Title and Affiliation:

Professor, Pusan National University, Korea

Lecture title:

Superhydrophobic hybrid micro-nanocomposites with various applications

Short autobiography:

1978  B.S.  (Chemical Engineering), Pusan National Univ., Korea

1980 M.S., (Chemical Engineering), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology [KAIST]

1987 Ph.D., KAIST (in Polymer Physics and Engineering)

1982- present  Professor, Dept. of Polymer Sci. and Eng., Pusan Nat’l. Univ., Korea

1988Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, USA

2008- present   Associate Editor, Composite Interfaces, Advanced Porous Materials

2010 – present  Director, Pioneer Research Center for Nanogrid Materials

2011 Visiting Scholar, UCLA

2012 Vice President, Pusan National University

Research Interests:

1. -Mesoporous Materials and Nanostructured Materials
   

2. -Organic/Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials
   

3. -Functional Polymers