Kang Hee Ku
Assistant Professor
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
UNIST, South Korea
Office: 052-217-2951 (104동 701-6호) / Lab: 104동 705-3호
E-mail: kangheeku@unist.ac.kr
Professional Experiences
2022-present Assistant Professor in Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST
2020-2022 Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University
2019-2020 Postdoctoral Associate in Chemistry, MIT (PI: Prof. Timothy M. Swager)
2018 Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (PI: Prof. Bumjoon Kim)
2015-2016 Visiting Scholar in Materials Research Laboratory, UCSB (PI: Prof. Craig J. Hawker)
Education
2014-2018 Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (PI: Prof. Bumjoon Kim)
2012-2014 M.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (PI: Prof. Bumjoon Kim)
2008-2012 B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
Awards & Honors
2022 Korea Loreal-Unesco Women in Science Awards, Women's Bioscience Forum
2021 Miwon Young Scientist Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
2018 WISET-PSK Young Scientist Award, The Polymer Society of Korea
2018 Nominated as the finalist of APS Padden Award, American Physical Society
2018 Chung-Hyun Creative Award, KAIST
2017 MRS Graduate Student Silver Award, Materials Research Society
2016 Best Poster Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
2015 Best Master Degree Award, The Polymer Society of Korea
2014 – 2016 Honored by Global Ph. D. Fellowship, NRF of Korea
2014 Samsung Humantech Paper Awards, Encouragement Award, Samsung Electronics
2013 Best Research Award, The Polymer Society of Korea
2012 – 2013 Honored by National Research Fellowship for Science and Engineering Graduates, NRF of Korea
2008 – 2011 Honored by Presidential Science Scholarship, NRF of Korea
Other Activities
2021-2022 고분자 과학과 기술 편집위원, 한국고분자학회
Lectures
2020 Fall 물질전달, 유기응용화학실험및설계, 전산개론 (CNU)
2021 Spring 유기화학1, 유기소재합성화학, 국제교류네트워크특론1 (CNU)
2021 Fall 물질전달, 유기응용화학실험및설계, 고등유기화학특론 (CNU)
2022 Fall 고급유체역학 (UNIST)
2023 Spring 기능성고분자특론 (UNIST)