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Dr. Jun KimÌýis an assistant professorÌýof civil and environmental engineeringÌýat º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø. HeÌýreceivedÌýaÌýPh.D. inÌýenvironmental scienceÌýandÌýengineeringÌýfrom Rice University. His academic research activity at the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) producedÌýnumerousÌýpatents, research articles, and high-impact journal papers.ÌýForÌýaboutÌý20 years, Kim’s research focused on advanced water treatment processes for residential drinking water, seawater desalination, municipal wastewater, and producedÌýwatersÌýfrom industries. KimÌýholdsÌýprofessional leadership roles in the water industryÌýandÌýworkedÌýforÌýglobal companies for 12 years.Ìý

EducationÌý

• Ph.D. inÌýEnvironmental Science and Engineering, Rice University, 2020.Ìý

• M.S. inÌýEnvironmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2007Ìý

• B.S. inÌýSpatial Environmental System Engineering, Computer Science (minor),ÌýHandongÌýUniversity, 2005Ìý

 Awards and HonorsÌý

• Fulbright Specialist – U.S. Department of State’s Educational & Cultural Affairs, 2025-2028Ìý

• Future Leader,ÌýFLCÌýAward – Consulate General of Korea, 2025Ìý

• The Young Faculty of the Year Award –ÌýKSCEA, 2024Ìý

• Next Generation LeadershipÌýAward,ÌýWQA, 2021Ìý

• Best Paper Awards, COMSOL, 2019Ìý

• Constancio Miranda Fellowship, Rice University, 2019Ìý

• Certificate of Merit,ÌýAmerican Chemical Society (ACS), 2018Ìý

• Robert and EleanorÌýShubinskiÌýAward,ÌýRice UniversityÌý2015-2016Ìý

ExpertiseÌý

• WaterÌýTreatment ProcessÌý(Advanced Membrane, Electrochemical Treatment, Pre-ÌýAndÌýPost- Physicochemical Treatment, seawater desalination, groundwater desalting, high-rate algae removal, residential wastewater treatment, industrial produced water treatment)Ìý

• MaterialÌýCharacterizationÌý

• Water Quality AnalysisÌý

• SimulationÌýandÌýModelingÌý

• Commercialization (product/processÌýdesign, engineering documentation, field/pilot testing,ÌýIP)Ìý

Professional ActivitiesÌý

• Technical Advisory Committee, Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research (FIPR) Institute, 2024-presentÌýÌý

• Editorial Board member, International Journal of Membrane and Water Treatment, 2024-presentÌý

• Voting Member, NSF Joint Committee (JC) onÌýDWTU, 2023-presentÌý

• Scholarship Committee,ÌýKorean-AmericanÌýScientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), 2023-presentÌý

• VotingÌýMember,ÌýWater SciencesÌýThink Tank Advisory Council, Water Quality Association (WQA), 2021-presentÌý

• Committee Member, Education and Training Council, AWWA, 2020-presentÌý

Patents Granted/PublishedÌý

• US Patent 11,739,010, R Verduzco, A Jain, J Kim, Q Li, K Zuo, Electrodes for selective removal of multivalent ions through capacitiveÌýdeionizationÌý(2023).Ìý

• US Patent 9,422,168, PP Mane, LH Doan, J Kim, HK Roh, Dissolved air flotation device for liquid clarification (2016).Ìý

Select PublicationsÌý

• Keval Patel, Carlos Salazar-Gallupe, Lance-Nicolas Rances, Jun Kim, KarinÌýChumbimuni-Torres, Woo Hyoung Lee,ÌýDevelopmentÌýand characterization of a Cu (II) ion-selective microelectrode for in situ profiling of copper release from metallic surfaces in artificial seawater, Surfaces and Interfaces, Volume 71 (2025) 106919.Ìý

• J Baik, Z Mohayman, J Hwang, J Kim, AÌýKushima, NÌýKanekawa, E Hasegawa, W Lee, A novel molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-biopolymer-coated screen-printed carbon electrode for rapid and simple detection of manganese ions in water, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Volume 983, (2025) 119028.ÌýÌý

• CY Son,ÌýJKÌýKang,ÌýYJÌýLee, CG Lee, J Kim, SJ Park,ÌýYMÌýCho, GA Shin, Degradation of residual dyes in actual textile wastewater using UV/H2O2: Evaluation of the impact of operating variables through multi-layer perceptron analysis, Environmental Engineering Research, Volume 29 (2024) 23-716.Ìý

• Jun Kim, Patrick Zhang, Purification of Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing Process Water with Recovery of Critical Materials using MCDI, US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC) 2023.ÌýÌý

• E Yang, M Kim, Y Liang, J Byun, H Kim, J Kim, H Choi, Tailoring the pore size of intermolecular cross-linked PIMs-based thin-film composite hollow fiber membranes using different length cross-linkers for organic solvent nanofiltration, Chemical Engineering Journal 474, 145339 (2023).Ìý

