Changhyuk Kim is currently an associate professor in Environmental Engineering Department at Pusan National University. He received his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota with his dissertation, "Soft X-ray Assisted Detection Method for Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC) and its Applications to AMC Filtration Issues". He developed a method to detect AMC, ultra-low gaseous contaminants in the cleanroom air using gas-to-particle conversion under soft X-ray irradiation and applied this method to different AMC filtration issues including evaluating the performance of gas filter media, granular activated carbons (GAC). After getting Ph.D, he moved to Caltech and worked on developing portable instruments for measuring nano-sized particles at workplaces or remote area. In addition, he participated the

CLOUD Experiment, CERN for studying the nucleation and growth of particles in the atmosphere. Before pursuing Ph.D, he received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Seould National University and worked at Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. for 3 years as an engineer.

Education and Professional Appointments

Mar. 2022 - present      Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea

Sep. 2016 - Feb. 2018   Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA

Sep. 2011 - Jul. 2016     Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA

May 2010  - May 2011   Researcher, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Feb. 2007 - May 2010    Research Engineer, Corporate R&D Center, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea

Mar. 2005 - Feb. 2007    M.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Mar. 2000 - Feb. 2005    B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Honors and Awards

Apr. 2018    Outstanding Reviewer in Carbon Journal, American Carbon Society

May 2015    American Filtration Sciety (AFS) Fellowship

Oct. 2014    Best Poster Award, 33rd American Association for Aerosol Research

Oct. 2012    Best Poster Award, 31st American Association for Aerosol Research

Fall 2011     Fellowship for outstanding Ph.D Students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

2000-2005    Scholarship, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University