Education

•      • Ph. D. Department of Chemistry,

•        University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Aug 2013

       • B. S. Department of Chemistry and Department of Earth System Science,

•        Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, February 2004 (Double Major)




Current Positions

•      • Associate Professor of Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience

•      • Director, Institute of Smart Nanohybrid Materials (2025/3 - Present)

•      • 식품의약품안전처 의료기기위원회 전문가 (2024/5 - 2026/5)

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Past Positions

• • Associate Dean of HOKMA College of General Education (Aug 2023 - Jul 2025)  

• • Jr. Associate Professor  (Mar 2017 – Feb 2020)
    Dept. of Molecular Engineering, Grad. School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 
    (Also affiliated to "The Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences (ILAS)" and "Graduate School of Engineering, Engineering Education Research Center")

• • Post-doc researcher (Mentor: Dr. Garry Rumbles), Sep 2013 – Feb 2017
    Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, USA

• • Graduate Research Associate (Advisor: Prof. Michael J. Therien), Jul 2008 – Sep 2013
    Dept. of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

• • Graduate Research Associate, (Advisor: Prof. Michael J. Therien), Sep 2006 – Jul 2013
    Dept. of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA 

• • Research Assistant, (Advisor: Professor: Dongho Kim), Apr 2005 – Jun 2006
    Dept. of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea  

• • 삼성전자 전략마케팅팀 (Feb 2004 – Mar 2005)

• • 대한민국 육군 (Feb 1998 – Apr 2000)

  
  

Academic Activities

• • 대한화학회 물리화학분과 학술간사(2024), 홍보간사(2023), 간사(2021) 

• • 한국고분자학회 국제협력위원 (2023~2025), 학술교육위원(2025)

  • • 한국물리학회 2025 KPS Spring Meeting Focus Session Organizer(2025)

• • International Conference on Advanced Materials and Devices, Program Committee (2023, 2025)

• • International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy, Local Program Committee (2027)

• Pacifichem2025, Symposium Reviewer (2025)

• Editorial Board, J. Anal. Sci. Technol. (Springer Publisher) 2018 - present


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Honors and Awards

• • Visiting Lectureship, National Chung Hsing University (2019), Taiwan

• • MSDE Emerging Investigator, RSC Molecular Systems Design and Engineering (2018)

• • International Exchange Fellowship, 2018, Kansai Research Foundation for Technology Promotion, Japan

• • 2018 Tokuyama International Exchange Activities Fellowship, Tokuyama Science Foundation, Japan

• • NREL Annual Awards (2015, 2016), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA

• • Graduate Research Excellence Award, 2013 Nano/Bio Interface Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA

  
  

Affiliations

• • 대한화학회(Korean Chemical Society), 한국고분자학회(The Polymer Society of Korea), 한국물리학회(Korean Physics Society),

• 한국광학회(Optical Society of Korea), 한국광과학회(Korean Society of Photoscience), 한국태양광발전학회(Korea Photovoltaic Society), American Chemical Society (ACS)

Presentations

21) Jaehong Park, “Photophysics and charge-transfer states in organic semiconductors”, 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN11), Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre, Otautahi Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb/9~13, 2025 (Invited Oral)

20) Jaehong Park, “Photophysics And Charge-Transfer States In Organic Semiconductors”, Asian Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena 2025 (ACUP-2025), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Jan/5~8, 2025 (Oral)

19) Jaehong Park, “Photophysics and charge-transfer states in organic semiconductors”, Korean Society of Photoscience Annual Conference, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Sep/8-10, 2024 (Invited oral)

18) Jaehong Park, “A role of intermolecular interactions on exciton dynamics”, Global Photovoltaic Conference 2024, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, Aug/12-Aug/14, 2024 (Invited oral)

17) Jaehong Park, “Identification and Dynamics of Microsecond-Lived Charge-Carriers for CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots, Featuring Ambient Long-Term Stability”, 24th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS-2024), Hiroshima, Japan, Jul/28-Aug/2, 2024 (Oral)

16) Jaehong Park, “A role of intermolecular interactions on exciton dynamics”, 1st ICCAS-Ewha Symposium for Chemistry and Material Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Jul/15, 2024 (Invited oral)

15) Jaehong Park, “Remotely Modulating the Optical Properties of Organic Charge Transfer Crystallites via Molecular Packing”, Gordon Research Conference  - Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, Lucca, Italy, Jul/8-12, 2024 (Poster)

14) Jaehong Park, “Pump-Probe Spectroscopic Study Toward Exciton Dynamics in Optronic Materials”, 12th Asian Photochemistry Conference (12-APC), Melbourne, Australia, Nov/29, 2023 (Invited oral)

13) Jaehong Park, “Pump-Probe Spectroscopy to Investigate the Excited-State Dynamics in Optronic Materials”, 72nd Symposium on Macromolecules, SPSJ, Takamatsu, Japan, Sep/26, 2023 (Invited oral)

12) Jaehong Park, "Role of microstructure on exciton dynamics in low-dielectric environment", International Conference on Photochemistry (ICP2023), Sapporo, Japan, Jul/26, 2023 (Oral)

11) Jaehong Park, "Exciton and Charge-Carrier Dynamics Through Pump-Probe Spectroscopy", Ewha Chemistry and Nanoscience International Symposium (ECNIS) 2023, Seoul, South Korea, Feb/21, 2023 (Invited oral)

10) Jaehong Park, "Spectroscopic Approaches Toward Excitons and Charge-Carriers in Optronic Materials", 한국 고분자학회 분자전자부문위원회 심층토론회, Jeju, South Korea, Feb/1, 2023 (Invited oral)

9) Jaehong Park, "Flash-photolysis time-resolved microwave conductivity measurement and photoinduced free-carrier dynamics", 129th Korean Chemical Society General Meetings, Jeju, South Korea, Apr/15, 2022 (Invited oral)

8) Jaehong Park, "Role of Crystalline-Domains for Polaron Generation in Low Dielectric Materials", The Polymer Society of Korea Annual Fall Meetings (한국 고분자학회 추계학술대회), Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct/21, 2021 (Invited oral)

7) Jaehong Park, "Role of Crystalline-Domains for Polaron Generation in Low Dielectric Materials", 128th Korean Chemical Society General Meetings, Busan, South Korea, Oct/14, 2021 (Invited oral)

6) Jaehong Park, "Facile Fabrication and Excited-State Dynamics of Highly-Ordered P3HT Crystalline Cubes",  International Union of Materials Research Societies - International Conference in Asia 2021 (IUMRS-ICA 2021), Jeju, South Korea, Oct/6, 2021 (Oral)

5) Jaehong Park, "Excited-state dynamics for organic/inorganic semiconductors", National Chung Hsing University-Kyoto University Symposium on Advanced Chemistry, Taichung, Taiwan, Nov/13, 2019 (Plenary lecture)

4) Jaehong Park, The 99th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, Konan University, Kobe, Japan, Mar/16-19 2019 (Oral)

3) Jaehong Park, The 122nd General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, Daegu, Korea, Oct/17-19 2018 (Invited Oral)

2) Jaehong Park, The 10th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-10), Munich, Germany, Jul/1-6 2018 (Invited Oral)

1) Jaehong Park, The 10th Asian Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (ACUP 2018), the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Jan/7-10 2018 (Invited Oral)