Dr. Sheng Li started her position in the CBE Department at KAIST as an assistant professor in January 2016. Dr. Li obtained her Bachelor's degree from MIT, then Master's and PhD degrees from Princeton University.
Following graduation from Princeton, she did one year of postdoctoral research at Seoul National University, then worked at DuPont's Central R&D division in USA, before joining KAIST.
The research theme of Professor Li's lab is block copolymers. Her lab specializes on the synthesis, characterization, and application development of novel block copolymer materials. In particular, her lab is interested in understanding their microstructures and physical properties, then translating these fundamental understandings regarding material structure-property relations to the design and development of next-generation advanced polymer materials. Some of the research projects her lab is working on include polydisperse block copolymers, DNA and RNA containing hybrid block copolymers, and polysaccharide based block copolymers.
Dr. Dong-Yeun Koh joined the KAIST CBE Department as a new faculty member in August 2017. After receiving Bachelor's degree from Korea University in 2007, Dr. Koh studied at KAIST and received his PhD under the supervision of Professor Huen Lee, focusing on the thermodynamics of clathrate hydrates. He then joined Professor Ryan Lively's lab at Georgia Tech as a postdoctoral research associate. His research at Georgia Tech mainly focused on the development of hollow fiber membrane as the next-generation low-energy separation platform. He also worked in the area of molecular separation science with topics including ultra-high flux membrane for CO2 delivery to water, carbon molecular sieve membranes for hydrocarbon reverse osmosis, and zeolite fiber sorbents for advanced air separations.
His research lab at KAIST seeks for the fundamental understanding of thermodynamics and diffusion processes in membranes and sorbents produced from advanced materials, and its integration into scalable separation devices.
