Yuhoon Hwang, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Department of Environmental Engineering Seoul National University of Science and Technology
232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 01811

 Phone: (82)-2-970-6626
 Fax: (82)-2-971-5776
 E-mail: yhhwang@seoultech.ac.kr
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 Education
Ph.D Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 2012
B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 2007


 Experience

2025-Present: Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea

2023-2025: Head of Department, Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea

2022-2023: Visiting professor. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA (Host: Prof. Soryong Chae) 

2021-2025: Associate professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea

2017-2018: Visiting scholar, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, UK (Host: Prof. Michael De Volder

2015-2021: Assistant professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea

 2014-2014: Visiting scholar. Graduate School of EEWS, KAIST, Korea (Host: Prof. Mamadou S. Diallo)

 2012-2015: Postdoc, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

 2012-2012: Postdoc, Applied Science Research Center, KAIST, Korea

 2007-2012: Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Korea



 Honors and Awards
The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Water and Wastewater, Apr 2010 
The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Nov 2011
The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Water Environment, Nov 2011
The best paper presentation award (2011 International Conference of the Korean Society of Environmental Engineers), Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Jun 2012
H.C. Ørsted Postdoc stipend granted, Technical University of Denmark, Jul 2012
Fostering Next-generation Researchers Program granted, National Research Foundation of Korea, Jun 2013. 
DFF-Individual postdoctoral grants, The Danish Council for Independent Research, May 2014.
Poster award, The EU-Korea conference on science and technology, Jul 2014.

The best paper awards, Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment, Oct. 2016.

The young researcher prize, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Nov 2016. 

The best teaching professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Feb 2017. 

Poster award, The EU-Korea conference on science and technology, Jul 2017.

The best paper presentation award, The 24th Thailand-Korea Conference on Environmental Engineering, Apr 2018

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Water Environment, Mar 2019 

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Dec 2019 

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Nov 2021 

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Nov 2023 

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Jun 2024 

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Nov 2024 

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Jun 2025 

The best paper presentation award, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Nov 2025 

The best teaching professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Dec 2025. 

The best research professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Aug 2025. 

The young researcher prize, Division of Environment & Energy, Korean Chemical Society, Feb 2026. 


       
 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (Director, 2022~)
Member of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater (Associate Editor, 2026~)

Member of Korean Society of Water Environment (Academic committee, 2020~) 

Member of Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment
Member of Korean-Scandinavian Scientists and Engineers Association

Member of Korean-Scandinavian Scientists and Engineers Association

Member of Korean Chemical Society



 EDITORIAL WORKS

 Associate Editor

Environmental Technology & Innovation (2026.01-)

Journal of Korean Society of Water & Wastewater (2026.01-)

Journal of Korean Society of Waste Management (2026.01-)

 Editorial Board

Discover Applied Sciences

Chemical Engineering Journal: Green and Sustainable

Applied Sciences

Journal of Korean Society of Water Environment

 Outstanding reviewer

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology (2021)