Yoonseob Kim

Email: [email protected]; Web: http://yoonseobkim.com/; Tel: +(852) 2358 7138; Google Scholar; ORCID

Academic Qualifications: 2016 Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2010 B.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, , , Summa Cum Laude

Appointments: 2019– Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 2016–2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry (with Prof. Timothy M. Swager) 2010–2016 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering (with Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov) 2009–2010 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry (with Prof. Adam J. Matzger)

Selected Awards: 2020 Xplorer Prize, Finalist, Tencent Foundation 2020 ASPIRE League Partnership Seed Fund Award, Asian Science and Technology Pioneering Institutes of Research and Education 2020 Early Career Grant, RGC, Hong Kong 2018 DSM Science & Technology Award, POLY, ACS (about) – One awardee annually 2017 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, U of M (about) – One percent annually 2012–2017 Travel Grants; Gordon Research Conference, Layer-By-Layer Conference, Institute of Physics, University of Michigan and Hanwha Chemical 2014–2016 Graduate Student Awards – Each from AIChE (2014), ACS (2015), and MRS (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

Selected Publications: 22 peer-reviewed and 24 Synfacts editorial articles gathered over 1200 citations. †Equal contribution, *Corresponding author

Kim, Y.; Wang, Y.†; France-Lanord, A.†; Wang, Y.; Wu, Y-C.M.; Lin, S.; Li, Y.; Grossman, J.C.*; Swager, T.M.* Ionic Highways from Covalent Assembly in Highly Conducting and Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18152 (2019).

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.†; Yeom, B.†; Arteaga, O.; Yoo, S.J.; Lee, S.G.; Kim, J.G.; Kotov, N.A.* Reconfigurable Chiroptical Nanocomposites with Chirality Transfer from the Macro- to the Nanoscale. Nature Materials 15, 461 (2016). • Featured in News and Views of Nature Materials 15, 377 (2016), home page of the University of Michigan with a YouTube video clip, “Making nanostructures with rotatory optical activity”, Phys.org, Science 360, IEEE Spectrum, Science News, Nanotechweb.org, the Economic Times, etc.

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). • Featured in home page of the University of Michigan with a YouTube video clip, “Stretchable Conductors | MconneX | MichEpedia”, C&EN, MRS bulletin, Phys.org, Science Daily, Newswise, French Tribune, Chemistry World, Science & Enterprise etc.

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)

Patent:

Swager, T.M.; Kim, Y.; Grossman, J.C.; Lin, S.; Wang, Y.; France-Lanord, A.; Wu Y.; Li, Y; Wang, Y; “Stable, Highly Conductive, Anion Exchange Polymer Films” Invention disclosure filed on 12 Jul 2019

Swager, T.M.; Koo, W.; Kim, Y.; Kim, I.D. “Polymer Constrained Growth and Applications of Metal Nanoparticles” Invention disclosure filed on 25 Feb 2019

Kotov, N.A.; Kim, Y.; Zhu, J.; Prima, M.D. Application No. 14/193,837, U.S. Patent No. 9,922,746 “Stretchable Composite Conductors for Flexible Electronics, Stretchable Plasmonic Devices, Optical Filters, and Implantable Devices and Methods for Manufacture Thereof”

Selected Presentations: Invited: 2019 Peking University, Department of Chemistry, China 2019 Gordon Research Seminar, Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors, NH 2019 MIT, MIT Energy Initiative, MA “3-D Porosity: Approaches to New Generations of Polymer Membranes” − On Behalf of Prof. Timothy Swager 2018 Johns Hopkins University, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, MD 2018 MIT, J-WAFS workshop, MA “Polyaniline Nanofiber Electrodes for Reversible Capture and Release of Hg2+” − On Behalf of Prof. Timothy Swager 2018 National University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea 2016 Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Cambridge, MA 2016 APS/CNM Users Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, IL − On Behalf of Prof. Nicholas Kotov Plenary Talk, “Stretchable electronic and photonic materials from self-organized nanoparticles” 2015 Composites at Lake Louise, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada “Layered biomimetic and kirigami nanocomposites” − On Behalf of Prof. Nicholas Kotov 2015 ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Ithaca, NY “Materials design with layered biomimetic nanocomposites” − On Behalf of Prof. Nicholas Kotov 2015 Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France − Hosted by Prof. Gero Decher Contributed: 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry Student Seminars, Department of Chemistry 2016 Gordon Research Conference – Noble Metal Nanoparticles, South Hadley, MA 2016 Gordon Research Conference – Multifunctional Materials & Structures, Ventura, CA 2015 Gordon Research Conference – Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Chemistry, Lucca, Italy 2014 Gordon Research Conference – Plasmonics, Newry, ME 2014 Layer-by-Layer Assemblies: Science and Technology Conference, Hoboken, NJ 2014 Gordon Research Conference – Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte, Ventura, CA

Teaching: CENG 3220 Transport Phenomena II (Heat and Mass) – 2020 Fall CENG 4540 Nanomaterials and Applications in Chemical Engineering – 2020 Spring CENG 5520 Polymer and Materials Characterization – 2021 Spring

Service and Leadership: 2020– Safety Panel, Committee on Research Practices, HKUST 2020– PG Committee, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST 2017 Volunteer, MIT Chemistry Outreach, Goodrich Academy, MA 2017–2018 Contributed editor, Synfacts (Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y.) 2015 Discussion Leader, Gordon Research Seminar, Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Chem., Italy 2012– Reviewer for Journals, ACS Nano, Macromolecules, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nat. Commun., ACS Omega, Chem. Mater., ACS Appl. Bio Mater., Micromachines, J. Electrochem, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Polymer, Polymers 2012–2013 President, Korean Student Association – Graduate, University of Michigan, MI 2005–2007 Field Artillery, Capital Mechanized Infantry Division, Republic of Korea, Army (Taekwondo black belt)

Updated January 2021. A comprehensive CV is available upon request.