about)
2021, 2024, 2025 — Young Scientist, World Laureate Forum, China
2024 — ChemPlusTalents, ChemPlusChem, Wiley (about)
2024 — Early Investigator, PMSE, ACS (about)
2024 — Early Career Forum, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, ACS (about)
2023 — Influential Researcher, I&EC Research, ACS (about)
2023 — Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, RSC (about)
2022 — Rising Star, ACS Materials Au, ACS (about)
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
2012-2017 — Travel Grants: Gordon Research Conference, Layer-By-Layer Conference, Institute of Physics, University of Michigan, and Hanwha Chemical
2016 — Ivor K. McIvor Award, U of M
2015 — Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, POLY, ACS (about)
2014–2016 — Graduate Student Awards
Materials Research Society (2016)
American Chemical Society (2015)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014)
2015 — Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, POLY, ACS (about)
2015 — The Best Poster Award, Engineering Graduate Symposium, U of M
2015 — The First Poster Prize on Blue/Green Seminar, Chemical Engineering, U of M
2014 — Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award, KIChE, AIChE
2014–2015 — Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, U of M (about)
2014 — Distinguished Leadership Award, College of Engineering, U of M
2014 — Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement, U of M
2014 — Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association & Korea-US Science Cooperation Center Scholarship
2014 — Excellence in Research Award, Chemical Engineering, U of M
2011–2013 — Graduate Scholarship, US $30,000 per year, STX Foundation, Korea
2008–2010 — Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship, STX Foundation, Korea
2003–2008 — Undergraduate Merit-based Scholarships, Hanyang University, Korea