Jinsun Lee

OIST Assistant Professor of the Energy Materials and Sustainability Unit. Jinsun Lee was born and raised in Suwon, South Korea. She received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry under the guidance of Prof. Hyoyoung Lee from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in 2022. She then joined Priv.-Doz. Dr. Harun Tüysüz’s group as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (MPI-KOFO), Germany. In 2023, she was awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her independent research in sustainable energy. In 2025, she joined OIST as an Assistant Professor to lead the Energy Materials and Sustainability Unit. 

Experience
2025-present
Assistant Professor, Energy Materials and Sustainability Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan
2025-present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (MPI-KOFO), Germany
2023-2025
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow 2022, Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (MPI-KOFO), Germany
2022-2023
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (MPI-KOFO), Germany
2018-2022
Doctoral Researcher, Chemisty Department, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Awards
2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow2022, European Commission
2022
SKKU Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Research, Sungkyunkwan University
2021
Bronze Prize, SKKU graduate student paper award, Sungkyunkwan University
2021
Journal of Materials Chemistry A Outstanding poster prize (15th International conference on material chemistry (MC15)
2021
Songcheon Excellent best prize, Brain Korea 21 plus Symposium on HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Science
2021
Excellent research paper award in XAFS field (Korean Synchrotrons User's Association: KOSUA)
Jinsun Lee
Jinsun Lee
Assistant Professor
2016-2022 Integrated Master-Doctoral (MS-Ph.D.), Sungkyunkwan University (Inorganic Chemisty)
2011-2016 BSc Chemistry, Kangwon National University

Research Unit

Energy Materials and Sustainability Unit

Specialties

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