The Baek Group

Yun Baek

Yun Baek

Prof.Yunjung Baek

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST
Adjunct Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

OFFICE
Room 607, Building E6-6, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
LAB
Room 4109-4110 and 4117, Building E6-4, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
TEL
+82-42-350-2829
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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
  • KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2022 April – present
  • KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, Adjunct Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, 2026 May – present
  • Princeton, NJ, U.S., Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Robert R. Knowles,  2020 – 2022.02
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    EDUCATION
  • Harvard University Cambridge, MA Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry with Prof. Theodore A. Betley, 2014 – 2020
  • KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Daejeon, Korea B.S. Chemistry, 2010 – 2014
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    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  • Princeton University Princeton, NJ Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Robert R. Knowles, 2020 – 2022
  • Harvard University Cambridge, MA Graduate researcher with Prof. Theodore A. Betley, 2014 – 2020 Dissertation: Correlating Electronic and Physical Structure with Reactivity in Transition Metal Complexes for C–H Amination
  • Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Harvard Medical School) Boston, MA Undergraduate researcher with Prof. Conor L. Evans, June 2013 – August 2013, Development of a new-type of wound dressings utilizing skin oxygenation properties
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    AWARDS & HONORS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • The Polymer Society of Korea, Chungcheong Branch, Committee Member, 2026
  • 첨단R&D장비 얼라이언스 이차전지 분과위원
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 2025
  • JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board, 2024 - 2025 (click here)
  • QAIST Creative & Challenging Research Award, KAIST, 2024 (click here)
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Natural Sciences, KAIST, 2024
  • POSCO Science Fellowship, 2023
  • ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award, 2021
  • BioLEC EFRC Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Energy, USA, 2020
  • Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, 2016
  • Kwanjeong Graduate Fellowship, Korea, 2014
  • Dean’s List, College of Natural Sciences, KAIST, 2013
  • Undergraduate Research Program Fellowship, KAIST, 2012
  • Honor Student Scholarship, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 2011 – 2013
  • National Science & Technology Fellowship, KAIST, 2010