Jang-Kyo Kim

Professor, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 NSW Australia

Graduated from the University of Sydney with PhD in Mechanical Engineering (1991), Prof. Kim has well over 30 years of dedication to academic excellence, initially with ANU and until recently at HKUST and now UNSW. Kim served as Associate Dean of Engineering (Research and Graduate Studies), Director of Finetex-HKUST R & D Center and Director of Advanced Engineering Materials Facilities while at HKUST. Kim was the Editor of Composites Part A (2012-23) and is currently Associate Editor of Aerospace Science & Technology and Energy Materials & Devices, apart from sitting in the editorial/advisory boards of 12 refereed journals in advanced materials, including Nanoscale Horizons, Energy Storage Materials, and Nano Materials Science. Kim was the President of the Asian-Australasian Association for Composite Materials (2009-10). He has been honored with many awards, including the Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship, numerous Best Paper Awards from international conferences together with graduate students, HKUST President Cup Silver Medal, and the Life-long Achievement Award.

As an internationally renowned scholar, Kim is one of the leading authorities in the field of nanocomposites and nanostructured energy materials. He has pioneered in the development of multifunctional composites made with 2D and nanocarbon materials for polymer dielectrics, EMI shielding, flexible electronics, sensors, cooling aerogels, and emerging rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors. In particular, his group was among the first who devised in-situ TEM to probe real time the electrochemical reactions taking place in battery electrodes. In recognition of his scholarly achievements and outstanding contributions to professional societies, Kim has been elected as Fellows of prestigious academy and learned societies, including the HKAES, the RAeS, the RSC and the HKIE. The 2023 Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists List identified him as the top 0.05% most influential scientist in the subfield of Materials in both career total and single year. Kim has been named the Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate.