The Kim Research Group

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

• 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 — Croucher Innovation Awards, Finalist, Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong

• 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

• 2014 — Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award, KIChE, AIChE

• 2014 — Distinguished Leadership ­­Award, College of Engineering, U of M

• 2014 — Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement, 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

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)

• Yuan, Y.†; Bang, K.†; Wang, R.; Kim, Y.* Macrocycle-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks. Advanced Materials 2210952 (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)

  Prior to HKUST —————————————————————————

• 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)