Postdoctoral Researcher

James received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia in the spring of 2014 and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering from POSTECH, South Korea (advised by Prof. Suk Bong Hong) in the spring of 2017. After receiving his M.S. degree, he served in the South Korean Marine Corps until the spring of 2019. After getting discharged, he moved to Sweden to obtain a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at Stockholm University (advised by Prof. Xiaodong Zou). During his Ph.D. studies, James developed 3D electron diffraction (3D ED) and MicroED techniques to determine the structures of sub-micrometer sized crystals of various materials. Tired of the Swedish winter, James moved to SoCal to continue his postdoctoral studies at UCLA. James is developing 3D ED/MicroED and 4DSTEM techniques to gain structural insights of protein, polymer, and other soft materials. Outside the lab, he enjoys exploring the nature and reading the most boring books.