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Professor
Jae Woo Lee (이재우)
Office Phone   +82-42-350-3940
FAX +82-42-350-3910
E-mail   jaewlee@kaist.ac.kr
 
 Education
  2000 : Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
1992 : M.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
1990 : B.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
   
 Employment and Professional Experience
  3/2023 - present : Associate Dean of College of Engineering
8/2015 - 8/2021 : Professor / Department Head of Chem. Eng., KAIST
2012 ~ present : Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., KAIST
2001 ~ 2012: Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor at the City College of New York, CUNY
2000 ~ 2001: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at RWTH, Germany
1992 ~ 1997: Research Engineer, Ssangyong Oil (current S-Oil) Refining Co. Ltd
   
 Award and Honors
  AIChE Fellow Jan 1, 2023
Member, National Academy of Engineering in Korea (NAEK), Jan 1, 2021
Lee Soo Young Teaching and Learning Innovation Award May 10, 2019
100 R&Ds of 2018 National R&D Excellence Oct. 10, 2018
100 R&Ds of National Academy of Engineering for 2025 Nov. 7, 2017
Seok Myeong Science Foundation Fellow Award Oct. 19, 2016
Technology Transfer to Industry (NRF project) Mar.1. 2016
KIChE US Chapter Service Award Nov 2014
Omega Chi Epsilon Outstanding Faculty Award Dec. 2005, 2006
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship 8/2000-7/2001
Outstanding Alumni Award at SNU (1st Rank) Feb. 1990
   
 Research interests
  Hydrogen storage in chemical hydrides
Interfacial science for methane hydrate formation/dissociation with surface active agents
Gas hydrate inhibition for gas/oil flow assurance
Chemical CO2 conversion to carbon materials (GO, PC, etc) for electrochemical energy storage applications
Biological CO2 conversion to fuels using microalgae
Process intensification through integration of reaction and separation