Biography
■MAJOR FIELDS
- Treatment of toxic inorganic and organic chemicals by advanced oxidation process and adsorption process,
- Synthesis of reactive nano materials and application
■EDUCATION
-Doctor of Philosophy
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000, University of Maryland
Title of Dissertation: “Competitive Adsorption and Photocatalytic Oxidation of Cu(II)-EDTA and Cd(II)-EDTA in TiO2 Suspension”
-Master of Science
Dept. of Chemistry, 1988, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea,
Title of Thesis: “Pyrolysis of Propylene Oxide Behind Reflected Shock Waves”
-Bachelor of Science
Dept. of Chemistry, 1986, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea
■EXPERIENCE
Full Professor (March 2006-present), Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul, Korea
- Development of removal process for mixed contaminant in water system by multi functional reactive media
- Removal of micro-pollutants using non-thermal plasma
- Development and application of graphene-like carbon prepared with several biomasses
Visiting Professor (March 2012-February 2013), University of California at Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Removal of Arsenic and Phosphate from Aqueous Solution by Metal(hydr-)oxide Coated Sand
Senior Researcher (October 2002-February 2005), LG Environmental Research Institute, Seoul, Korea.
- Conducted laboratory and field scale applications of iron-coated sand and manganese-coated sand on the removal of arsenic from solution
Post-doctoral Fellow (March 2000-October 2002), Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
- Conducted laboratory research on quantifying the bioavailability of toxic metals
in soils.
- Developed multivariable regression model for the adsorption, partitioning bioavailability, and sequestration of toxic metals in soils.
- Conducted laboratory research on the removal of arsenic with iron-coated sand.
Graduate Research Assistant (1996-2000), Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Conducted research on competitive photocatalytic oxidation (kinetics) of Cu(II)-EDTA and Cd(II)-EDTA complexes with illuminated TiO2.
- Investigated photocatalytic oxidation (kinetics and mechanism) of Cu(II)-EDTA complexes with illuminated TiO2.
- Conducted research on the adsorption of Cu(II), binary Cu(II)/Cd(II), EDTA, Cu(II)-EDTA and binary Cu(II)-EDTA/Cd(II)-EDTA onto TiO2
Senior Researcher (1995 ~ 1996), Agency for Defense Development, Korea
- Developed disposal method of several military wastes
Researcher (1988 ~ 1994), Agency for Defense Development, Korea
- Conducted research on physical and chemical treatment of toxic compounds
- Developed Pt-impregnated Alumina catalyst for the removal of toxic organic
compounds
- Developed pressure swing adsorption method for the treatment of toxic organic
compounds