Professor
MEMBERSㆍProfessor
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Seong-Yong Jeong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Advanced Materials Engineering,
Jeonbuk National University
E-mail: seongyong@jbnu.ac.kr
Phone: +82-63-270-2385
Fax: +82-63-270-2386
Office: Engineering Building #5, Room 407
Education
& Career
ㆍ2026.09.-Present
Assistant Professor
Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Jeonbuk National University
ㆍ2023.09.-2026.08.
Assistant Professor
Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University
ㆍ2023.03.-2023.08.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(PI: Prof. Xudong Fan)
ㆍ2022.03.-2023.02.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego
(PI: Prof. Joseph Wang)
ㆍ2021.03.-2023.02.
Research Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University
ㆍ2015.03.-2021.02.
Ph.D. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University
(PI: late Prof. Jong-Heun Lee)
ㆍ2009.03.-2015.02.
B.S. in Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Jeonbuk National University
Professional Activities
ㆍ2026.09.
Session co-organizer for 2026 Fall Conference of the Korean Sensors Society, Seoul, Korea (Chemical Sensors_Gas Sensors)
ㆍ2026.05.-Present
Co-Organizer for IMCS 2027
(Electrochemical and Conductometric Gas Sensors)
ㆍ2026.04.-Present
Special Issue Editor for Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
(Topic: Advanced Materials for Chemical & Physical Sensing)
ㆍ2026.03.
Session co-organizer for 2026 Spring Conference of the Korean Sensors Society, Seoul, Korea (Chemical Sensors_Gas Sensors)
ㆍ2025.12.-Present
Managing Editor(편집이사) for Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
(한국센서학회)
ㆍ2025.12.-Present
Editorial Board Member for Sensors (IF: 3.5)
ㆍ2025.11.-Present
Editorial Board Member for Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering
(AIP Publishing)
ㆍ2025.09.-2026.06.
Co-Organizer for GCIM 2026 (Materials and Devices for Smart Sensors)
ㆍ2025.08.-2026.11.
Conference Secretary for The 16th Asian Conference on Chemical Sensors
(ACCS 2026)
ㆍ2025.08.-2026.02.
Special Issue Editor for Sensors
(Topic: Advanced Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Gas Sensors)
ㆍ2024.10.-2026.08.
Advisor to the Steering Committee of the Cheonan Carbon Neutrality Center
ㆍ2024.08.-Present
Editorial Board Member for Discover Sensors (Springer Nature)
Honors& Awards
ㆍ2021.07.
ㆍ2021.03.
Yangsong Researcher Award; Korean Ceramic Society
Sejong Science Fellowship Grant; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
ㆍ2021.03.
Postdoctoral Fellowship; Brain Korea 21 PLUS (BK21 PLUS)
ㆍ2021.02.
KU Achievement Award; Korea University
ㆍ2021.02.
Best Paper Award; BK21 Plus Program in Korea University
ㆍ2020.08.
Best Paper Award; Korea University
ㆍ2018.11.
Best Paper Presentation Award; Korea Sensors Society
ㆍ2018.01.
Best Paper Award; BK21 Plus Program in Korea University
ㆍ2017.05.
Paper Presentation Award; Materials Research Society of Korea
ㆍ2014.07.
Bronze Prize; Energy Competition in Gyeongsangbuk-do
ㆍ2014.05.
Academic Excellence Award; Jeonbuk National University
Research
Area
ㆍFunctional nanostructures for energy/environment applications
ㆍOxide Semiconductor Gas Sensors
ㆍμ-Gas Chromatography
ㆍWearable/Portable Sensor Devices
ㆍPhotoelectrochemical Water Splitting
ㆍAdvanced Energy Materials
Selected Publications
1
S.-Y. Jeong,* Y. K. Moon, J. Wang, & J.-H. Lee, "Exclusive detection of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons using bilayer oxide chemiresistors with catalytic overlayers", Nat. Commun., 14, 233 (2023).
2
K. B. Kim, M. S. Sohn, I.-S. Hwang, D. J. Yoo, S.-Y. Jeong,* Y. C. Kang,* & Y. K. Moon,* "Mitigating Alcohol Inhibition of Oxide Chemiresistors: Bilayer Sensors with HZSM-5 Zeolite Overlayers", Nat. Commun., 16, 5121 (2025).
3
S.-Y. Jeong, J.-S. Kim, & J.-H. Lee,* "Rational design of semiconductor-based chemiresistors and their libraries for next-generation artificial olfaction", Adv. Mater., 32, 2002075 (2020).
4
S.-Y. Jeong, Y. K. Moon, J. K. Kim, S.-W. Park, Y. K. Jo, Y. C. Kang, & J.-H. Lee,* "A General Solution to Mitigate Water Poisoning of Oxide Chemiresistors: Bilayer Sensors with Tb4O7 Overlayer", Adv. Funct. Mater., 31, 2007895 (2021). [Front Cover-Featured]
5
S.-Y. Jeong, Y. K. Moon, J. K. Kim, S.-W. Park, K. B. Kim, Y. C. Kang, & J.-H. Lee,* "A New Strategy for Detecting Plant Hormone Ethylene Using Oxide Semiconductor Chemiresistors: Exceptional Gas Selectivity and Response Tailored by Nanoscale Cr2O3 Catalytic Overlayer", Adv. Sci., 7, 1903093 (2020). [Front Cover-Featured]
6
S.-Y. Jeong,* & J. Jang,* "CeO2-filter-based monolithic bilayer gas sensors for selective, sensitive, and fast methanol detection", Chem. Eng. J., 507, 160614 (2025).
7
S. H, Kim, Y. K. Moon, J.-H. Lee, Y. C. Kang, & S.-Y. Jeong,* "Hierarchically porous PdO-functionalized SnO2 nano-architectures for exclusively selective, sensitive, and fast detection of exhaled hydrogen", J. Mater. Chem. A, 11, 1159-1169 (2023). [Inside Back Cover-Featured]
8
S.-Y. Jeong, J.-W. Yoon, T.-H. Kim, H.-M. Jeong, C.-S. Lee, Y. C. Kang, & J.-H. Lee,* "Ultra-Selective Detection of Sub-ppm-level Benzene Using Pd-SnO2 Yolk-Shell Micro-Reactors with a Catalytic Co3O4 Overlayer for Monitoring Air Quality", J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 1446-1454 (2017). [Front Cover-Featured]
9
J. B. Lim, H. J. Kim, J. H. Na, J. K. Kim, S.-Y. Jeong,* S.K. Park,* "Hierarchical Nitrogen-Doped Multichannel Carbon Nanofibers for Efficient Potassium– Selenium Batteries", Rare Mat., 44, 3839-3851 (2025).
10
Y. K. Moon, K. B. Kim, S.-Y. Jeong,* & J.-H. Lee,* "Designing oxide chemiresistors for detecting volatile aromatic compounds: recent progresses and future perspectives", Chem. Commun., 58, 5439-5454 (2022). [Outside Back Cover-Featured]