Work Experiences
2025.08- (Future)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Prof. Gerbrand Ceder)
2025.03-2025.06 (Current)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Dr.Sang Soo Han)
Work
- AI for Experiment Planning
- Operating System
Role
- Advanced batch synthesis, Catalysis synthesis
- Bayesian optimization with controlling nanoparticle synthesis sequence, Multi-objective optimization
- Advanced integration software development, Operating system (OS)
2020.03-2025.02
Ph.D Researcher
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Dr.Sang Soo Han)
Work
- Experiment Automation
- AI for Experiment Planning
- Operating System for Autonomous Lab
- AI for Safety Protocol
Role
- Development of Batch synthesis, UV-Vis module (architecture, manufacture, test)
- Development of Bayesian optimization, Multi-objective optimization, Neural network (architecture, manufacture, test)
- Machine vision with deep learning model (architecture, manufacture, test)
- Integration software development (architecture, manufacture, software, test)
Material Data Management
Work
- Web Crawling
- Material Data Structure, Database Management System
Role
- Data mining in literatures: BeautifulSoup, Selenium
- Architecturing of material data structure and MongoDB
2018.06-2018.08
Student Researcher
Kyung Hee University (Organic Chemistry)
Work
- Iron-catalyzed organic reaction
Role
- Witig reaction
- Cycloaddition reaction
Publications
† : Equal contribution, * : Corresponding author
2025.07
NanoChef: AI Framwork for Simultaneous Optimization of Synthesis Sequence and Reaction Condition via Autonomous Laboratories
ChemRxiv
Hyuk Jun Yoo†, Daeho Kim†, Sehyuk Lim, Sang Soo Han*
2025.XX
Toward Autonomous Laboratories 2.0
Comming Soon...
Hyuk Jun Yoo†, Heeseung Lee†, Hye Su Jang, Byungho Park, Sang Soo Han*
2025.07
Self-Driving Laboratories with Artificial Intelligence: An Overview of Process Systems Engineering Perspective
Computers and Chemical Engineering (Accepted)
Youhyun Kim, Hayoung Doo, Daeun Shin, Seo Yoon Lee, Yugyeong Roh, Seongeun
Park, Heejin Song, Yujin Jung, Hyuk Jun Yoo, Sang Soo Han, Jong Woo Kim, Maximilian
O. Besenhardu*, Ye Seol Leeu*, Jonggeol Na*
2025.06
You Only Put Your Nanoparticle: A Fully Automated System for Nanoparticle Washing Enabled by Vision and Language AI
ChemRxiv
Heeseung Lee, Daeho Kim, Heyin Lee, Namyoung Gwak, Nayeon Kim, Hyuk Jun Yoo, Taekyung Yu, Nuri Oh, Seok Su Sohn*, Sang Soo Han*
2025.05
SPACESHIP: Synthesizable Parameter Acquisition via Closed-loop Exploration and Self-directed, Hardware-aware Intelligent Protocols for Autonomous Lab
ChemRxiv
Nayeon Kim†, Hyuk Jun Yoo†, Heeseung Lee, Daeho Kim, Sang Soo Han*
2024.11
OCTOPUS: Operation Control System for Task Optimization and Job Parallelization via a User-Optimal Scheduler
Nature Communications
Hyuk Jun Yoo, Kwan‐Young Lee*, Donghun Kim*, Sang Soo Han*
2024.07
Bespoke Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis at Room Temperature and Discovery of Chemical Knowledge on Nanoparticle Growth via Autonomous Experimentations
Advanced Functional Materials (Front Cover)
Hyuk Jun Yoo†, Nayeon Kim†, Heeseung Lee, Daeho Kim, Leslie Tiong Ching Ow, Hyobin Nam, Chansoo Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Kwan‐Young Lee*, Donghun Kim*, Sang Soo Han*
2024.02
Machine vision-based detections of transparent chemical vessels toward the safe automation of material synthesis
npj Computational Materials
Leslie Ching Ow Tiong†, Hyuk Jun Yoo†, Nayeon Kim, Chansoo Kim, Kwan-Young Lee*, Sang Soo Han*, Donghun Kim*