Sung-Jin Kim graduated from the chemistry department of the Ewha Womans University in 1981 and received her master¡¯s degree from the same department. From 1985 to 1989 she studied solid state chemistry at the chemistry department of the Iowa State University, USA, where she received her Ph. D in 1989. She is currently a professor of college of Natural Sciences at the Ewha Womans University. She is a fellow of The Korea Academy of Science and Technology. She is a board member of National Research Council of Science & Technology.The main research interests of Prof. Kim cover design, synthesis and investigation of physical-chemical properties of metal clusters compounds, nanostructured materials, thermoelectric, solar cell, sensor materials and graphene. Her studies have resulted in more than 280 scientific papers and 18 patents.
 
¡¤Education
1985 - 1989 Ph.D. Iowa State University, Ames, USA
1981 - 1983 M.S. Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
1977 - 1981 B.S. Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
¡¤Professional Career
2015 - present
Committee Member of Basic Science Promotion Council, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
2014 - present
Board Member, National Research Council of Science & Technology
2013 - present
Board Member, Chair of Relation and Development Committee, Korea Nanotechnology Research Society
2013
University Committee, Ewha Womans University
2010 - 2014
Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University
2009 - 2010
Committee Member, IUPAC
2009
Vice President, The Korean Chemical Society
2009
President of Materials Chemsitry, The Korean Chemical Society
2006 - 2012
Director, BK21 "Nano Sciences"
2004 - 2009 Director, Institute of NanoBio Technology
2004 - 2009 Associate Editor, Bulletin of Korean Chemical Society
2004 - 2007
Vice Dean of Graduate School, Ewha Womans University
2003 - 2007 Chair Person, Division of Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University
2003 Secretary of Scientific Affairs, The Korean Chemical Society
1998 - 2000 Visiting Professor, Michigan State University
1995 - 1998 Dean of Graduate School, Ewha Womans University
1990 - present Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Ewha Womans University
1989 - 1990 Post-Doc. Texas A & M University
¡¤Honors
2016
Research Excellence Award Recognition from Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning
2015
Fellow of The Korea Academy of Science and Technology
2014
Research Excellence Award, Ewha Womans University
2013
Academic Award, The Korean Chemistry Society
2007
Honorary Doctorate Degree, Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Russia
2002 Award for Excellent Research paper, Solid State Chemistry, The Korean Chemical Society
1989 Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University
¡¤Research Interests
¡¤ Nano Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of New Materials
¡¤ Thermoelectric Materials, Graphene, Nano Sensors, Solar Cell Materials
¡¤ Nano Porous/Particles, Nano Inorganic/Organic Composite Materials
¡¤ Metal Cluster-organometallic Hybride Polymeric Compounds
¡¤Selected Publications
[1] ¡°Sulfur to oxygen substitution in BiOCuSe and its effect on the thermoelectric properties¡±, Mi-Kyung Han, Ying-Shi Jin, Byung Kyu Yu, Woongjin Choi, Tae-Soo Youb, Sung-Jin Kim* Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(36), 13859-13865, 2016.
[2] ¡°A magnesiothermic route to multicomponent nanocomposites of FeSi2@Si@graphene and FeSi2@Si with promising anode performance¡±, Kanyaporn Adpakpang, Ji-eun Park, Seung Mi Oh, Sung-Jin Kim*, Seong-Ju Hwang* Electrochemica Acta, 136(1), 483-492, 2014.
[3] ¡°Sulfur-doped graphene as a potential alternative metal-free electrocatalyst and Pt-catalyst supporting material for oxygen reduction reaction¡±, Ji-eun Park, Yu Jin Jang, Yeo Jin Kim, Mi-sun Song, Seokhyun Yoon, Dong Ha Kim* and Sung-Jin Kim*, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(1), 103-109, 2014.
[4] ¡°Controlling the luminescence emission from palladium grafted graphene oxide thin films via reduction¡± J. R. Rani, Juyeong Oh, Ji-eun Park, Juhwan Lim, Byeongho Park, Kyung Kim, Sung-Jin Kim* and Seong Chan Jun* Nanoscale, 5, 5620-5627, 2013.
[5] ¡°Hydrogen Sensing under Ambient Conditions Using SnO2 Nanowires: Synergetic Effect of Pd/Sn Codeposition¡±Seung Ho Jeong, Sol Kim, Junho Cha, Min Soo Son, Sang Han Park, Ha-Yeong Kim, Man Ho Cho, Myung-Hwan Whangbo, Kyung-Hwa Yoo* and Sung-Jin Kim*, , Nano Letter, 13(12), 5938-5943, 2013.
[6] ¡°Photoluminescent nanographitic/nitrogen-doped graphitic hollow shells as a potential candidate for biological applications¡±, Ji-eun Park, Ekaterina D. Grayfer, Yeongri Jung, Kyung Kim, Kang-Kyun Wang, Yong-Rok Kim, Duhee Yoon, Hyeonsik Cheong, Hae-Eun Chung, Soo-Jin Choi, Jin-Ho Choy and Sung-Jin Kim*, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 1(9), 1229-1234, 2013.
[7] ¡°n-type Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials Prepared from Chemically Synthesized Ultrathin Bi2Te3 Nanoplates¡± Jae Sung Son, Moon Kee Choi, Mi-Kyung Han, Kunsu Park, Jae-Yeol Kim, Seong JoonLim, Myoung Hwan Oh, Young Kuk, Chan Park, Sung-Jin Kim, and Taeghwan Hyeon* Nano Letters, 12(2), 640?647, 2012.