Green Electrochemical Energy Laboratory

Personal

Name:                      Sunghyun Kim, Ph.D. Professor

Affiliation:               Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University

                                 120 Neungdong-ro, Kwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, KOREA

Date of birth:           Jan. 9, 1962

Phone:                      +82-2-450-3378

Fax:                          +82-2-456-2744

E-mail:                     skim100@konkuk.ac.kr

 

Educational background

B.S.                         Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1984

M.S.                        Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1986

Ph.D.                       Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 1993

                                Advisor: Prof. Daniel A. Scherson

                                Thesis title: Applications of Synchrotron Radiation and Optical Techniques to Electrochemistry

 

Research experiences

Researcher             Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 1986-1988

Postdoc. Fellow     Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1993-1995. Advisor: Prof. Allen J. Bard

Assist. Prof.           Department of Chemistry, Konkuk University, 1995-2000

Assoc. Prof.           Department of Chemistry, Konkuk University, 2000-2005

Professor                Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 2005-to date

Visiting Prof.         Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2005-2006

                                      Kumi University, 2013, 2016

 

Professional affiliations

1. Korean Chemical Society

2. Korean Electrochemical Society

3. The Electrochemical Society, USA

 

Research interests

1. Development of microbial fuel cells

2. Bioelectrochemical production of hydrogen-microbial electrolysis cells

3. Artificial photosynthesis-solar energy conversion to electricity