Ki-Hyun Kim

Professor Ki-Hyun Kim. The World’s Top 1% Researcher Builds a Scientific Basis for Ultimate Air Quality Improvement

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  Affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 2019 Highly Cited Researcher

Profile

Careers after Ph. D.

• 2018 ~ present Honorary Scholar Professor at Hanyang University
• 2014 ~ present Professor at Hanyang University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 2007 ~ 2014 Professor at Sejong University Department of Environment, Energy & Geoinformatics
• 2002 ~ 2007 Associate Professor at Sejong University Department of Environment, Energy & Geoinformatics
• 1999 ~ 2002 Assistant Professor at Sejong University Department of Environment, Energy & Geoinformatics

Education (Academic Career)

• 1988 ~ 1992 Doctoral course of Biological Oceanography / Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry at the University of South Florida
• 1984 ~ 1986 Master’s course of Biological Oceanography / Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry at the University of South Florida
• 1980 ~ 1984 Studied and graduated at Hanyang University College of Engineering Department of Earth Resources

Awards and Careers

• 2019 Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) 2019
• 2018 Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
• 2018 Paiknam Erudite Scholar Award
• 2018 Scientific Technician of the Month (Ministry of Education)
• 2018 Environment International - Author of the Most (No. 1) Cited Article
• 2006 Selected as ‘10 National Erudite Scholars’ by the Ministry of Education
• 2003 Selected as Outstanding Research Task by Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
• 2003 Best Academic Paper Award by the Korean Foundation of Science and Technology Societies
• 2002 Academic Award by the Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
• 2001 Selected as World Leading Scientist by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation

Research Topics

Prof. Ki-Hyun Kim has been working on the following R & D areas:

• Development and establishment of sensing/detection methods for environmental/biomedical targets (VOCs and heavy metals) along with the establishment of basic QA for those pollutants.
• Development and performance evaluation of diverse functional materials for environmental/energy/biological applications.
• Techniques for purification of air and for remediation of environmental pollutants with novel advanced functional materials like metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Papers

Prof Kim published more than 550 peer-review SCI journal articles with more than 85% as the corresponding (or first) author

• “Coordination polymers: Opportunities and challenges for monitoring volatile organic compounds”, Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007967001500009X
• “Recent advances in enzyme immobilization techniques: metal-organic frameworks as novel substrates”, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010854516301023
• “Functional hybrid nanostructure materials: Advanced strategies for sensing applications toward volatile organic compounds”, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010854517301078
• “Nanostructured materials: A progressive assessment and future direction for energy device applications”, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010854517302217
• “Metal-organic frameworks as media for the catalytic degradation of chemical warfare agents”, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010854517303429
• “Metal-organic frameworks: Challenges and opportunities for ion-exchange/sorption applications”, Progress in Materials Science, 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079642517300026
• “Carbon nanotubes: A novel material for multifaceted applications in human healthcare”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 https://pubs.rsc.org/no/content/articlehtml/2017/cs/c6cs00517a
• “Towards high-efficiency sorptive capture of radionuclides in solution and gas”, Progress in Materials Science, 2018 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079642518300021
• “Recent advances and remaining challenges for polymeric nanocomposites in healthcare applications”, Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079670017301806
• “Carbon nanotubes: A potential material for energy conversion and storage”, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2018 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360128517301132

Industry-Academia Collaboration

• Industry Research / Yuhan-Kimberly Gimcheon Factory / Odor and Dilution Drain Analysis / September 2019 ~ December 2019
• Industry Research / Yangyang Livestock Farming Union / A Study on the Odor of Pigsty / July 2019 ~ August 2019
• Industry Research / Posco / A Study on the Stability of Hydrogen Sulfide in NaSH Neutralized Wastewater / February 2019 ~ April 2019
• Industry Research / SBS / An Analysis of Odor and Hazardous Gas / January 2019 ~ June 2019
• Industry Research / AliveZ / Aroma Analysis Service / July 2018 ~ July 2018
• Industry Research / Samsung Electronics / Deodorant / Development of Performance Prediction Tool for the Evaluation of Structural Self-Transferment and Filter Structure/Material / April 2018 ~ September 2018

Patents

• System for analyzing VFA in air and method of analyzing VFA using the same https://patents.google.com/patent/KR101583542B1/en
• Automatic collection apparatus and method of electronic cigarette smoke https://patents.google.com/patent/KR101708264B1/en?oq=KR101708264B1

Contact Information

• 연구실 URL : http://environment.cafe24.com/
• E-mail : kkim61@hanyang.ac.kr (or kkim61@nate.com)