2011.03. – 2015.02.
UNIST, Chemical Engineering, B.S.
2015.03. – 2018.02.
UNIST, Chemical Engineering, M.S.
2018.02. – 2021.02.
UNIST, Chemistry, Ph.D.

2016.01. – 2016.09.
Research Student, R&D Center for Green Fine Chemicals, KRICT
2021.04. – 2022.03.
Postdoctoral Scholar, College of Engineering, UNIST
2022.04. – 2023.07.
Research Professor, School of Energy and Chemical engineering, UNIST
2023.08. – 2024.02.
Research Professor, Department of Materials Science, KAIST
2024.03. – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University

Global Ph.D. Fellowship, 2018-2021 (NRF-MOE)
LS Group Award, Commencement Ceremony, 2021-02 (LS Group)
Samsung Humantech Paper Awards, Basic Science – Bronze, 2021-02 (Samsung Electronics)
Samsung Humantech Paper Awards, Basic Science – Encouragement, 2020-02 (Samsung Electronics)
Best Poster Presentation, Annual conference of KECS, 2023-04 (KECS)
Best Poster Presentation, 7th International conference on ENGE, 2022-11 (KIM)
Excellent paper Award, 2021-11 (KIEEME)
Excellent Paper Award, 2019-12 (KISTI)

Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Energy Materials

1. D. Jeon,† D.Y. Kim,† H. Kim,† N. Kim, C. Lee, D.H. Seo, J. Ryu, "Electrochemical Evolution of Ru-based Polyoxometalates into Si,W-codoped RuOx for Acidic Overall Water Splitting. ", Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2304468

2. D. Y. Kim, D. S. Jeong, P. Thangavel, M. Ha, H. Hwang, Y.-J. Park, T. J. Shin, D.-H. Seo, H. S. Shin, K. S. Kim, “Computation-aided design of oxygen-ligand-steered single atom catalysts: sewing unzipped carbon nanotubes”, Chem, 2023, 9, 3304-3318

3. S. Cho,† D. Y. Kim,† J.-I. Lee, J. Kang, H. Lee, G. Kim, D.-H. Seo, S. Park, “Highly Reversible Lithium Host Materials for High-Energy-Density Anode-Free Lithium Metal Batteries”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 32, 2208629

4. P. Sharma,† J. Han,† J. Park,† D. Y. Kim,† J. Lee, D. Oh, N. Kim, D.-H. Seo, Y. Kim, S. J. Kang, S. M. Hwang, J.-W. Jang, “Alkali-Metal-Mediated Reversible Chemical Hydrogen Storage Using Seawater”, JACS Au, 2021, 1, 2339-2348

5. M. Ha,† D. Y. Kim,† M. Umer,† V. Gladkikh, C. W. Myung, K. S. Kim, “Tuning metal single atoms embedded in NxCy moieties toward high-performance electrocatalysis”, Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14, 3455-3468

6. D. Y. Kim, M. Ha, K. S. Kim, “A universal screening strategy for the accelerated design of superior oxygen evolution/reduction electrocatalysts”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 3511-3519.

7. S. Sultan,† M. Ha,† D. Y. Kim,† J. N. Tiwari, C. W. Myung, A. Meena, T. J. Shin, K. H. Chae, K. S. Kim, “Superb water splitting activity of the electrocatalyst Fe3Co(PO4)4 designed with computation aid”, Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 5195

8. D. Y. Kim, T. Yoon, Y. J. Jang, J. H. Lee, Y. Na, B. J. Lee, J. S. Lee, K. S. Kim, “Band Gap Narrowing of Zinc Orthogermanate by Dimensional and Defect Modification”, J Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 14573-14581

9. D. Y. Kim, D. C. Yang, J. M. L. Madridejos, A. Hajibabaei, C. Baig, K. S. Kim, “Anisotropic and amphoteric characteristics of diverse carbenes”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 13722

10. D. Y. Kim, J. M. L. Madridejos, M. Ha, J.-H. Kim, D. C. Yang, C. Baig, K. S. Kim “Size-dependent conformational change in halogen–π interaction: from benzene to graphene”, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 6140-6143

†equally contributed