ABOUT

Jeonghee Yeom (Google Scholar)

Postdoctoral Researcher

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Functional Nanomaterials
2. Stimuli-responsive hydrogel/Stimuli-adaptive polymers
3. Wearable physical and chemical sensors
4. Ionotronics
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‌Email
‌jeonghee004@gmail.com | jeonghee@caltech.edu
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‌Phone
‌+1-626-563-7067​
Education
●  2016-2022.08, M.S.-Ph.D., Energy & Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Republic of Korea

● 2012-2016, B.S., Nanochemistry & Chemical Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Republic of Korea
Technical skills
Synthesis
Gold nanoparticles (nanospheres and nanostars)
Hydrogels (microgels) (poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) and polyacrylamide)
Polystyrene monolayer assembly
Molecularly imprinted polymers 
Characterization
Normal Transmission Electron Microscopy (Normal TEM)
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM)
Raman spectroscopy and Fourier-transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy and UV-Vis microspectroscopy
Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Zeta potential.

Award/Honors
2022 - Best Poster Award
MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Hawaii, USA

2022 - 28th Samsung Humantech Paper Award (5th prize)

2017-2021 - Global Ph.D. Fellowship
National Research Foundation of Korea
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2021 - Best Poster Award (Silver)
ICAE 2021, the 6th international conference on Advanced Electromaterials

2020 - Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Department of Energy Engineering of UNIST

2020 - Best Poster Award (Grand)
Nano Korea 18th international Symposium

2018 - Best Oral Presentation Award
Polymer Society of Korea