Prof. Jeonguk Kweon

Biography

Jeonguk Kweon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), joining the faculty in June 2026. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Seoul National University in 2019 (Summa Cum Laude) and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from KAIST in 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Sukbok Chang. He subsequently carried out postdoctoral research at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) with Prof. Sukbok Chang, and at ETH Zürich with Prof. Bill Morandi as an NRF Postdoctoral Fellow for Overseas Research.

Education & Appointments

• 2026 – presentAssistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNIST
• 2025 – 2026Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zürich
  (Advisor: Prof. Bill Morandi)
• 2024 – 2025Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Basic Science
  (Advisor: Prof. Sukbok Chang)
• 2019 – 2024Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, KAIST
  (Advisor: Prof. Sukbok Chang)
• 2015 – 2019B.S., Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University (Summa Cum Laude)

Selected Honors

• — 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Participant as Young Scientist (2025)
• — NRF Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Research (2025 – 2026)
• — Dongwoo Fine-Chem Poster Award, KCS Fall Meeting (2024)
• — KIA Scholarship Fund Scholar, KAIST (2023)
• — Best Teaching Assistant Award, KAIST (2022)
• — Kim, Younghan Global-Leader Scholarship, KAIST (2021)
• — Poster Presentation Award, IBS-CCHF conference (2020)
• — Summa Cum Laude, Department of Chemistry, SNU (2019)