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Professor

Hyungyu Jin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea (37673)
Email : hgjin[at]postech.ac.kr
Tel : +82-54-279-2180
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Education & Professional Career
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2016.11 ~ Current : Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
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2015.4 ~ 2016.10 : Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Supervisor: Prof. Arun Majumdar)
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2014.6 ~ 2015.3 : Postdoctoral Researcher in Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Supervisor: Prof. Joseph P. Heremans)
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2008.9 ~ 2014.5 : Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Advisor: Joseph P. Heremans)
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2007 ~ 2008 : Research Associate in Cognitive Robotics Research Center,
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea
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2001 ~ 2007 : B.E. in Mechanical Engineering,
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Research Interest
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Energy conversion materials / devices / systems with emphasis on renewable thermal energy
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Thermal management materials & devices
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Thermoelectric energy conversion
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Hydrogen production & CO2 reduction
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Interactions between heat and magnetization
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Thermal, electrical, & magnetic properties of solids
Representative Publications
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S. Zhai, J. Rojas, N. Ahlborg, K. Lim, M. F. Toney, H. Jin*, W. C. Chueh*, and A. Majumdar*, “The use of poly-cation oxides to lower the temperature of two-step thermochemical water splitting”, Energy Environ. Sci., (2018)
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H. Jin et al., The phonon-induced diamagnetic force and its effect on the lattice thermal conductivity, Nature Materials 14, 601-606 (2015)
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H. Jin et al., P-type doping of elemental bismuth with indium, gallium, and tin: a novel doping mechanism in solids, Energy Environ. Sci. 8, 2027~2040 (2015)
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H. Jin et al., Effect of the magnon dispersion on the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect in yttrium iron garnets, Phys. Rev. B 92, 054436 (2015)
Awards & Honors
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Gordon Research Conference Fellowship, International Conference on Spin Dynamics in Nanostructures (2013)
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International Thermoelectric Society Student Travel Grant, International Conference on Thermoelectrics (2013)
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University Fellowship, The Ohio State University (2008 – 2009)
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Honors Scholarship, Korea University (2007)
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Korea Research Foundation Science Scholarship, Korea University (2006)
Memberships
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American Physical Society (2009 – present)
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Materials Research Society (2011 – present)
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International Thermoelectric Society (2010 – present)
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The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (2018 – present)
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The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (2018 – present)