There are 'anaerobic' creatures that can live without air, but there are no creatures on earth that can live without water. This means water is life and is an indispensable precious substance. However, the amount of water that can be used by humans is very limited, and even this is contaminated and scarce due to industrialization, climate change, and population growth. Therefore, the water treatment paradigm is constantly shifting, and I'm paying attention to what is next. My research group, WATER Lab pursues science and technology for safe water and solving aquatic environmental issus facing our planet. The earth we live in is mostly covered with water. AND most of our bodies living in that Earth are also made up of water. In other words, when water changes, people can change, and the world can change. My group wants to change humans and change the world by changing water.
Dr. YeoJoon Yoon is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Energy Engineering at Yonsei University in the Republic of Korea. Dr. Yoon received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 2015 and completed a Postdoc at Korea Electronics Technology Institute. Dr. Yoon's research focuses on the application of graphene-based materials to water treatment technologies, Advanced Oxidation Processes, analysis and treatment of microplastics in the water environment, and Hydrogen production using water electrolysis technology, etc.