Gyu Leem
University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Biography
Gyu Leem earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from the Hanyang University and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Houston in 2008. After completing his Ph.D., he spent three years working as a principal scientist at LG R&D in South Korea. He was responsible for the design and synthesis of high-performance water absorbing polymer materials for baby diapers. In 2012, he moved to the University of Florida and performed postdoctoral research with Professor Kirk S. Schanze as a part of University of North Carolina Energy Frontier Research Center: Center for Solar Fuels, an Energy Frontier Research Center. He is currently appointed assistant professor of research at the chemistry department at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2017. His research is focusing on water oxidation, carbon dioxide reduction, and DSPEC water splitting and proton reduction
Abstract
Abstract : Polymer chromophore-catalyst assembly for solar fuel generation