Seokhyun Choung
Senior Research Associate
Research Institute of Advanced Materials (RIAM)
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
AI-native chemical engineer developing next-generation catalysts to combat climate change through computational design. Leveraging machine learning and ab initio calculations to discover efficient catalytic materials for sustainable chemical processes.
Experience
Seoul National University
2024 – PresentSenior Research Associate · Seoul, South Korea
Education
POSTECH
2020 – 2024Ph.D. Chemical Engineering · Pohang, South Korea
Computational Catalysis — electrochemical/thermal catalyst design and reaction mechanism
POSTECH
2016 – 2020B.Sc. Chemical Engineering · Pohang, South Korea
Visiting Research: Seoul National University (2018), Technical University of Denmark (2019)
Fellowships & Grants
Sejong Science Fellowship
2026 – 2031National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
KRW 100M/yr (~USD 70K/yr) · Independent research fellowship for early-career scientists
Soseon Foundation Scholarship (KRW 10M)
Outstanding STEM graduate research
Soseon Foundation Scholarship (KRW 20M)
Outstanding STEM graduate research
Awards
Poster Excellence
KSIEC
2025
Oral Presentation
IUMRS-ICA
2021
Poster Excellence
KIChE Fall
2021
Poster Excellence
KIChE Spring
2021
Creative Research 3rd
POSCO
2019
Project Excellence
GS Caltex–SNU
2018
Academic Family
Advisors, collaborators & friends across 4 countries and 10+ institutions
Global Network
South Korea
ETH Zurich
DTU
SPring-8
Boston
Atlanta
South Korea
SNU · Seoul
POSTECH · Pohang
KAIST · Daejeon
UNIST · Ulsan