Yongheum Jo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University
RM# 312, International Building, Hanyang University
222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu
Seoul, Republic of Korea
E-mail: yongheumjo (+at) hanyang.ac.kr, Tel: +82-2-2220-2239
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 – Present Assistant professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
2022 – 2023 Senior researcher, Disposal Performance Demonstration Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea
2020 – 2022 Postdoctoral researcher, Radiochemistry Division, Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
with Group Leader: Dr. Xavier Gaona, Division Head: Dr. Marcus Altmaier
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Republic of Korea, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Jong-Il Yun
M.S., Department of Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Republic of Korea, 2016
Advisor: Prof. Jong-Il Yun
B.S., cum laude, Department of Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Republic of Korea, 2014
+ Exchange student, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, 2013
HONOR AND AWARDS
Franzosini Award 2022, Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data (SSED), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 2022
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Scholarship, Korean Nuclear Society, 2019
Excellent Paper Award: Korean Institute of Hazardous Materials (2019), Korean Nuclear Society (2023), Korean Radioactive Waste Society (2025)
Excellent Poster Award: Korean Radioactive Waste Society (2019)
Lee Byong Whi Scholarship, Department of Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, 2015
Honor Student, KAIST, 2012–2014
KEPCO Award, 11th Nuclear Technology Undergraduate Student Society (NtUss) funded by National Research Foundation of Korea, 2013
NQE-Westinghouse Scholarship, Department of Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, 2013
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Academic & Professional Contributions
2026 – Present Reviewer, OECD-NEA TDB Joint Project on Organic Ligand Thermodynamics
2024 – Present Member, NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy
2022 – Present Member, Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data (SSED), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
2024 – 현재 위원, 한국원자력환경공단 방사성폐기물 관리 기술위원회
2024 – 2025 위원, 식품의약품안전처 식품위생심의위원회(방사능 분과)
Academic Memberships
Korean Nuclear Society 후행핵연료주기 연구부회 감사
Korean Radioactive Waste Society, 방사화학 연구분과 위원, 미래세대위원회 위원장, 학회지 편집위원
Korean Soceity of Radiation Industry 청년이사 (2025 – 현재)