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Dr. Won-Tae Koo (South Korea)  
Ph. D. Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, South Korea

Current: Senior Researcher, Revolutionary Technology Center, 
               SK Hynix Inc., South Korea


*E-mail: narimuta@gmail.com, narimuta@kaist.ac.kr

 

Education

  • Ph.D. (Mar. 2016 ~ Feb. 2020)
    Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST
    Thesis: Metal–Organic Frameworks and Porous Polymers-Based Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors
    Advisor: Prof. Il-Doo Kim

     

  • M.S. (Mar. 2014 ~ Feb. 2016)
    Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST
    Advisor: Prof. Il-Doo Kim

  • B. S. (Mar. 2008 ~ Feb. 2014)
    Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University Summa Cum Laude

Research & Work Experiences

  • Senior Researcher (Feb. 2020 ~ )
    Revolutionary Technology Center, SK Hynix Inc., South Korea. 

    Research Topic: Ferroelectrics and Negative Capacitance for Future Memory Research

     

  • Visiting Scholar (Sep. 2018 ~ Feb. 2019)
    Dept. of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. 
    Research Topic: Porous Ion Exchange Polymers for Chemical Sensors.
    Advisor: Prof. Timothy M. Swager (tswager@mit.edu)

     

  • Visiting Scholar (Mar. 2017 ~ Jul. 2017)
    Dept. of Chemistry, University of California–Irvine, U.S.A. 
    Research Topic: Lithographically Patterned Pd Nanowires for Superior H2 Sensors Using                                                 Engineered Nanofiltration of Metal-Organic Framework.  
    Advisor: Prof. Reginald M. Penner (rmpenner@uci.edu)

     

  • Intern (Jun. 2014 ~ Jul. 2014)
    Research & Development Division, SK Hynix, Icheon, Republic of Korea
     

  • Army Sergeant (Mar. 2009 ~ Jan. 2011)
    Military Service: Army Artillery, Republic of Korea

Academic & Research Honors

  • The paper entitled “Large-area Synthesis of Nanoscopic Catalyst-Decorated Conductive MOF Film Using Microfluidic-based Solution Shearing” in Nature Communications was selected as Editors’ Highlights by Nature Communications. This work was also highlighted in 16 daily newspapers.

  • Prof. Il-Doo Kim’s research project entitled “The Nanofiber-based High-Performance Gas Sensors for Environmental Monitoring and Exhaled Breath Analysis” is selected as the top 10 representative nanotechnology in 2019 by the Korean Government, Nov. 2019. Won-Tae Koo contributed to this project.

  • Best Poster Presentation Award, The 6th International Conference on Electrospinning (Electrospin2019), Jun. 2019.

  • Prof. Il-Doo Kim’s research project entitled “The Development of High Performance Gas Sensors Based on Self-Assembled Catalytic Coupling” is selected as 100 research achievement in 2018 (our project is 1st in Mechanical and Materials Science) by the Korean Government, Oct. 2018. Won-Tae Koo contributed to this project.

  • International research fellowship, BK21 plus Program, Korea. Sep. 2018.

  • The paper entitled “Sub-Parts-per-Million Hydrogen Sulfide Colorimetric Sensor: Lead Acetate Anchored Nanofibers toward Halitosis Diagnosis” in Analytical Chemistry was featured in ACS Press Pacs in Jun. 2018. This work was also highlighted in 5 daily newspapers and 1 podcast.

  • Best Poster Presentation Award, Materials Research Society of Korea, May. 2018.

  • The paper entitled “Metal-Organic Framework Templated Synthesis of Ultrasmall Catalyst Loaded ZnO/ZnCo2O4 Hollow Spheres for Enhanced Gas Sensing Properties” in Scientific Reports was selected as one of the top 100 read chemistry papers for Scientific Reports in 2017.

  • Best Poster Presentation Award (2nd), Electrospinning 2018 International Conference, Jan. 2018.

  • The paper entitled “Accelerating Palladium Nanowire H2 Sensors Using Engineered Nanofiltration” in ACS Nano was featured in KAIST Breakthroughs and UCI website in Sep. 2017. This work was also highlighted in 14 daily newspapers.

  • The paper entitled “Electrospun Nanostructures for High Performance Chemiresistive and Optical Sensors” in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering was highlighted in Advanced Science News in Jun. 2017.

  • Prof. Il-Doo Kim group’s patents were transferred to a Korean enterprise, NIDS Co. (2017). Won-Tae Koo contributed to this patent transfer (KR patent, 10-2016-0178894, 10-2016-0174662).

  • International research fellowship, Korea. Mar. 2017.

  • The paper entitled “Heterogeneous Sensitization of Metal-Organic Framework Driven Metal@Metal Oxide Complex Catalysts on Oxide Nanofiber Scaffold Toward Superior Gas Sensors” in Journal of the American Chemical Society was featured in KAIST Breakthroughs in Oct. 2016. This work was also highlighted in 23 daily newspapers and 2 nationwide broadcasts.

  • Best Poster Presentation Award (Gold), The 15th Joint Symposium on MSE for the 21st Century, Aug. 2016.

  • The paper entitled “Catalyst-loaded porous WO3 nanofibers using catalyst-decorated polystyrene colloid templates for detection of biomarker molecules” in Chemical Communication is selected as 10 representative technology by the Center for Integrated Smart Sensors, ICT & Future Planning as Global Frontier Project. Jun. 2015.

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