COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS MODELLING LAB
Materials Science and Engineering, Dankook University
Yong-Seok Choi
Materials Science and Engineering depatment, Dankook University
I am from and grew up in South Korea and completed my PhD degree in the department of Materials Science and Engineering at Korea University in 2020.
My early PhD research focused on the atomistic interpretation on the diffusion behaviors occurring in anode materials of Na- and Li-ion batteries. During my research, I have collaborated with computational and experimental teams in KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) to perform multi-scale analyses on anode materials. These earlier works were then extended to solid electrolyte to understand the physics governing battery performances.
I Joined the Scanlon Materials Theory Group, UCL in March 2020 to further study computational materials chemistry for novel Na-ion battery materials as part of the Faraday Institution funded NEXGENNA project.
I moved back to Korea in September 2022 to take up an Assistant Professorship in the Department of Materials Science Engineering at Dankook University.
Education
2010-2014
Korea University
B.S. in Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, GPA: 4.19/4.50
(March 2010 – February 2014)
2014-2020
Korea University
Combined M.S. and Ph.D. candidate in Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering,
GPA: 4.39/4.50
Advisor: Prof. Jae-Chul Lee
(March 2014 – February 2020)
2020-2022
University College London
Postdoctoral researcher in Scanlon Materials Theory Group, Department of Chemistry
First principles-based modelling on the electronic structures and defect chemistry of Na-ion battery electrodes
Research collaboration with experimental teams in Lancaster University, University of St Andrews, and the University of Sheffield, funded by NEXGENNA project.
Advisor: Prof. David O. Scanlon
(March 2020 – August 2022)
2022-present
Dankook University
Assistant professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering
(September 2022 – present)