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CEO and Founder, 대표

(주)제이랩엔티 JLabNT co ltd.

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Vice Provost (Associate Vice President), 부처장

Offices of International Relations & International Student Services

SKKU International Affairs Division (IAD)

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Centre Director, 센터장

SKKU Global Research Centre (SGRC)

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Associate Professor, 부교수

Department of Nano Engineering [undergraduate]

Department of Nano Science and Technology [postgraduate]

SKKU Advanced Institute of NanoTechnology (SAINT)

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

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Editor-in-Chief, 편집장

International Journal of Chemical Kinetics,

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Associate Editor, 부편집장

Battery Energy, John Wiley & Sons

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Office: #83230, Research Complex 2,

Seobu-ro 2066, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea 

P.O. 16419

Telephone: +82 (0)31 299 4187 

E-mail: il.jeon (at) spc.oxon.org

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Professional Experience​

• 2024 – present  Centre Director, SGRC

• 2023 – present  CEO, JLabNT co ltd

• 2023 – present  Vice Provost (Associate Vice President), SKKU

• 2021 – present  Associate Professor, SKKU

• 2020 – 2021  Associate Professor, Pusan National University

• 2017 – 2020  Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo

• 2016 – 2017  JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Tokyo

• 2008 – 2013  Senior Research Engineer, LG Display Co. Ltd

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• 2021 – present  Member of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

• 2021 – present  Project Associate Professor, Shinshu University

• 2020 – present  Visiting Associate Professor, Tohoku University

• 2023 – present  Council Member The Korean Society of Chemical Engineering

• 2020 – present  Executive Committee, The Korean Society of Chemical Engineering Japan Region

• 2020 – 2021  Visiting Associate Professor, Nagoya University

• 2019 – 2020  Visiting Professor, Korea University

• 2017 – 2019  Visiting Professor, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

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Education

• 2013 – 2016 PhD (with Honours), The University of Tokyo

• 2007 – 2008 MChem, Oxford University 

• 2004 – 2007 BA, Oxford University 

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Awards and Honours

• 2024 Small Young Innovator Award 2024

• 2024 Advanced Science Young Innovator Award 2024

• 2024 The 18th Green Energy Excellence Award from The Korea Times

• 2023 AsiaNano 2023 ARN Young Scientist Award for Excellent Presentation

• 2023 Achieved Early Tenureship at SKKU

• ​2023 NANO KOREA Organizing Committee Chair Award for Excellent Research 

• 2021  Plenary Talk Award from 13th JCK Symposium on Chemical & Nanotechnology Innovation for Young Researchers

• 2020  The MRS Fall Meeting 2020 Best Oral Presentation Award [$200]

• 2019  The 58th Fullerenes Nanotubes & Graphene Society Osawa Award [plaque & ¥20k]

• 2018  Best Poster Award sponsored by ACS, 19th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-dimensional Materials (NT18) [$250]

• 2017  The 34th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists [medal & ¥500k]

• 2017  The 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Fellow

• 2016  JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship [stipend: ¥8.7m + research aid: ¥3m for 2y]

• 2016  The 8th JSPS HOPE Meeting with Nobel Laureates Fellow

• 2016  Dean’s Award for Excellent Doctoral Thesis (given to the best PhD student)

• 2015  The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Poster Award

• 2015  Best Proposal Award, JRCOE PKU-UTokyo Nanocarbon Summer Camp

• 2015  The 48th Fullerenes Nanotubes & Graphene Society Young Scientist Poster Award [plaque & ¥15k]

• 2013-2016  JASSO Scholarship recipient for PhD course [¥2m + Tuition Fee]

• 2012  Patent Gold Award, LG Display

• 2011  Idea Generation Award, LG Display