Postdoctoral Fellow - Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2025
Nayeong Kim
Assistant Professor - Material Science Engineering
Kim’s group integrates the design of redox-active materials with electrochemical systems engineering to advance electrochemical resource recovery and environmental remediation.
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Professional Preparation
Ph.D. - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - 2025
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - 2025
M.S. - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Seoul National University - 2020
Seoul National University - 2020
B.S. - Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2017
University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2017
Research Areas
Research Interests
•Electrochemical separations for resource recovery and environmental remediation• Synthesis of redox-active materials and electrochemical interfaces
• Critical mineral recovery and lithium-ion battery recycling
• Electrochemically mediated CO2 capture and environmental remediation
Publications
Redox-Active Crown Ether Copolymer for Selective Lithium Recovery from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries 2025 - Journal Article
Aqueous Electrochemical CO₂ Capture with Oxygen-Stable Azopyridine Surpassing Electron-Utilization Limits 2025 - Other
Multiplexed and Membraneless Redox‐Mediated Electrochemical Separations Through Bipolar Electrochemistry 2025 - Journal Article
Architecture Design of Nanofiltration-Based Redox Electrodialysis for Whey Protein Valorization 2025 - Journal Article
Electrochemical Purification of Whey Proteins via Redox Polymer-Mediated Electrodialysis 2025 - Journal Article
Redox-Mediated Electrodialysis for Desalination, Environmental Remediation, and Resource Recovery 2024 - Journal Article
Redox-Responsive Halogen Bonding as a Highly Selective Interaction for Electrochemical Separations 2024 - Journal Article