Experience

2017-present: Professor, GSNT, KAIST
2011-2017: Associate Professor, GSNT, KAIST
2009-2011: Assistant Professor, GSNT, KAIST
2006-2009: Staff Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA
2003-2006: Post-Doc, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA

Education(학력)

2003, Ph.D., KAIST, Physics, 고체물리이론
1999, M.S., KAIST, Physics, 초전도이론
1997, B.S., KAIST, Physics
1990, Daejeon Science High School

HONOR & AWARD(수상경력)

2013 KAIST TOP 10 R&D Award
2008 NREL Director’s Award

RESEARCH AREA (연구분야)

Quantum nano-bio materials science/simulation
First-principles electronic structure and molecular dynamics calculations for nano-bio and energy materials
Thermal physics and finite-temperature materials science

PUBLICATIONS (우수연구성과)

S. Cho, S. D. Kang, W. Kim, E.-S. Lee, S.-J. Woo, K.-J. Kong, I. Kim, H.-D. Kim, T. Zhang, J. A. Stroscio, Yong-Hyun Kim, and H.-K. Lyeo, Thermoelectric imaging of structural disorder in epitaxial graphene, http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2845, Nature Mater., Accepted (2013).

H. Choi, J.-H. Ko, Yong-Hyun Kim, and S. Jeong, Steric Hindrance Driven Shape Transition in PbS Quantum Dots: Understanding Size-Dependent Stability, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 5278 (2013).

S. Kwon, J.-H. Ko, K.-J. Jeon, Yong-Hyun Kim, J. Y. Park, Enhanced Nanoscale Friction on Fluorinated Graphene, Nano Lett. 12, 6043 (2012).

Yong-Hyun Kim, K. Kim, and S. B. Zhang, First-Principles Calculation of Thermodynamic Stability of Acids and Bases under pH Environment: a Microscopic pH Theory, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 134112 (2012).

J. Kang, J. Zhu, S.-H. Wei, E. Schwegler, and Yong-Hyun Kim, Persistent Medium-Range Order and Anomalous Liquid Properties of Al1-xCux Alloys, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 115901 (2012).

S. Park, Y. Hu, J. O. Hwang, E.-S. Lee, L. B. Casabianca, W. Cai, J. R. Potts, H.-W. Ha, S. Chen, J. Oh, S. O. Kim, Yong-Hyun Kim, Y. Ishii, and R. S. Ruoff, "Chemical structures of hydrazine-treated graphene oxide and generation of aromatic nitrogen doping", Nat. Commun. 3:638 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1643 (2012)

D. H. Lee, W. J. Lee, W. J. Lee, S. O. Kim, and Yong-Hyun Kim “Theory, Synthesis, and Oxygen Reduction Catalysis of Fe-Porphyrin Like Carbon Nanotubes” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 175502 (2011)

H. Choi, Y. C. Park, Yong-Hyun Kim, Y. S. Lee “Ambient Carbon Dioxide Capture by Boron-Rich Boron Nitride Nanotube” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 2084–2087 (2011)

J. Kang, S.-H. Wei, and Yong-Hyun Kim “Origin of the Diverse Melting Behaviors of Intermediate-Size Nanoclusters: Theoretical Study of AlN (N = 51-58, 64)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 18287–18291 (2010)

Yong-Hyun Kim, J. Kang, and S.-H. Wei “Origin of Enhanced Dihydrogen-Metal Interaction in Carboxylate Bridged Cu2-Paddle-Wheel Frameworks” Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 236105 (2010).

K. Lee, Yong-Hyun Kim, Y. Y. Sun, D. West, Y. Zhao, Z. Chen, and S. B. Zhang “Hole-Mediated Hydrogen Spillover Mechanism in Metal-Organic Frameworks” Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 236101 (2010)

J. Kang and Yong-Hyun Kim “Half-Solidity of Tetrahedral-like Al55 Clusters, ACS Nano 4, 1092-1098 (2010)

J. Kang, S.-H. Wei, and Yong-Hyun Kim “Microscopic Theory of Hysteretic Hydrogen Adsorpotion in Nanoporous Materials” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 1510–1511 (2010)

H. J. Xiang, J. Kang, S.-H. Wei, Yong-Hyun Kim, C. Curtis, and D. Blake “Shape Control of Al Nanoclusters by Ligand Size” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 8522 (2009)