Dr. Wonyong Choi

Wonyong Choi received B.S. from Seoul National University (Korea) in 1988, M.S. from POSTECH (Korea), and Ph.D. from CALTECH (USA) in 1996. He then worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1996 to 1998 as a postdoctoral scholar. He joined POSTECH in 1998 as an assistant professor and became a full professor in 2008. His research interests are mainly focused on semiconductor photo(electro)catalysis and photochemistry for solar energy conversion and environmental applications, advanced oxidation processes, and environmental chemistry. Dr. Choi has published more than 325 articles. He was appointed as Namgo Chair professor (POSTECH) in 2012, and elected as Academician of Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST). He received Young Scientist Award (KAST) in 2005, KAST Science and Technology Award in 2015, Korea Engineering Award in 2018, and was selected as Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2019 and 2020. He is currently serving as an editor-in-chief of ACS ES&T Engineering since Jan. 2020 and has served as an associate editor of Environmental Science & Technology (2017-2019) and an editor of Journal of Hazardous Materials (2008-2017).