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Research interests
Dissolution rate and mechanism
Redox reactions of contaminants
Phase transformation of various (oxyhydr)oxides
Geochemical processes of toxic heavy metals
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2001.6 Ph.D., Geological Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
1993.2 M.Sc., Geology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
1989.2 B.Sc., Geology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Professional Information
2005.03 - present Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Dept. of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei Univ.
2015.01 - present Division Chair, Environment-Energy Division, Korean Chemical Society
2013.03 - 2015.02 Associate Dean, College of Science, Yonsei University
2013.01 - 2014.12 General Secretary, The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology
2012.07 - 2012.08 Visiting Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chapman Univ., CA, USA
2012.05 - 2012.06 Visiting Scholar, EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology), Switzerland
2011.07 - 2012.06 Visiting Scientist, Geoscience Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
2009.03 - 2011.02 Department Chair, Dept. of Earth System Science, Yonsei Univ.
2004.06 - 2005.01 Postdoctoral Staff II, Field Hydrology and Chemistry Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2001.10 - 2004.05 Postdoctoral Scholar, Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology
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