Professor Kim Jeong-gi of Gyeongsang National University Selected as POSCO Science Fellow

Research on the Development of Metastable Hydrogen-Resistant Alloys Using Defect Engineering

Professor Kim Jeong-gi, Gyeongsang National University [Image source=Gyeongsang National University]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Professor Kim Jeong-gi, majoring in Metal Materials in the Department of Nano New Materials Engineering at the College of Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, has been selected as the 13th POSCO Science Fellow by the POSCO Cheongam Foundation.

On the 29th, the POSCO Cheongam Foundation announced that it had selected 33 fellows for the '2022 POSCO Science Fellowship,' which supports the research activities of emerging scientists, on the 27th.

Professor Kim Jeong-gi was selected as a Science Fellow in the metal field and will receive 100 million KRW over the next two years to conduct research on 'Development of Metastable Hydrogen-Resistant Alloys Using Defect Engineering.'

The 'POSCO Science Fellow' is a representative science support program of the POSCO Cheongam Foundation that supports outstanding emerging scientists conducting basic sciences (four fields: mathematics, physics, chemistry, life sciences) and applied sciences (three fields: metals, new materials, energy materials) in Korea, helping them grow into world-class scientists.

Meanwhile, Professor Kim Jeong-gi, who earned his Ph.D. in New Materials Engineering from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), completed postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and joined Gyeongsang National University as a professor in the Department of Nano New Materials Engineering in September 2019, is participating in the BK21 Project GNU Intelligent Advanced Materials Pioneer Talent Training Project Group and the K-Metal Center, conducting research on 'Development of Defect Engineering Technology and Improvement of Material Properties through Additive Manufacturing Process Control.'

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