Awards & Honors



Rising Star Award

Young Researcher Support Program
The Korean Synchrotron Raddiation User's Association (KOSUA)
Nov 2024

Research Fund for Post-Doc Collaboration
Co-Investigator, National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea
Sep 2024 – Mar 2025

YEBONG Best Research Award
(The best doctoral dissertation of UNIST)
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Feb 2024
Featured in the sites below.
UNIST News Center / Yonhapnews / Newsis / Kyungsang Ilbo / Ulsan Press / Ulsan Maeil /
Ulsan Jeil / Busan Ilbo / IT Times / Metroseoul /The Asia Business Daily / Nocutnews / Heraldcorp /
News1 / Veritas-a / Energy News / Sisain / Business Korea / Koit / Science Chosun / Donga Science

Talent Award of Korea
Ministry of Education (MoE) and Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF)
Dec 2022
Featured in the sites below.
EurekAlert / UNIST News Center / The Asia Business Daily / Metro / Fnnews / Newsis / Herald /
Dongascience / Busan Ilbo / News1 / Veritas-a / Betanews / Koit / Wiznews / Nate news / Paxnet /

Outstanding Poster Award
Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
Apr 2022

Award for Excellent Debater
Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
Apr 2021

Outstanding Presentation Award
Society of Global Ph.D. Fellows
Nov 2018

Global Ph.D. Fellowship
National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea ($125K/5 years)
Mar 2018 – Feb 2023

Outstanding Poster Award
Korean Chemical Society (KCS), Inorganic Chemistry Division
Jul 2017
National Science and Engineering Scholarship
Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF) ($11K/2 years)
Mar 2015 – Feb 2017
Academic Performance Scholarship
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Mar 2013 – Feb 2015