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Hyuk Jun Yoo

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About Me

"I want to become an affectionate scientist who brings about a small but powerful influence in the world."

"작지만 강한 영향력을 주고 싶은 다정한 과학자가 되고 싶습니다."

  • Name: Hyuk Jun Yoo, 유혁준
  • Motto: "The truth comes from experience."
  • Hobby: Swimming, Climbing, Reading, Coding, Cooking

3 Research projects completed,
4 Research projects comming soon...

CV

12 Happy (months)
7 Researches
7 Awards
25 Travels

Research Topics

Research Topics

This is my interested future research topics.

앞으로 하고 싶은 연구 방향입니다.

Lab Automation

Synthesis, Preprocess, Characterization and Evaluation

Operating System (OS)

Integration software for autonomous lab

AI for Synthesis Planning

Experiment planning, Process system engineering, Multi-objective optimization

Nanoparticle catalyst design

OER, CER reaction

Retrosynthesis for organic reaction

Drug discovery

Education

2020.03-2024 (Current)

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Korea University (Prof. Kwan-Young Lee)

  • Reaction Engineering
  • Catalysis Engineering
  • Surface Engineering
  • Flow Dynamics
  • 2nd Battery
  • Deep Learning
    • 2013.03-2020.02

    Applied Chemistry

    Kyung Hee University

  • Organic Chemistry (Major)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (Major)
  • Quantum Chemistry (Major)
  • Web Python Programming (Minor)
  • Object-Oriented Programming (Minor)
  • Computer Network (Minor)
  • Big Data Programming (Minor)

    • Work Experiences

    2025.08- (current)

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Prof. Gerbrand Ceder)
    Role
    - Lab Automation
    - AI for Material Discovery
    Work
    - in-situ XRD Automation
    - Active Learning and Chemical Knowledge-based Synthesis Planning
    - Solid-State Material Synthesis

    2025.03-2025.06

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Dr.Sang Soo Han)
    Role
    - AI for Experiment Planning
    - Operating System
    Work
    - 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)
    Role
    - Experiment Automation
    - AI for Experiment Planning
    - Operating System for Autonomous Lab
    - AI for Safety Protocol
    - Web Crawling
    - Material Data Management
    Work
    - 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)
    - 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

    Skills

    Python

    100%
    100%
    Last year
    100%
    Last month

    PyTorch

    80%
    28%
    Last year
    60%
    Last month

    BoTorch

    60%
    30%
    Last year
    60%
    Last month

    Arduino

    75%
    50%
    Last year
    60%
    Last month

    Fusion360

    70%
    60%
    Last year
    60%
    Last month

    Git/GitHub

    95%

    HTML5

    100%

    Javascript

    70%

    CSS3

    40%

    C/C++

    70%

    Java

    40%

    Publications

    † : Equal contribution, * : Corresponding author

    2025.07

    NanoChef: AI Framwork for Simultaneous Optimization of Synthesis Sequence and Reaction Condition via Autonomous Laboratories

    Under Review
    Hyuk Jun Yoo†, Daeho Kim†, Sehyuk Lim, Heeseung Lee, Nayeon Kim, Sang Soo Han*
    2025.XX

    Toward Self-Driving Laboratory 2.0 for Chemistry and Materials Discovery

    Under Review
    Heeseung Lee†, Hyuk Jun Yoo†, Hye Su Jang, Byungho Park, Yang Jeong Park*, Sang Soo Han*
    2025.07

    Self-Driving Laboratories with Artificial Intelligence: An Overview of Process Systems Engineering Perspective

    Computers and Chemical Engineering
    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

    Under Review
    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: Autonomous Mapping of Hardware-dependent Synthesizable Space

    Under Review
    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*

    Honors & Awards

    2025, 02

    Summa Cum Laude in Korea University (Domestic)

    Summa Cum Laude in Korea University represented the best performance of research and thesis during Ph.D course

    2025, 02

    Summa Cum Laude in KIST (Domestic)

    Summa Cum Laude in KIST represented the best performance of research during Ph.D course

    2024, 11

    Best Oral Award (International)

    2024 International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (2022 ENGE)

    2024, 08

    KIST Scholarship (Domestic)

    2024-2 KIST Scholarship

    *This scholarship was the biggest scholarship in KIST. ($3,000)

    2024, 04

    Best Oral Award (Domestic)

    2024 Spring Conference of the KIChE Spring Meeting

    2023, 08

    Best Poster Award (International)

    2023 Nanokorea

    2023, 04

    Best Oral Award (Domestic)

    2023 Spring Conference of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

    2022, 11

    Best Poster Award (International)

    2022 International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (2022 ENGE)

    I'm really open in actively new jobs both industry and academics

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