ABOUT US

Staff

Prof. Dr. Jaeyoung Lee

Chief Executive Officer

Professor Jaeyoung Lee of the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering at GIST is regarded as “an expert with extensive and rich field experience in the intelligent knowledge and information society,” received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Gesellschaft (FHI der MPG) in Berlin in 2001. He worked at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and POSCO’s Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST). As the CEO of eSUS Co., Ltd., which was founded with electrochemical scale-up science as a business mode, he is deriving basic and applied research outcomes, such as electrocatalyst materials and prototype processes with a significant academic and industrial impact, in the fields of carbon dioxide recycling (e.g., carbon capture and utilization; CCUS), ammonia energy vector, and water electrolysis business. As a member of the Korea-Germany Alumni Network (ADeKo), he also plays a role in incorporating German and European science and technology directions into domestic trends.

  • ㅇ 산학협력 : 삼성전자,포스코,한국전력,현대자동차,휴켐스,LG전자,SK Innovation(2013)
  • ㅇ 2020-2022 산업통상자원부 사업재편심의위원회 
  • ㅇ 2021-현재 GIST 화학에너지 저장 및 변환공정 미래연구센터 센터장
  • ㅇ 2023-현재 포스코홀딩스 미래기술연구원 연구위원(연구년)

Dr. Sooan Bae

Group leader

Dr. Sooan Bae is a Research Assistant Professor at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) and the Group Leader at eSus Inc. She specializes in scaling up membrane electrode assembly (MEA) technology, turning advanced concepts into practical applications. Her research focuses on alkaline water electrolysis, fuel cells, CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR), and zero-gap single cells. With extensive experience in experimental techniques and advanced analysis, Dr. Bae combines innovative research with industrial scaling to advance sustainable energy technologies.

  • 2024.03-현재: 연구조교수/환경·에너지공학부 & Ertl 탄소비움연구센터 팀장

Mr. Changbin Im

Research Scientist