Jungkyu Choi
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Primary Research Area : Separation, Transfer, and Reaction Engineering
Office : Engineering Building, 206 (TEL) 3290-4854
E-mail : jungkyu_choi@korea.ac.kr
 
Education
 
- 2003 B.S. Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
- 2008 Ph.D. University of Minnesota, USA
- 2008 Post-doc., University of Minnesota
- 2008 - 2011 : Post-doc., University of California,Berkeley
- 2011 - Present : Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea Univeristy
 
Research Area
 
- Fabrication and characterization of thin zeolite films and membranes on various substrates
- Elucidation of the growth mechanism of zeolite crystals
- Development of a synthesis protocol for structure directing agents (or templates)
- Realization of the synergic effect of separations and reactions through the membrane reactor
- Utilization of a frequency response method to characterize the dynamics of adsorption-diffusion systems
- Fabrication of composite films for gas separations
 
Publications
 

- Cai, Wanxi; Lee, Taehee; Lee, Maro; Cho, Woosuk; Han, Doug-Young; Choi, Nakwon; Yip, Alex C. K.; Choi, Jungkyu*, “Thermal-Structural Transitions and Carbon Dioxide Adsorption Properties of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-7 (ZIF-7)”, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2014), 136(22), 7961-7971. (IF: 10.677); featured in many online newspapers (~ 10 Korean press releases, e.g., Yonhap News, http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/it/2014/06/19/2403000000AKR20140619045100017.HTML, 06/19/14 and Daeduck Net, http://hellodd.com/news/article.html?no=49216, 06/19/14).

- Kim, Eunjoo;┴ Cai, Wanxi;┴ Baik Hionsuck; Nam, Jaewook;* Choi, Jungkyu*, “Synthesis and Sonication-Induced Assembly of Si-DDR Particles for Close-Packed Oriented Layers”, Chemical Communications (2013), 49(67), 7418-7420. (IF 6.378)

- Lee, Taehee; Choi, Jungkyu;* Tsapatsis, Michael*, “On the performance of c-oriented MFI zeolite membranes treated by rapid thermal processing”, Journal of Membrane Science (2013), 436, 79-89. (IF 3.850)

- Kim, Eunjoo; Cai, Wanxi; Baik, Hionsuck, Choi, Jungkyu*, “Uniform Si-CHA Zeolite Layers Formed by a Selective Sonication-Assisted Deposition Method”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2013), 52(20), 5280-5284. (IF 13.455); featured in many newspapers (~ 20 Korean press releases, e.g., The Korea Economic Daily, http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2013042304771&meun=&nid=realtime) and in YTN (http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0105_201305170337056902, 05/17/13) and YTN Science (http://www.ytnscience.co.kr/program/program_view.php?s_mcd=0030&s_hcd=&key=201305201042133655, 05/20/13).

- Stoeger, Jared A.; Choi, Jungkyu;* Tsapatsis, Michael*, “Rapid Thermal Processing and Separation Performance of Columnar MFI Membranes on Porous Stainless Steel Tubes”, Energy & Environmental Science (2011), 4 (9), 3479-3486. (IF 9.446)

- Choi, Jungkyu and Tsapatsis, Michael, “MCM-22/Silica Selective Flake Nanocomposite Membranes for Hydrogen Separations”, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010), 132(2), 448-449. (IF 9.019)

- Choi, Jungkyu; Jeong, Hae-Kwon; Snyder, Mark A.; Stoeger, Jared A.; Masel, Richard I.; Tsapatsis, Michael, “Grain Boundary Defect Elimination in a Zeolite Membrane by Rapid Thermal Processing”, Science (2009), 325, 590-593; featured in “Membrane Breaks Through Performance Barrier”, NSF News, Press Release 09-145, July 30, 2009. (IF 31.364) (http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115332&org=OLPA&from=home)

- Choi, Jungkyu; Ghosh, Shubhajit; Lai, Zhiping; Tsapatsis, Michael, “Uniformly a-Oriented MFI Zeolite Films by Secondary Growth”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2006), 45(7), 1154-1158; featured in “Sowing the Seeds of Oriented Films”, Chemical & Engineering News, Volume 84, Number 9, pp. 41-43, February 27, 2006. (IF 12.730) (http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/cen/84/i09/html/8409sci1.html)