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Young Min Rhee

Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST

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Education

  • B.S. in Chemistry
    Seoul National University (1991 – 1995)
  • M.S. in Chemistry
    Seoul National University (1995 – 1997)Advisor: Prof. Myung Soo Kim
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry
    Stanford University (2000 – 2005)Advisor: Prof. Vijay S. Pande
  • Postdoctoral Scholar
    UC Berkeley (2005 – 2008)Advisor: Prof. Martin Head-Gordon

Career

  • Assistant Professor
    POSTECH, Dept. of Chemistry (2008 – 2012)
  • Associate Professor
    POSTECH, Dept. of Chemistry (2012 – 2017)
  • Group Leader
    Center for Self-assembly and Complexity, IBS (2012 – 2017)
  • Associate Professor
    KAIST, Dept. of Chemistry (2017 – 2019)
  • Visiting Professor
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) (2023 – 2024)
  • Professor
    KAIST, Dept. of Chemistry (2019 – Present)

Honors & Awards

  • KCS Early Career Award in Physical Chemistry, Korean Chemical Society (2013)
  • Creative Teaching Award, KAIST (2022)
  • Kook Joe Shin Academic Excellence Award, Korean Chemical Society (2022)
  • IPJAE Physical Chemistry Award, Korean Chemical Society (2026)

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Graduate Students

Jung Seok Lee portrait

Jung Seok Lee

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in Life Science (Chemistry Double Major)Hanyang University,2013. 3 – 2020. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2020. 3 – Present

Jiseung Kang portrait

Jiseung Kang

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in ChemistryKyung Hee University,2012. 3 – 2016. 2

M.S. in ChemistryPOSTECH,2017. 2 – 2019. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2021. 9 – Present

Young Kyun Ahn portrait

Young Kyun Ahn

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in Chemistry (Computer Science Minor)KAIST,2017. 3 – 2022. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2022. 2 – Present

Sowon Kim portrait

Sowon Kim

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in ChemistryHanyang University,2018. 3 – 2022. 8

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2022. 9 – Present

Hongseok Choi portrait

Hongseok Choi

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in ChemistryGIST,2019. 3 – 2023. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2023. 3 – Present

Seung Hun Choi portrait

Seung Hun Choi

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in ChemistryGIST,2018. 3 – 2023. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2023. 3 – Present

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Goun Kim

Ph.D. Candidate

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Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2024. 3 – Present

So Yeon Kim portrait

So Yeon Kim

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in Physics (Chemistry Double Major)Chungbuk National University,2017. 3 – 2022. 2

M.S. in ChemistryChungbuk National University,2022. 3 – 2024. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2024. 3 – Present

Jeyun Ju portrait

Jeyun Ju

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in ChemistryKyungpook National University,2020. 3 – 2024. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2024. 3 – Present

Myeonggyun Choi portrait

Myeonggyun Choi

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in ChemistryKAIST,2019. 3 – 2026. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2026. 3 – Present

Sungeun Hahm portrait

Sungeun Hahm

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. in ChemistryKongju National University,2020. 3 – 2026. 2

Ph.D. Candidate in ChemistryKAIST,2026. 9 – Present

Postdoctoral Fellows

Mohammed Alamgir portrait

Mohammed Alamgir

Postdoctoral Fellow

M.S. in Rajabazar Science CollegeUniversity of Calcutta,2014. 8 – 2016. 7

Ph.D. in School of ChemistryUniversity of Hyderabad,2018. 8 – 2025. 9

Postdoctoral Fellow in ChemistryKAIST,2025. 11 – Present

Jongkwon Ha portrait

Jongkwon Ha

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S. in ChemistryUNIST,2012. 3 – 2016. 8

Ph.D. in ChemistryUNIST,2016. 9 – 2022. 8

Postdoctoral Fellow in ChemistryUNIST,2022. 9 – 2023. 3

Postdoctoral Fellow in ChemistryDalhousie University,2023. 4 – 2026. 6

Postdoctoral Fellow in ChemistryKAIST,2026. 7 – Present

Alumni

Hyoju Choi

Ph.D.

Samsung Display

Seung Soo Kim

Postdoc

Self-employed

Mahroof Kalathingal

Postdoc

Postdoc, BarIlan University (Israel)

Byeong Ki Min

Ph.D.

Samsung Display

Kyungmin Kim

Ph.D.

QUNOVA Computing

Kwang Hyun Cho

Ph.D.

Postdoc, Rochester University

Yeon Ju Go

Ph.D.

MOGAM Institute for Biomedical Research

Soowan Park

Ph.D.

Samsung Display

Jae Whee Park

Ph.D.

Samsung Display

Iulia Brumboiu

Postdoc

Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)

Wook Lee

Postdoc

Kangwon National University

Seyoung Chung

Ph.D.

LG Chem

Chang Woo Kim

Ph.D.

Chonnam National University

Weon-Gyu Lee

Ph.D.

inCerebro

Chang Jun Lee

Postdoc

Self-employed

Sun Mi Choi

Ph.D.

Samsung Display

Jae Woo Park

Ph.D.

Chungbuk National University

Hyun Woo Kim

Ph.D.

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

Jianping Wang

Postdoc

Northwestern A&F University

Pandian Sokkar

Postdoc

Postdoc, MPI (Germany)

Aaron Kelly

Postdoc

Group Leader, MPI (Germany)

Chang-ik Song

M.S.

LG Chem