CV

Postdoctoral Researcher

SIMM, ESPCI Paris-PSL Univeristy

• Investigating liquid-triboelectrification.
• Investigating polyer adsorption dynamics.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon

• Extended Ph.D. research on electro-driven bubble transport with tunable surfactant concentration.
• Investigated electronic interactions of oligothiophene-based surfactants at liquid/gas interfaces.
• Mentored a master’s student on experimental techniques and data analysis.

Research Fellow

Inha University

• Characterized various properties of hydrogels.
• Developed novel microfluidic devices for studying diffusioosmosis on superhydrophobic surfaces.

Research Fellow

KyungHee University

• Studied diffusioosmosis/phoresis on superhydrophobic channel.

PhD

Institut Lumière Matière, Université de Lyon

Physics, Material

• Thesis: ‘Nanofluidics with Soap Bubbles and Surfactants’
• Advisor: Dr. Anne-Laure Biance
• Investigated the motion of an air bubble surrounded by ionic surfactants under an electric field.
• Derived a physical model for the bubble motion.
• Stuided colloid filtration/seiving using bubble-in-capillary configuration.
• Investigated “electronic” surfactants’ pi-stacking signature at water/air interface using Langmuir Trough and Ellipsometer combined setup.
• Built a setup to measure conductivity of pi-stacked surfactants and graphene flakes at water/air interface.

M.E.

KyungHee University

Mechanical Engineering

• Thesis: ‘Penetration Dynamics of Water Droplet on Janus Mesh’
• Advisor: Prof. Choongyeop Lee
• Investigated on drop impact dynamics on engineered surfaces such as superhydrophobic(SHPo) surfaces, Lubricant-infused surfaces(LIS), Janus membrane, etc.
• Developed models for penetration dynamics of water droplets on Janus membrane.
• Studied a contact time reudction on a curved superhydrophobic surface during drop impact.
• Demonstrated rebound and rotation phenomena on a inclined LIS.

B.E.

KyungHee University

Mechanical Engineering

• Advisor: Prof. Choongyeop Lee
• Studied free energy harvesting from salt concentration gradient.
• Demonstrated an ionic diode effect from asymmetric contact areas.

Reversing the electro-driven bubble transport by tuning surfactant concentration

Electronic interactions of a quatertiophene-based surfactant at the liquid/gas interface

Molecular Assemblies of Amphiphilic Oligothiophenes at the Air--Water Interface

A bouncing and rotating drop after oblique impact on Lubricant-Impregnated surfaces

Highly porous hydrogels for efficient solar water evaporation

Water penetration dynamics through a Janus mesh during drop impact

Contact time on curved superhydrophobic surfaces

High-efficiency power generation in hyper-saline environment using conventional nanoporous membrane

Charged Matter 2025

15th European Foam Conference (EUFOAM)

APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting

Journees Plenieres GDR MicroNanoFluidique

Congres Français de Mechanique

Journées de Physique Statistique

The Korean BioChip Society

The 11th National Congress of Fluids Engineering

The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering Fall Conference

The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering Spring Conference

The 10th National Congress on Fluids Engineering

Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, ESPCI

Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR)

Mentor for three Master's students

Research assistant

Complex Motion in Fluids, Homerton College, Cambridge, UK

International School of Soft Matter, Cargèse, France

Excellent Paper Award

The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers

Academic Excellence Scholarship

KyungHee University

Silver Prize in Korean Physics Olympiad

Korea