Education
1998. 03
~ 2002. 02 B.
S. Department
of Chemistry, KAIST
2002. 03
~ 2004. 02 M.S. Department
of Chemistry, KAIST
(Advisor: Ryong Ryoo)
2004. 03
~ 2007. 02 Ph.
D. Department of
Chemistry, KAIST
(Advisor: Ryong Ryoo)
Employment and Professional Career
2007.
03 ~ 2009. 03 Postdoc. Department of
Chemistry, KAIST
(Ryong Ryoo)
2009.
04 ~ 2010.10 Postdoc. Department of Chemical
Engineering,
UC Berkeley
(Enrique Iglesia)
2010.12
~ 2015.02 Assistant Prof.
Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., KAIST
2015.03 ~ present Associate Prof.
Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., KAIST
Awards and Honors
2004 ‘Creative Research Award’ from
KAIST
(Top research award for MS)
2007 ‘Best Thesis Award’ from KAIST
(Top research award for Ph.D)
2011 ‘Top young Scientists’ from
Ministry of Education and Science Technology
2013 ‘Best Research Award of Year’ from
Korean Environmental Industry and Technology Institute
2014 ‘Distinguished Lectureship’ award from
Chemical Society of Japan
2016 ‘Best research Award of
Year’ in climate change response, from Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future
Planning
Research Interests
The
main research activities are the design and the application of functional porous
materials, which include both organic and inorganic matters such as polymer,
carbon, silica, zeolite, metal, metal oxide and their composites. Special attention
has been paid for the design of advanced catalytic and adsorption materials
that can have great impact on the industrial catalysis and separation processes.
Special attention has been paid for the rational design of materials in a
molecular level by using cutting-edge material chemistry in order to better understand
the catalysis/adsorption phenomena and/or to significantly improve the
functions of materials in target applications.
Selected Publications
- W. Choi, K. Min, C. Kim, Y. S.
Ko, J. W. Jeon, H. Seo, Y.-K. Park, M.
Choi* “Epoxide-Functionalization of Polyethyleneimine for Synthesis of
Stable Carbon Dioxide Adsorbent in Temperature Swing Adsorption”, Nature Communications, 7, 12640 (2016)
- K. Lee, M. Choi* “Hierarchically micro-/mesoporous Pt/KL for alkane
aromatization: Synergistic combination of high catalytic activity and
suppressed hydrogenolysis”, J. Catal., 340, 66-75 (2016).
- J. Im, M. Choi* “Physicochemical Stabilization of Pt against
Sintering for a Dehydrogenation Catalyst with High Activity, Selectivity,
and Durability”, ACS Catal., 6, 2819 (2016)
(selected as an ACS Editor’s Choice).
- C. Kim, H. S. Cho, S. Chang, S.
J. Cho*, M. Choi*
“Ethylenediamine‐grafted Y Zeolite: a Highly
Regenerable Carbon Dioxide Adsorbent via Temperature Swing Adsorption
without Urea Formation”, Energy Environ. Sci., 9, 1803-1811 (2016).
- C. H. Choi, M. Kim, H. C. Kwon,
S. J. Cho, S. Yun, H. Kim, K. J. Mayrhofer, H. Kim*, M. Choi* “Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by
atomically dispersed platinum catalyst”, Nature Communications,
7, 10922 (2016).
- S. Yun, S. Lee, S. Yook, H. A.
Patel, C. T. Yavuz, M. Choi* “Cross-Linked
“Poisonous” Polymer: Thermochemically Stable Catalyst Support for Tuning
Chemoselectivity”, ACS Catal., 6, 2435 (2016).
- S. Lee, K. Lee, J. Im, H. Kim, M. Choi* “Revisiting hydrogen
spillover in Pt/LTA: Effects of physical diluents having different acid
site distributions”, J. Catal., 325, 26 (2015).
- M. Y. Kim, K. Lee, M. Choi*, “Cooperative effects of secondary
mesoporosity and acid site location in Pt/SAPO-11 on n-dodecane hydroisomerization Selectivity”,
J. Catal, 319, 232 (2014).
- J. Im, H. Shin, H. Jang, H.
Kim, M. Choi*, “Maximizing the catalytic functions of hydrogen
spillover with Platinum-encapsulated aluminosilicates having controlled
nanostructures”, Nature Communications, 5, 3370 (2014).
- K. Kim, R. Ryoo, H.-D. Jang, M. Choi*, “Spatial Distribution,
Strength, and Dealumination Behavior of Acid Sites in Nanocrystalline MFI
zeolites and Their Catalytic Consequences”, J. Catal., 288, 115-123 (2012).
- M. Choi, Z. Wu, E. Iglesia*,
“Mercaptosilane-Assisted Synthesis of Metal Clusters within Zeolites and
Catalytic Consequences of Encapsulation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 9129 (2010).
- M. Choi, K. Na, J. Kim, Y. Sakamoto,
O. Terasaki and R. Ryoo*, “Stable single-unit-cell nanosheets of zeolite
MFI as active and long-lived catalysts”, Nature 461, 246 (2009).
- M. Choi, D.-H. Lee, K. Na, B.-W. Yu,
and R. Ryoo*, “High Catalytic Activity of Palladium(II)-Exchanged
Mesoporous Sodalite and NaA Zeolite for Bulky Aryl Coupling Reactions:
Reusability under Aerobic Conditions”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,
48, 3673 (2009).
- M. Choi, H. S. Cho, R. Srivastava, C.
Venkatesan, D. -H. Choi and R. Ryoo*, " Amphiphilic
Organosilane-Directed Synthesis of Crystalline Zeolite with Tunable
Mesoporosity", Nature Mater. 5, 718 (2006)
- M. Choi, F. Kleitz, D. Liu, H. Y. Lee,
W.-S. Ahn and R. Ryoo* , "Controlled Polymerization in Mesoporous
Silica toward the Design of Organic-Inorganic Composite Nanoporous
Materials", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 1924 (2005).
- M. Choi and R. Ryoo*, "Ordered
Nanoporous Polymer-Carbon Composites", Nature Mater. 2, 473 (2003).