Lee Research Group@GIST

Eunji Lee, Ph.D., Professor

School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE)

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea

E-mail: eunjilee@gist.ac.kr

Tel: +82-62-715-2730

Fax: +82-62-715-2304

ResearcherID : H-1301-2011

ORCID : 0000-0001-7494-1776

Professional Societies

The Korean Chemical Society

The Polymer Society of Korea

American Chemical Society

American Physical Society

Materials Research Society

Editorial Board of NPG Asia Materials (Nature Publishing Group), 2024-

Editorial Board of Journal of Analytical Science and Technology (Springer Nature), 2011-

Associate Editor, Editorial Board of Polymer(Korea), 2013-

Associate Editor of Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS), 2019

Associate Editor of Polymer Science & Technology, 2018-2019

Editorial Board of Macromolecular Research, 2020-

Editorial Board of Nanomaterials, 2020-

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, 2005-2009 (Advisor, Prof. M. Lee)

Dissertation: Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Nanostructures Based on Amphiphilic Rigid-Flexible Block Molecules

M.S. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, 2003-2005 (Advisor, Prof. M.-G. Choi)

B.S. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, 1999-2002

Professional Career

Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2022 -

Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2018 - 2022

Associate Professor & Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, 2011- 2018

Adjunct Professor, KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 2021-

Invited Researcher, Korea Basic Science & Institute (KBSI), 2011-2018

Post-doc., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2010-2011 (Advisor, Prof. R. C. Hayward)

Post-doc., Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 2009-2010

Research Assistant, Yonsei University, 2005.03-2005.08

Honors and Awards

GIST Young-Distinguished Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea (2024-2028)

Macromolecular Division Award for Advancement of Science, Korean Chemical Society (KCS), Republic of Korea (2024)

Prime Minister's Commendation, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (2024)

Mid-Career Award Researcher Academic Award, The Polymer Society of Korea(PSK), Republic of Korea (2024)

Pioneering Investigators in Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Science, UK (2023)

Ministerial Commendation, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea (2022)

Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST) member, Republic of Korea (2022-)

Asian Young Scientist, Lectureship Award in Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), Japan (2020)

GIST College Outstanding Teaching Award, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2020)

50 Outstanding Performances in Basic Research, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Republic of Korea (2017)

Seoul Science Fellowship, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Republic of Korea (2005-2007)

Chung Sung Kee Academic Award for Excellent Thesis, Yonsei University (2007)

Award for Best Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University (2005)

Representative Achievement (selected 5 papers)

1. I. Kim, E.-H. Han, W.-Y. Bang, J. Rye, J. Y. Min, H.-C. Nam, W.-H. Park, Y. H. Chung, E. Lee

"Supramolecular Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Peptide Hydrogel Patch"

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 1803051. Selected as a back cover

2. S.-M. Jin, I. Kim, J. Lim, H. Ahn, E. Lee

"Interfacial Crystallization-Driven Assembly of Conjugated Polymers/Quantum Dots into Coaxial Hybrid Nanowires:
Elucidation of Conjugated Polymer Arrangements by Electron Tomography"

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 3226-3235.

3. M.-K. Park, S. Jun, I. Kim, S.-M. Jin, J.-G. Kim, T. J. Shin, E. Lee

"Stepwise Drug-Release Behavior of Onion-Like Vesicles Generated from Emulsification-Induced Assembly of Semicrystalline Polymer Amphiphiles"

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25, 4570-4579. Selected as a front cover

4. Y.-J. Kim, C.-H. Cho, K. Paek, M. Jo, M.-k. Park, N.-E. Lee, Y.-j. Kim, B. J. Kim, E. Lee

"Precise Control of Quantum Dot Location within the P3HT-b-P2VP/QD Nanowires Formed by Crystallization-Driven 1D Growth of Hybrid Dimeric Seeds"

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 2767-2774.

5. E. Lee, B. Hammer, J.-K. Kim, Z.Page, T. Emrick, R. C. Hayward

"Hierarchical Helical Assembly of Conjugated Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(3-triethylene glycol thiophene) Diblock Copolymers"

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10390-10393.