홍 성 철 Sung Chul Hong, Professor, Ph.D.

 

Sejong University, Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering

Room 814, Choongmoo-Gwan, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea

Tel_+82 2.3408.3750 Fax_+82 2.3408.4342 sunghong@sejong.ac.kr

 

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Technology(Polymer Synthesis), Seoul National University, Korea, August 1996

M.S., Chemical Technology(Polymer Science), Seoul National University, Korea, February 1993

B.S., Chemical Technology, Seoul National University , Korea , February 1991

 

Experience

09/2004 – present
Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
Professor, Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering

01/2002 – 08/2004
Crompton Corporation , Naugatuck , Connecticut , USA
Scientist, New Technology Development Department

01/2000 – 11/2001
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski's Laboratory

03/1998 – 09/1999
BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Postdoctoral Research Chemist, Central Polymer Research Center

03/1997 – 02/1998
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Prof. Kazuo Soga's Laboratory

 

Awards

1)      Sung Chul Hong, Sejong University 20-Year Long-Term Service Award (세종대학교 20년 장기근속 표창), 2025.05.20

 

2)      Ga Ram Lee and Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Paper Award at the Fall Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “ Noncatalytic C-H insertion of azidoformate-end functionalized polystyrene for post-polymerization modification of polypropylene ”, 20231109

 

3)      Eun Jong Lee and Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Paper Award at the Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “Non-isocyanate polyurethanes from cyclic carbonate terminated poly(ether carbonate)s and diamines”, 20230512

 

4)      Sung Chul Hong, 공로상, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 20220512

 

5)      Sung Chul Hong, Minister award of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (산업통상자원부 장관표창), 13th Day of Chemical Industry (제13회 화학산업의 날), 2021.10.29

 

6)      Sung Chul Hong, 학회발전상, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 20201207

 

7)      Chan Woo Ahn, Jeong Hyeon Jang, Jae Hee Ha, Joon Hyun Baik, Il Kim, Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Poster Award at the Summer Meeting of the Korea Polyurethane Society 2019, “Flexible polyurethane foams with a reduced generation of acetaldehyde from CO2 based poly(ether carbonate) polyols”, 20190829

 

8)      Dong Hyun Lee, Jae Hee Ha, Joon Hyun Baik, Il Kim, Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Poster Award at the Summer Meeting of the Korea Polyurethane Society 2019, “Study on rigid polyurethane foam from CO2-based polyether carbonate polyol”, 20190829

 

9)      Sung Chul Hong, 2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, 20180412

 

10)   Sung Chul Hong, Marquis Who’s Who, 20180301

 

11)   Jeong Hyeon Jang, Jae Hee Ha, Joon Hyun Baik, Il Kim, Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Paper Award at the Fall Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “Flexible polyurethane foam from carbon dioxide-based polyether carbonate polyols with reduced generation of volatile organic compound”, 20181102

 

12)   Dong Won Cho, Ravindra V. Ghorpade, Sung Chul Hong*, Outstanding Poster Award at the IUPAC-FAPS 2017, “Stabilization Behavior of Poly(acrylonitrile-co–itaconic acid) with Different Compositions through a Room Temperature Electron Beam Irradiation”, 20171012

 

13)   Alagi Prakash Kallappa, Ye Jin Choi, Ravindra Ghorpade, Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Paper Presentation Award at the Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “Characteristics of thermoplastic polyurethanes with improved corrosion resistance from CO2 based polyols”, 20170511

 

14)   Ravindra V. Ghorpade, Dong Won Cho, and Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Paper Presentation Award at the Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “Stereoregular poly(acrylonitrile-co-itaconic acid) for improved thermal oxidative stabilization behavior and enhanced carbon properties”, 20170511

 

15)   Jeong Hyeon Jang, Prakash Alagi, Ye Jin Choi, Ravindra V. Ghorpade, Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Paper Award at the Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “Polyurethanes with multi-functionalities from vegetable oil-based polyols for sustainable coating applications”, 20170512

 

16)   Sung Chul Hong, 학회발전상, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 20161212

 

17)   Alagi Prakash Kallappa, Ye Jin Choi, Ravindra Ghorpade, Sung Chul Hong*, Excellent Paper Presentation Award at the Fall Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “Characteristics of polycarbonate polyol from carbon dioxide for thermoplastic polyurethane”, 20161028

 

18)   Prakash Alagi, Ye Jin Choi, Jeong Hyeon Jang, Sung Chul Hong*, Outstanding Poster Award at the IUPAC International Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Polymer Society of Korea (PSK) (IUPAC-PSK40), “Soybean oil-based polyol with predetermined number of primary hydroxyl functionalities for thermoplastic polyurethane”, 20161007

 

19)   Ye Jin Choi, Alagi Prakash Kallappa, Sung Chul Hong*, Outstanding Poster Award in the Fall Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, “Vegetable Oil-based Polyols with predetermined Hydroxyl Functionalities for Thermoplastic Polyurethane”, 20160504

 

20)   Sung Chul Hong*, Mid-career Researcher Academy Award, The Polymer Society of Korea. 20141007

 

21)   Nguyen Thai Ngoc Uyen, Sung Chul Hong*, Outstanding Poster Award in the Spring Meeting of the Korean Institute of Rubber Industry, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, “Effect of different microstructures of polyacrylonitrile copolymers on their structural transformation to carbon materials”, 20130315

 

22)   Jongheon Lee, Nguyen-Hong Vu, Ngoc Uyen Nguyen-Thai, Sung Chul Hong*, Outstanding Poster Award in International Rubber Conference 2012, Jeju, Korea “Preparation of UV-crosslinkable block cpolymers containing polar segments for gel electrolyte in dye sensitized solar cells”, 20120523

 

23)   Sung Chul Hong*, 2010 Best paper award in the Korean Institute of Rubber Industry, “Study on the Polymerization Characteristics of Isoprene through Nitroxide Mediated Controlled/”living” Radical Polymerization Techniques”, 20100326

 

24)   Jeong Eun Shin, Hee Jung Choi, Gi-Won Lee, Nam Gyu Park, Kyung Kon Kim, Sung Chul Hong*, Outstanding Poster Award in the Spring Meeting of the Polymer Society of Korea, 2009, Daejeon, Korea “Study on the Pt/carbon nanotube hybrid counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells and their performances”, 20090409

 

25)   Yeon Joo Lee, Sung Chul Hong*, Outstanding Poster Award in the Spring Meeting of the Polymer Society of Korea, 2007, Jeju, Korea “Preparation of poly(4-vinyl phenol) based block copolymers through living radical polymerization and its application as a dispersant for BaTiO3”, 20070412

 

26)   Sung Chul Hong, Best paper award, School of Engineering, Seoul National University, 19960101.

 

Current academic activities (March 2024)

- 한국고분자학회 평의원

- 한국공업화학회 평의원, 고분자분과회 고문

- 한국폴리우레탄학회 이사

 

- 한국고분자학회 종신회원

- 한국공업화학회 종신회원

- 한국고무학회 종신회원

- 미국화학회 (American Chemical Socisty, ACS) 회원