Prof. Kilwon Cho
POSTECH University Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Pohang, 790-784, Korea
Tel) +82-54-279-2270
Fax) +82-54-279-8291
1975 ~ 1980 B. S. in Applied Chemistry, Seoul National University
1980 ~ 1982 M. S. in Applied Chemistry, Seoul National University
1983 ~ 1986 Ph. D. in Polymer Science, University of Akron
1986 ~ 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Akron
1987 ~ 1988 Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Center
1988 ~ Professor, Department of Chemical engineering, POSTECH
1993 ~ 1993 Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2005 ~ Director, Polymer Research Institute, POSTECH
2006 ~ 2006 Vice President, The Society of Adhesion and Interface, Korea
2009 ~ 2009 Executive Director, The Polymer Society of Korea
2009 ~ Fellow, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
2011 ~ Se Ah Chair Professor (南顧碩座敎授)
2011 ~ Director, Global Frontier Research Center for Advanced Soft Electronics (CASE)
2015 ~ 2015 Senior Vice President, The Polymer Society of Korea
2016 ~ 2016 President, The Polymer Society of Korea
2017 ~ POSTECH University Professor
Awards and Honors
1986 Treadgold Award for Best Ph. D. Thesis, University of Akron
1999 Best Paper Award, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
2001 National Research Laboratory awarded by KOSEF, Korea
2004 Outstanding Research Award, The Polymer Society of Korea
2007 Outstanding Research Award, Gyeongbuk Province
2008 NANOKOREA Awards, Science Innovation Section, Prime Minister
2009 Proud Postechian Award, POSTECH 2009 Lee, D. Y. Award (心溪科學賞), Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
2010 Scientist of the Month (2010.4), The Ministry of Edu. Sci. Tech. and National Research Foundation
2015 Duckmyeong Hanlim Engineering Award, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
2017 University Professor, POSTECH
2017 Order of Science and Technology Merit (The Republic of Korea)
2017 Sang Am Award, The Polymer Society of Korea
2018 Listed in the Advanced Materials Hall of Fame, Wiley
2018 Distinguished Alumni Award, The University of Akron
Research Interests
- Polymer Surface, Interface and Adhesion
- Surface Engineering in Organic Electronics
(Organic Field-Effect Transistor, Organic Photovoltaics, Graphene Electronics)
