JUNGWON WOO

* ******** ***** ***#**, Cincinnati, OH, 45230 • 513-***-**** • acozab@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Ph. D. Candidate of Chemical Engineering

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, current

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea, Feb. 2006

Related Courses:

Biochemical Engineering, Transport phenomenon, Thermodynamics, Fuel cells, Chemical reactor

design, Waste treatment, Membrane separation, Zeolite characterization, Gas solid reaction,

Scanning electron microscopy & analysis, Advanced organic/inorganic chemistry, Math &

Mathematica

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (2007 – current)

Developed MoV(Te/Sb)(Ta/Nb)O mixed metal oxide for propane (amm)oxidation process

Specialized in synthesis and characterizataion of mixed metal oxide catalysts, Mo-V-M

(M=combination of Sb, Nb, Te, and Ta), with different synthesis methods and characterization of

catalysts with various equipments, and optimization of catalysts for propane ammoxidation

Collaboration work with Oakridge National Lab, Tennessee

Collected HAADF (High Angle Annular Dark Field) STEM (Scanning Transmission Electron

Microscopy) images and quantitatively/qualitatively analyzes images with DM (Digital

Micrograph) scripts and run QSTEM simulation in order to provide details of atomic structure

with sub-angstrom resolution.

Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (2008 – 2011)

Served as a teaching assistant and grader for Chemical reaction engineering course

Research Assistant, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea (2006)

Nanomaterial Lab headed by Professor Jinsoo Kim

Conducted the project: Coating -Al2O3 granules with TiO2 using PVA

Maintained instruments, researched papers, analyzed data, and made presentations to report the

progress of experiment

Lab Assistant, The first institute of chemistry defense research, Seoul, Korea (2000 – 2002)

Assisted on planning, scheduling, budgeting of experiments and financial managing on the

purchase of instruments and reagents

SKILLS

Instruments experiences in S/TEM, BET, TGA, XRD, GC, XPA, and PSA (Particle Size

Analyzer)

Software: QSTEM, VESTA (Visualization for Electronics and Structural Analysis), DM,

Material Studio, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Matlab, and Mathmatica

Expertise in catalysts synthesis and characterization, especially for mixed metal oxides system

Strong communication skills (Bilingual: English and Korean) - oral, written, and presentation

Excellent teamwork skills

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Publications:

Jungwon Woo, Albina Borisevich, Qian He and Vadim V. Guliants*, Propane Ammoxidation Over

Mo-V-Te-Ta-O M1 Phases: HAADF-STEM Study of Mo/V Distributions and Their Correlations

with Catalytic Behavior, Applied Catalysis A General, 2015, submitted

Qian He, Jungwon Woo, Alexei Belianinov, Vadim V. Guliants, and Albina Y. Borisevich, Better

Catalysts through Microscopy: Mesoscale M1/M2 Intergrowth in Molybdenum–Vanadium Based

Complex Oxide Catalysts for Propane Ammoxidation, ACS Nano, 2015

Qian He, Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants and Albina Borisevich, Novel M1/M2

Heterostructure in Mo-V-M-Ta (M = Te or Sb) Complex Oxide Catalyst Revealed by Aberration

Corrected HAADF STEM, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 20, 2014, 110-111

Junjun Yu, Jungwon Woo, Albina Borisevich, Ye Xu*and Vadim V. Guliants*, A Combined

HAADF STEM and Density Functional Theory Study of Tantalum and Niobium Locations in the

Mo-V-Te-Ta(Nb)-O M1 Phases, Catalysis Communications, Volume 29, 2012, Pages 68-72

Prakash Biswas, Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants, Ruthenium and gold-doped M1 phase

MoVNbTeO catalysts for propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile, Catalysis Communications,

Volume 12, Issue 1, 25 October 2010, Pages 58-63

Conferences:

Jungwon Woo, Albina Borisevich, and Vadim Guliants, Synergy effects between the M1 and

M2 phases of the Mo-V-M-O composition (M= combinations of Te, Sb, Nb, and Ta) in

propane/propylene ammoxidation to acrylonitrile in 2014 ACS (Oral-presentation)

Jungwon Woo, Junjun Yu, Albina Borisevich, Ye Xu, and Vadim V. Guliants, Ta and Nb

locations in Mo-V-Te-(Ta, Nb)-O M1 Phase and their role in selective propane ammoxidation to

acrylonitrile in 2013 NACS meeting (poster)

Jungwon Woo, Albina Borisevich and Vadim V. Guliants, Aberration-Corrected High-Angle

Annular Dark Field (HAADF) STEM Study of Bulk Ab Planes in Mo-V-Te-(Ta, Nb)-O M1

Phase Catalyst Prepared by Novel Synthesis Methods: Correlation Between Mo/V Distribution in

Ab Planes and Catalytic Performance in 2012 AIChE meeting (Oral-presentation)

Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants, Bulk and Surface Characteristics of Mo-V-Te-(Ta, Nb)-O

Catalyst Prepared by Dry-up, Hydrothermal, and Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Methods in

2011 AIChE meeting (Oral-presentation)

Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants, Bulk and surface characterization of Mo-V-Te-(Nb,Ta)O

catalyst prepared by microwave synthesis method employing water soluble and air stable Ta

precursor in NACS (North America Catalysis Society) in 2011 (Poster)

Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants, Bulk and Surface Characteristics of Mo-V-Te-(Ta, Nb)-O

Catalyst Prepared by Dry-up, Hydrothermal, and Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Methods in

2010 AIChE meeting (Poster)

Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants, The Catalytic Significance of Surface ab Planes of M1

Phase in Propane Ammoxidation in 2009 AIChE meeting (Poster)

Jungwon Woo, Prakash Biswas, Vadim V. Guliants, Novel Catalysts for Selective Oxidation of

Lower Alkanes in 2008 AIChE meeting (Poster)

ACTIVITIES

GSGA Officer: Representative of chemical engineering

Member: America Institute of Chemical Engineering

AWARD

Kokes Award at the 23th North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society

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