Recognition

Awards & Honors

Major awards, fellowships, and honorary professorships

Major Awards & Lectureships

David Turnbull Lectureship Award

Materials Research Society · 2014

SGL Carbon Award

American Carbon Society · 2016

James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

American Physical Society · 2018

Ubbelohde Memorial Lecture

The British Carbon Group · 2019

Lee Hsun Lecture Award

Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences · 2009

Fulbright Fellowship

1988–89

Fellowships

Fellow, American Physical Society

2011

Fellow, AAAS

American Association for the Advancement of Science · 2012

Fellow, Materials Research Society

2013

Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry

2016 – present

Highly Cited Researcher & Citation Laureate

Highly Cited Researcher

Clarivate / Web of Science · 2014–2022

Clarivate Citation Laureate

2018 · inducted into the "Hall of Citation Laureates" (2021)

Korea's Top 100 Researchers

Ministry of Science & ICT · 2019 & 2022

Honorary & Guest Professorships

Distinguished Chair Visiting Professor

SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT) · 2005–07, 2012–

Guest Professor

University of Petroleum of China · 2016

Guest Professor

Chongqing University · 2016

Guest Professor

Tsinghua University Graduate School at Shenzhen · 2016

Guest Professor

Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, CAS · 2016

Guest Professor

Beijing University of Chemical Technology · 2017

Guest Professor

Shandong University of Science and Technology · 2017

Guest Professor

Zhejiang University · 2017