Appointments
- 2026.09 - Present
- Professor at Sogang University, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Seoul, Korea)
- 2022.09 - 2026.08
- Associate Professor at Sogang University, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- 2014.09 - 2022.08
- Principal Researcher at KRICT (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology), Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry (Daejeon, Korea)
- 2020.07 - 2022.08
- Affiliate Faculty at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Div. of Environmental Science & Engineering (Pohang, Korea)
- 2016.03 - 2022.08
- Associate Professor at UST (University of Science and Technology), Dept. of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering (Daejeon, Korea)
- 2012.08 - 2014.08
- Researcher at SK Innovation Corp., Chemical R&BD Center (Daejeon, Korea)
Education
- 2008.09 - 2012.08
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) (Daejeon, Korea), Advisor: Prof. Sang Youl Kim
- 2007.02 - 2008.08
- M.S. in Chemistry, KAIST; Advisor: Prof. Sang Youl Kim
- 2003.03 - 2007.02
- B.S. in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, KAIST (minor in Business Economics Program)
Professional Activities
- The member of Academy and Education, The polymer Society of Korea (2024) — 한국고분자학회 학술위원회 위원
- General secretary, The polymer Society of Korea: Eco Materials Division (2023-2024) — 한국고분자학회 에코소재 분과 임원진
- Organizing secretary, Korean Chemical Society: Polymer Chemistry Division (2022) — 대한화학회 고분자화학분과회 임원진 (기획간사)
- Organizing committee, Global ESG Forum (Waste: Plastic) parallel with Nature Forum (2022) — 2022 글로벌 ESG 포럼, 폐기물: 플라스틱, 조직위원
- Secretariat, POLYCONDENSATION 2022 (2022)
- Special Issue Editor in International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021~2022): Special Issue "Self-Healing Polymers and Composites"
- Program Committee [Polymers and Environment], IUPAC-MACRO2020+ (2021)
- Reviewer Community Member, Green Chemistry, and other RSC journals (2021~)
- Reviewer Board Member, Nanomaterials (2020~)
- Chief-program organizer of Global Symposium on Bio-based Polymeric Materials (KRICT) (2018~2022)
- Co-organizer of 2018 Fall Meeting of The Polymer Society of Korea (2018)
- Member, Polymer Society of Korea
- Member, Korean Chemical Society
- Member, The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers
Honors & Awards
- 2025 서강대학교 총동문회-서강알바트로스 학술상 (2026)
- 2024학년도 연구업적 우수 교원 선정 (2025)
- 2025서강 리치 영펠로우 선정 (2025)
- 2025서강 리치 공학 학술상 - 최다 피인용 (2025)
- 2025서강 리치 공학 학술상 - 최우수 논문 (2025)
- 2025 우수 피인용 논문상 (Review of polymer tech...)(3년간 50회) (2025)
- 2024 서강 리치 공학 학술상 - 최우수 연구 (2024)
- The Polymer Science Advancement Award (고분자학술진보상) in Fall meeting of the Polymer Society of Korea (2024)
- Keynote presentation in INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON DYNAMIC POLYMER NETWORKS, Changchun, China (2024)
- The 1st EYSA·Ecopro Young Scientist Awards-Environment division (에코프로 젊은 과학자상-환경부문) (2023)
- TCI-Emerging scholar award (신진학술상) in Fall meeting of Korean Chemical Society (Polymer Chemistry Division) (2023)
- The Best 100 Technologies among National R&D Projects by Ministry of Science and ICT of 2021 (2021) — 자가치유 물질기반 온도변화 감지필름 제조기술 (오동엽, 황성연, 박제영 외)
- The Best 100 Technologies among National R&D Projects by Ministry of Science and ICT of 2020 (2020) — 비닐봉투용 고강도 생분해성 플라스틱 제조 기술개발 (황성연, 박제영, 오동엽 외)
- KRICT Team-Grand Prize of 2020, KRICT (2020)
- Selected as a Major National R&D Achievement Reported to “Mr. President”: High-performance bioplastics (2019)
- Ulsan Metropolitan Award in Science Technology and Industrial Development of 2019 (2019)
- Excellence Staff Award of 2018, KRICT (2018)
- KRICT Innovation Team Award of 2017, KRICT (2017)
