Juye Kim will join Oregon State University’s School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2025. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea in 2014. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea in 2020, where she led research on CO2 electro-reduction and Li-M batteries by controlling the atomic facet surface of nanomaterials. After her postdoctoral period at KAIST, she moved to the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) in South Korea (2020-2021), where she expanded her research to biomass electro-oxidation. During her postdoctoral work at Brown University (2022-2025), her research focus shifted toward simulations within electrochemical environments, integrating machine learning techniques to extend the time and length scales of computational models, thereby bridging the gap between theory and experimental conditions. Her extensive background in electrochemistry, particularly in wet experiments, enhances her ability to connect theoretical and experimental insights.

Her research group will focus on electrochemical research across various scales, from atomic-scale theoretical studies to practical applications, aiming to contribute to sustainable energy production in addressing climate change. Specifically, the group will focus on utilizing discarded carbon, CO2, CO, and biomass byproducts as reactants, adopting both experimental and theoretical approaches to investigate electrode-electrolyte interface mechanisms and electrocatalyst design. Her group plans to collaborate with teams specializing in in situ analysis, energy storage, and water treatment, creating interdisciplinary research opportunities both within the lab and with diverse research groups to tackle urgent global challenges.