• Eva Gil, Xiaochuan Huang,ÌýKuichangÌýZuo, Jun Kim, Susana Rincón, José María Rivera, KiarashÌýRanjbari, François Perreault, Pedro Alvarez, Alejandro Zepeda,ÌýQilinÌýLi, AÌýPolysulfone/Cobalt Metal–Organic Framework Nanocomposite Membrane with Enhanced Water Permeability and Fouling Resistance, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 4 (5), 3532-3542 (2022).Ìý

• Ziqi Wu, Himel Barua, Jolanta R.ÌýRylski, Joshua B. Taylor, and Jun Kim, A multiple regression model framework for designing a UVC LED reactor for point-of-use water treatment, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2021, 7, 1516-1529. (2021).Ìý

• Zuo,ÌýKuichang; Huang, Xiaochuan; Liu, Xingchen; Gil, Eva; Kim, Jun; Jain, Amit; Chen, Long; Liang, Peng; Zepeda, Alejandro; Verduzco, Rafael; Lou, Jun; Li,ÌýQilin, A Hybrid Metal-Organic Framework-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanomaterial for Selective Removal of Chromate from Water in an Electrochemical Process, Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (20), 13322-13332 (2020).Ìý

• Jun Kim, AmandaÌýMorgott, Ziqi Wu, LianeÌýHopaluk, Michael Miles, William Stoner,ÌýQilinÌýLi, Simulating Transport and Adsorption of organic contaminants in 3D Porous Activated Carbon Block Media, COMSOL 2019 Boston, MA (2019).Ìý

• Jun Kim, Amit Jain,ÌýKuichangÌýZuo, Rafael Verduzco,ÌýQilinÌýLi, Selective Removal of Calcium Ions from Water Using Target-ion Specific Capacitive Deionization, Water Research, 160, 445-453 (2019).Ìý

• Stephanie Loeb, Jun Kim, Chenxi Jiang, Lawrence Early, Haoran Wei,ÌýQilinÌýLi, Jae-Hong Kim, Nanoparticle Enhanced Interfacial Solar Photothermal Water Disinfection Demonstrated in 3-D Printed Flow-Through Reactors, Environmental Science & Technology, 53, 13, 7621-7631 (2019).Ìý

• Amit Jain, Cierra Weathers, Jun Kim, Matthew D. Meyer, Shane Walker,ÌýQilinÌýLi, Rafael Verduzco, Self-Assembled, SulfonatedÌýPentablockÌýCopolymer Cation Exchange Coatings for Membrane Capacitive Deionization, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 4, 348-356 (2019).Ìý

• Jun Kim, Ion-transport Theory,ÌýElectrosorptionÌýMechanism, and Application of Capacitive Deionization, Rice University (2019).Ìý

• KuichangÌýZuo, Jun Kim, Amit Jain,ÌýTianxiaoÌýWang, Rafael Verduzco,ÌýQilinÌýLi, Novel Composite Electrodes for Selective Removal of Sulfate by the Capacitive Deionization Process, Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (16), pp 9486–9494 (2018).Ìý

• Amit Jain, Jun Kim,ÌýKuichangÌýZuo,ÌýQilinÌýLi, Rafael Verduzco, Aqueous-Processed, High-Capacity Electrodes for Membrane Capacitive Deionization, Environmental Science & Technology. 52 (10), pp 5859–5867 (2018).Ìý

• O Monzon, Y Yang, J Kim, A Heldenbrand, Q Li, P Alvarez, Microbial fuel cell fed by Barnett Shale produced water: Power production by hypersaline autochthonous bacteria and coupling to a desalination unit, Biochemical Eng. Journal 117, 87-91 (2016).Ìý

• J. Kim, L. H. Doan, and H. Roh, New Approach to Evaluate the Performance of High LoadingÌýrateÌýDissolved Air Flotation in Seawater, AMTA, Las Vegas, NV (2014).Ìý

• Jun Kim, Lan Huong Doan, and Hyung Keun Roh, Innovative Flow Analysis Method for High Loading Rate DAF, International Desalination Association – Desalination & Water Reuse, Vol. 24, pp. 42-47 (2014).Ìý

• Jun Kim,ÌýHosikÌýPark,ÌýHaeryongÌýJung,ÌýJungkwonSeo, andÌýHeechulÌýChoi, Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Impregnated Alumina for Catalytic Ozonation of para-ChlorobenzoicÌýAcid in Aqueous Solution, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 225:1975 (2014).Ìý

• HaeryongÌýJung,ÌýHosikÌýPark, Jun Kim, Ji-Hoon Lee, Hor-Gil Hur,ÌýNosangÌýV Myung,ÌýHeechulÌýChoi, Preparation of biotic and abiotic iron oxide nanoparticles (IOnPs) and their properties and applications in heterogeneous catalytic oxidation, Environmental science & technology, 41, 13, 4741–4747 (2007).Ìý

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