Sustainable Catalysis & Synthesis Lab
Prof. Hyunwoo Kim
PROFESSIONAL POSITON
Associate Professor, POSTECH, Department of Chemistry
2025-present
Assistant Professor, POSTECH, Department of Chemistry
2022-2025
Assistant Professor, Ewha Womans University, Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience
2020-2022
Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, New York, USA
2019-2020 Postdoctoral Advisors: Prof. Song Lin & Prof. Tristan H. Lambert
Research Associate, Center for Hydrocarbon Functionalization, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Korea
2018-2019
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
2013-2018 Organic Chemistry, Transition-Metal Catalysis (Advisor: Prof. Sukbok Chang)
B.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
2009-2013 Chemistry
AWARDS & HONORS
The Distinguished Lectureship Award for Work on Electrochemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), 2025
Asian Core Program (ACP) on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry Lectureship Award (Japan Side), 2024
Asian Core Program (ACP) on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry Lectureship Award (Taiwan Side), 2024
Samsung Science & Technology Foundation Awardee in Chemistry, 2024 (link)
Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, Germany, 2024 (link)
Asian Core Program (ACP) on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry Lectureship Award (China Side), 2023
Asian Core Program (ACP) on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry Lectureship Award (Singapore Side), 2023
The 6th Toray Research Grant for Young Investigator, 2023 (link)
The 13th POSCO Science Fellowship, 2022 (link)
Excellent Thesis Award, KAIST, 2018
Editoral Board
2025 - 2027, Early Career Advisory Board, Science of Synthesis, Thieme
2020 - present, Youth Editorial Board, Green Synthesis and Catalysis, ScienceDirect