Juyoung Leem

juyoung.leem@utdallas.edu
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Mail Box: ECW 31
Mailstop: ECW 31
Office: ECSW2.150G
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 2020-2023.

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020.

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), 2013.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAST, 2011.

Research Interests

Low-dimensional materials, Nanomaterials, Micro/Nano systems, Micro/Nano fabrication and manufacturing, Soft materials, Intelligent systems, Energy applications, Photonics applications

Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books

• Data-driven approach to tailoring mechanical properties of a soft material, J. Leem, Y. Jiang, A. Robinson, Y. Xia, X. Zheng, Advanced Functional Materials, 2304451 (2023)
• Machine learning assisted analysis of electrochemical H₂O₂ production, J. Leem,* L. Vallez,* T. M. Gill, X. Zheng, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6 (7), 3953 (2023)
• Curved neuromorphic image sensor array using a MoS2-organic heterostructure inspired by the human visual recognition system, C. Choi,* J. Leem,* J. Kim,* A. Taqieddin, C. Cho, K. Cho, G. Lee, H, Seung, H. J. Bae, Y. M. Song, T. Hyeon, N. R. Aluru, S. Nam, D. Kim, Nature Communications 11, 5934 (2020)
• A snapshot review on exciton engineering in deformed 2D materials, J. Leem, MRS Advances, 5, 3491 (2020)
• Crack-assisted, localized deformation of van der Waals materials for enhanced strain confinement, J. Leem, Y. Lee, M. C. Wang, J. Kim, J. Mun, M. Haque, S. Kang, S. Nam, 2D Materials 6 (4), 044001 (2019)

Major Honors and Awards

• The Carbon Journal Prize 2020 for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Carbon Science and Technology (Second Place), Carbon (2020)
• TomKat Center Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainable Energy, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, Stanford University (2020)
• Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Award (GSA) Gold Award, MRS (2019)
• MRS Arthur Nowick Graduate Student Award, MRS (2019)
• Graduate Student Travel Award, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2019)
• Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2018)
• The Korean Government Scholarship for Study Overseas (2013)