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)

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

2022 – Present Member,  Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data (SSED), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

2024 – Present Member,  NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy

2024 – 현재 위원, 식품의약품안전처 식품위생심의위원회(방사능 분과)

2024 – 현재 위원, 한국원자력환경공단 방사성폐기물 관리 기술위원회

Academic Memberships

Korean Nuclear Society, 학생지부 지도교수 (2023 2024), 원자력시설해체 및 방사성폐기물관리 연구부회 감사 (2024 – 현재)

Korean Radioactive Waste Society,  방사화학 연구분과 위원, 미래세대위원회 위원, 학회지 편집위원 (2024 – 현재)

Korean Soceity of Radiation Industry, 청년이사 (2025 – 현재)