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Youngkun Chung is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University, working under Professor Michael Wong in the Wong Group and the US NSF-funded NEWT Center. His research focuses on developing photocatalysts and integrating them with catalytic-ceramic membranes to advance green and sustainable chemistry, with applications in pollutant degradation (e.g., PFAS, PPCPs) and resource efficiency.
Education: B.S. in Spatial Environment System Engineering (Handong Global University, South Korea, Magna cum Laude), M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (KAIST, South Korea). He received the Best Ph.D. Dissertation Prize and was a Korea NRF Graduate Research Fellow.
Research interests include nanomaterials synthesis, membrane technologies, and environmental remediation. His work spans laboratory to pilot-scale water treatment systems, addressing challenges in micropollutant analysis (via LC/MS) and fouling mitigation.
Key contributions include novel ceramic membrane designs, radionuclide adsorption methods, and case studies on wastewater reuse in industries like textiles. He collaborates on projects such as gamma-irradiation impact studies and flow-through electrochemical systems for heavy metal removal.
