Kang Hee Ku

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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

2022.02 - present Assistant Professor in Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST
2020.09 - 2022.02 Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University
2019.01 - 2020.08 Postdoctoral Associate in Chemistry, MIT (PI: Prof. Timothy M. Swager)
2018.03 - 2018.12 Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (PI: Prof. Bumjoon Kim)
2015.06 - 2016.02 Visiting Scholar in Materials Research Laboratory, UCSB (PI: Prof. Craig J. Hawker)

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

2023 Korea Toray Fellowship, Korea Toray Science Foundation
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

2025-present 운영위원회, 한국고분자학회
2024-present 콜로이드 및 분자조립 부문위원회 운영위원, 한국고분자학회
2024 학술교육위원, 한국고분자학회
2021-2022 고분자 과학과 기술 편집위원, 한국고분자학회
2024- 연구기술개발위원회, 여성위원회, 한국화학공학회
16th International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems Organizing Committee
IUPAC-PSK50 Organizing Committee
Colloid and Interface Symposium 2024 Organizing Committee and Chair
Nanokorea 2024 Organizing Committee and Chair