PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Sooyeon Cho, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
2066 Seobu-ro, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
Office: Engineering Building 2, Room 25513 (Lab: Room 25302)
Phone: +82-31-290-7256
E-mail: sooyeonc (at) skku.edu / numtndus33 (at) gmail.com
Administrator: Sunha Kim (ksh17 (at) skku.edu)
Researche Area: Sensor Engineering, Analytical Chemistry
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Professional Appointments
Associate Professor. Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2025.03 - Present
Assistant Professor. Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2022.02 - 2025.02
Postdoctoral Associate. Chemical Engineering, MIT, 2019.02 - 2022.02 (Advisor: Prof. Michael S. Strano)
Visiting Researcher. Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2016.02 - 2016.10 (Advisor: Prof. Ali Javey)
Academic Education
Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2013.02 - 2019.02 (Advisor: Prof. Hee-Tae Jung)
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2009.02 - 2013.02 (Advisor: Prof. O Ok Park)
Dual Degree. Management Science
Selected Awards and Honors
Distinguished Lectureship Award - Chemical Society of Japan, 2024 [link]
Innovator Under 35 Asia Pacific - MIT Technology Review, 2023 [link]
POSCO Science Fellowship - POSCO Foundation, 2023 [link]
Rising Star in Measurement Science - American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023 [link]
Miwon Young Scientist Award - The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC), 2023
Young Scientist Awards - NANO KOREA, 2022 [link]
Finalist, Postdoctoral Symposium - MIT, 2021 [link]
PJK Academic Achievement Award (박정기 학술상) - KAIST, 2018 [link]
Best Paper Awards - Polymer Society of Korea, 2018 [link]
Grand Prize - Lam Research Korea Thesis Award, 2017 [link]
Young Scientist Award - European Materials Research Society (eMRS), 2017 [link]
Best Oral Awards - Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE), 2017
Best Poster Awards - Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE), 2016
Grand Prize (Best Poster Awards) - NANO KOREA), 2015 [link]
Best Poster Awards - 27th International Symposium on Chemical Engineering (ISChE), 2014 [link]
Teaching
Instructor, SKKU
- ECH3053 (Chemical Reaction Engineering) Fall 2024 (Evaluation Score: 100/100)
- ECH4001 (Advanced Instrumental Analysis) Spring 2024 (Evaluation Score: 100/100)
- ECH3055 (Capstone Design of Chemical Engineering) Spring 2024 (Evaluation Score: 100/100)
- ECH3053 (Chemical Reaction Engineering) Fall 2023 (Evaluation Score: 98/100)
- ECH4001 (Advanced Instrumental Analysis) Spring 2023 (Evaluation Score: 100/100)
- ECH3055 (Capstone Design of Chemical Engineering) Spring 2023 (Evaluation Score: 98/100)
- ECH3053 (Chemical Reaction Engineering) Fall 2022 (Evaluation Score: 97/100)
- ECH3055 (Capstone Design of Chemical Engineering) Spring 2022 (Evaluation Score: 96/100)Instructor, MIT
- 10.585 (Engineering Nanotechnology) Fall 2021Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP), MIT
- Teaching and Learning Laboratory (TLL) Fall 2020Teaching Assistant, KAIST
- CBE 682 (Organic Nanostructured Materials) Fall 2016
- CBE 301 (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory) Spring 2015 - Best TA Awards
- CBE 201 (Molecular Engineering Laboratory) Fall 2014 - Best TA Awards
Professional Services
Editorial Board Member, Nanotechnology (IOPscience), 2025-2027
Youth Editorial Board Member, BMEMat (Wiley), 2024-2026
The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE)
- Polymer Division, General Affair Committee (총무간사) 2025The Korean BioChip Society (KBCS)
- General Affair Committee (총무위원) 2023, 2025
- Planning Committee (기획위원) 2024The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC)
- International Cooperation Committee (국제협력이사) 2025
- General Member (평위원) 2024-2025
- Strategic Direction Committee (중장기발전위원) 2024
- International Cooperation Committee (국제협력위원) 2024The Polymer Society of Korea (PSK)
- Editorial Board Committee (편집위원, 고분자 과학과 기술) 2023-2024Conference Organizer
- Organizer / Korea-Vietnam Green Chemistry Conference (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Session organizer / NANO KOREA 2024, ICAE 2025
- Local organizing committee / MPA 2023, ACCIS 2025