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Professor

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Hye Ryung Byon

Full Professor

(2025. 02. 24 ~ present)
Department of Chemistry, KAIST

hrbyon@kaist.ac.kr

Education

  • Ph D. (2004.03 ~ 2008.02)

 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Department of Chemistry (Inorganic/Material)
  Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hee Cheul Choi
 

  • B.S. (1997.03 ~ 2002.02)

   Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea
   Department of Chemistry & Department of Physics

Professional Career

  • Visiting Scholar(2024.07~2025.01)
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

  • Associate Professor (2018. 09. 01 ~ 2025. 02. 23)

         Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Main Campus, Korea ​

  • Assistant Professor (2016.02 ~ 2018. 08. 31)
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Main Campus, Korea

  • ​Unit leader (2011.02 ~ 2016.01)    RIKEN, Wako Campus, Japan    

         BYON Initiative Research Unit (IRU)​

  • Adjunct associate professor (2014.04 ~ 2016.01)

         Tokyo Institute of Technology, Suzukakedai Campus, Japan

         Interdisciplinary graduate school of science and engineering, Department of energy science

  • Postdoctoral Associate (2008.03 ~ 2010.12)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA (2008.10 ~ 2010.12)
    Department of Mechanical Engineering & Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yang Shao-Horn

  • Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) South Korea (2008.03 ~ 2008.09)
    Department of Chemistry
    Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hee Cheul Choi

Honors and Awards

  • Y-KAST member, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2020~present)

  • The i-sense Young Electrochemical Scientist Award, The Korean Chemical Society (2020)

  • Nano Research Young Innovators Award in Nano Energy Award, Springer & Tsinghua University Press (2019)

  • The Young Scientist Award, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2018)

  • The Distinguished Lectureship, The Chemical Society of Japan (2017)

  • The TJ Park Science Fellowship for Young Assistant Professor (2017)

  • Award for Best Graduate Thesis from Korean Chemical Society (2008).

  • Award for Best Graduate Thesis from College of Science, POSTECH (2008).

Professional Activities and Service

  • ACS Electrochemistry, Editorial Advisory Board, 2025.06~present

  • ACS Omega, Associate Editor, 2023.02~present

  • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Advisory Board member 2023.02~present

  • ChemRxiv Scientific, Advisory Board member, 2019.11~present

  • Energy Storage Materials, Advisory Board member, 2019.01~present

  • Chemical Physics Review, Associate Editor, 2020.06~2023.01

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Electrochemical  Materials Design Laboratory

Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Tel (Lab) : 82-42-350-2862/ Office : 82-42-350-2822

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