CENL

Principal Investigator

Young-Moo Jo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Kyungpook National University

Assistant Professor

School of Materials Science & Engineering

Kyungpook National University

jym754@knu.ac.krjym754@gmail.com
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Education & Career

Mar. 1, 2025- present

Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University

Daegu, South Korea

Jul. 1, 2022- Feb. 15, 2025

Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, USA

Advisor: Prof. Mircea Dinca

Mar. 1, 2022- Feb. 28, 2023

BK21 Research Professor, Korea University

Seoul, Korea

Mar. 2016- Feb. 2022

M.S./Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University

Seoul, Korea

Advisor: Prof. Jong-Heun Lee

Mar. 2010- Feb. 2016

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University

Seoul, Korea

Professional Experiences

Dec. 2025- present

Director of Industry–Academia Cooperation, The Korean Sensors Society

Sep. 2025- Jun. 2026

Co-organizer of Materials and Devices for Smart Sensors, GCIM2026

Nov. 2025- Oct. 2026

Early Career Editorial Board Member of Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering, AIP Publishing

Nov. 11- Nov. 13, 2019

Program Organizer of Korea Univ.–Kyushu Univ. Student Joint Workshop, Kyushu University

Fukuoka, Japan

Advisor: Prof. Jong-Heun Lee

Advisor: Prof. Kengo Shimanoe

Mar. 4- Mar. 15, 2019

Visiting Student, Block Course of Chemical Sensors, University of Tübingen

Tübingen, Germany

Advisor: Prof. Udo Weimer

Advisor: Dr. Nicolae Barsan

Aug. 27- Aug. 31, 2018

Visiting Student, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Moscow, Russia

Advisor: Prof. Nikolay Samotaev

Jul. 7- Jul. 24, 2018

Visiting Student, Signal Processing of Chemical Sensor Array, Kangwon National University

Samcheok, Korea

Advisor: Prof. Hyung-Gi Byun

Jan. 30, 2012- Oct. 29, 2013

Non-academic career: Military Service, ROK Army 7th Infantry Division Air Defence

Hwacheon, Korea

Awards and Honors

Mar. 2022- Feb. 2027

Sejong Science Fellowship Grant ($100,000/year), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) by the Korea government

Korea

Given to 311 researchers out of postdoctoral researchers.

Project: Room Temperature High Performance Gas Sensor using Light-Activated Metal-Organic Frameworks

Mar. 2022- Feb. 2023

Postdoctoral Fellowship ($32,200), Brain Korea 21 PLUS (BK21 PLUS), Ministry of Science and ICT

Korea

Feb. 2022

KU Achievement Award, Korea University

Korea

Given to 32 graduate students out of 8700.

Feb. 2022

Best Paper Award, BK21 Plus Program in Korea University

Korea

Aug. 2021

Best Paper Award, Korea University

Korea

Nov. 2018

Best Paper Presentation Award, Korea Sensors Society

Korea

Aug. 2018

Best Poster Paper Award, International Union of Materials Research Societies-ICEM 2018

Korea