SU-IL IN

Prof. SU-IL IN has been working at DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology) since 2012. He served as Dean of International and External Affairs 2016 ~ 2017. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Cambridge in 2008. Subsequently he was a postdoctoral researcher at Technical University of Denmark by 2010. Then he joined the Pennsylvania State University as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemistry before joining DGIST. Professor In’s current researches include synthesis and analysis of functional nano (bio)-materials for environmentally friendly renewable energy such as photovoltaic, heterogeneous catalysis and biocatalysts. (https://insuil.dgist.ac.kr/)

Education

- 2008. Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Cambridge 

- 2003. M.S. Chemistry, KAIST 

- 2000. B.S. Chemistry, In-ha University (Early graduation with honor)


Work experience

- 09. 2019 ~ Visiting Scholar at the Dept. of Environmental Scinence & Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), CA, USA

- 09. 2016 ~ Current  Associate Professor, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, DGIST, South Korea  

- 2015 ~ 2017   The Chairman of the oranizing committee for the World-class University Rowing Festival 

 

- 01. 2016 ~ 12. 2017 Current  Dean of International and External Affairs, DGIST, South Korea 

- 08. 2012 ~ 08. 2016  Assistant Professor, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, DGIST, South Korea  

- 09. 2014 ~ 03. 2015 Director of Secretarial Office, DGIST, South Korea  

- 06. 2010 ~ 07. 2012 Post-doctoral research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Solar Nanomaterials, the Pennsylvania State University, USA

- 05. 2008 ~ 04. 2010 Post-doctoral research Associate, Center for Individual Nanoparticle Functionality (CINF) & Catalysis for Sustainable Energy (CASE), Technical University of Denmark (DTU) 

- 12. 2000. ~ 02. 2001 Visiting Scholar, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA

- 08. 1994 ~ 10. 1996  Military service (Toxic chemical remediation)   

 

Academic and Industrial activities

- A member of the Electrochemical Society

- A member of the American Chemical Society

- A member of AES Advisory Bord for Daesung Energy Co, LTD.

- A member of the Korea CCUS International Conference Organizing Committee

- A Review Editor at Frontiers (Frontiers Media SA is a Swiss-registered publishing company)

- A member of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers

- A member of Korean Society of Photoscience

- A member of the Korean Society of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC)

- A member of Korean Chemical Society (KCS)

- A member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)

 

Selected publications

  1. "CO2, Water, and Sunlight to Hydrocarbon Fuels: A Sustained Sunlight to Fuel (Joule-to-Joule) Photoconversion Efficiency of 1%", Energy & Environmental Science (2019) 12, 2685 - 2696 
  2. "High-Rate Solar-spectrum Photoconversion of CO2: Controllable Transition from C1 to C2 Products", Energy & Environmental Science 11 (2018) 3183 - 3193 
  3. "Highly Enhanced and Stable Activity of Defect Induced Titania Nanoparticles for Solar Light Driven CO2 Reduction into CH4", Materials Today Volume 20, Issue 9 (2017) 507-515
  4. "Enhanced Therapeutic Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Using Surface-Modified Nanoporous Acupuncture Needles", Scientific Reports 7 12900 (2017)
  5. "Efficient Solar Light Photoreduction of CO2 to Hydrocarbon Fuels via Magnesiothermally Reduced TiO2 Photocatalyst", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 215 (2017) 28-35
  6. "Efficient visible light-induced H2 production by Au@CdS/TiO2 nanofibers: Synergistic effect of core-shell structured Au@CdS and densely packed TiO2 nanoparticles, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 166-167, 2015, 423-431
  7. “Hybrid CuO-TiO2-xNx hollow nanocubes for photocatalytic CO2 conversion to methane under Solar Irradiation”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 3915- 3918.