People
Meet our team of researchers and students driving innovation in computational materials science and machine learning.
Principal Investigator
Su-Mi Hur (허수미)
Professor, DGIST
Energy Science and Engineering, DGIST
Education
- ·Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-2011)
- ·M.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University (2000-2002)
- ·B.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University (1996-2000)
Work Experience
- ·Professor, Energy Science and Engineering, DGIST, (2026-present)
- ·Professor, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, (2015-2025)
- ·Postdoc, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Univ. of Chicago & Argonne National Lab, (2012-2015)
Awards & Honors
- ·Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (2026)
- ·LG Chem Mid-Career Academic Award (2024)
- ·ASML Research Incentive Award (2018)
- ·ASML Tech Talk Young Prof Award (2017)
- ·Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award by Korean Institue of Chemical Engineering US Chapter (2010)
- ·IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award (2009, 2010)
Group Members
Allan Pérez Ramírez
allan25@dgist.ac.kr
Postdoc
Research Areas
- Boundary Directed Epitaxy
- Dielectric Spectroscopy
Education
Ph.D., Department of Basic Sciences and Engineering
Metropolitan Autonomous University
Vikram Thapar
vt87@dgist.ac.kr
Postdoc (Senior Researcher)
Research Areas
- Kinetics and Thermodynamics of BCP thin films
Education
Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering
Cornell University
Jihun Ahn
ajh@dgist.ac.kr
Postdoc
Research Areas
- Machine Learning for Materials Design
- MD: Phase Transition of 2D Colloidal System
Education
Ph.D., School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Chonnam National University
Manoj Kumar Maurya
manoj@dgist.ac.kr
Postdoc
Research Areas
- Phase Separation in Moving Polymer brushes
- Heat Transport Coefficient in Complex Polymeric System
Education
PhD., Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Gabriella Pasya Irianti
gabriellapasya@dgist.ac.kr
Ph.D. student
Research Areas
- CG-MD of Polymeric Systems
- ML for Materials Design
Education
B.S., Metallurgy and Material Engineering
University of Indonesia
Sehyun Yun
sehyun.yun@dgist.ac.kr
Ph.D. student
Research Areas
- DSA on VIA Pattern
- ML for Battery SOH
Education
B.S., School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Chonnam National University
Raehyun Jung
freddiefogus@dgist.ac.kr
Ph.D. student
Research Areas
- Machine Learning for Battery Lifetime Prediction
- Organic-Inorganic Composites Interaction Modeling
Education
B.S., School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Chonnam National University
Sangyeop Lee
leesangyeop17@gmail.com
M.S. student
Research Areas
- Bottlebrush Polymer Phase (CG Simulation)
Education
B.S., School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Chonnam National University
Seunggeon Lee
lsg0318@dgist.ac.kr
M.S. student
Research Areas
- MD for Anion Exchange Membrane
Education
B.S., School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Chonnam National University