CURRICULUM VITAE

Kwang-Won Park
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Cell: +1 (413) 404-8667 / E-mail: kp526@cornell.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, NY October 2022 – Present

- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Advisor: Professor Rong Yang (ryang@cornell.edu)

Platoon Commander, First Lieutenant at Republic of Korean Army (ROKA) March 2009 – June 2011
- Chemistry officer at ROK-US joint trainings, CBR training instructor, Guerilla drill instructor

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA August 2022

Advisor: Professor Trisha L. Andrew (tandrew@umass.edu)
- Dissertation: Vapor deposition strategies for tuning surface and interface chemistry for organic
optoelectronics and biosensors

M.S. in Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea August 2016

Advisor: Professor Jongin Hong (hongj@cau.ac.kr)
- Thesis: Experimental and theoretical investigation of electron donor groups in D-π-A metal-free
organic photosensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

B.S. in Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea February 2009

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, NY 2022 – Present

- Prepared polymer nano-dome particles via condensed drop polymerization (CDP) in vapor phase
for soft-robotics (collaboration with Prof. Orlin Velev at NC State University) and nano-lens optics
- Fabricated multi-functional polymer coatings through initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD)
on gas diffusion layer for high performance electrochemical CO2 reduction (collaboration with
Prof. Tobias Hanrath and Prof. Sadaf Sobhani at Cornell University)
- Used GPC, MALDI-TOF, FT-IR, and NMR to study the chemical structures of polymer samples
- Characterized morphologies and mechanical properties by SEM, AFM (nanomechanical mapping)
- Developed new polymer particle size distribution apparatus (collaboration with kSA company)

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 2017 – 2022

- Prepared organic semiconductor film nanostructures using physical vapor deposition (PVD)
- Used photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS, XPS) to measure molecular orbital energies and chemical
states of the molecules on surfaces
- Performed synchrotron radiation experiments (GIWAXS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory to
study molecular orientations of the organic semiconductor films
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- Used current-AFM (c-AFM) and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) to study charge transport
properties and photophysical properties of organic semiconductors, respectively
- Prepared and characterized organic optoelectronic devices (Organic solar cell, OLED, OFET)

M.S. in Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea 2013 – 2016

- Performed DFT calculations using Gaussian to study organic photosensitizers for efficient DSSCs
- Prepared DSSC devices and measured photovoltaic characteristics including current density-voltage
(J-V) curves and incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) spectra
- Used cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to measure
electrochemical properties of molecules and devices, respectively
- Used piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) to investigate ferroelectric polymer thin films
- Experienced with self-assembly of block copolymer micelles using sol-gel precursors to create
functional oxide nanodot arrays on surfaces
- Acted as lab manager and safety manager. Responsible for chemical inventory and safety protocols

Exchange Student, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Spring 2014

Advisor: Professor Steven De Feyter (steven.defeyter@chem.kuleuven.be)
- Conducted scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to study molecular self-assembly behaviors of
isophthalic acid derivatives at solid/liquid interface

AWARDS and GRANTS

Best Presentation Award, US-Korea Conference 2022 2022

Dr. Paul Hatheway Terry Endowment Award, the annual Department Symposium ($1,200) 2021
Travel Grant (240th ECS Meeting), The Electrochemical Society (Full registration waiver)
Big Y Scholarship for academic excellence, Big Y Foods, Inc. ($500)
Best Presentation Award, US-Korea Conference 2021
KSEA-KUSCO Scholarship, Korean Scientist and Engineers Association (KSEA, $1,500) 2020
Next Generation Science and Engineering Leaders Net Activity, The Korean Federation of Science and
Technology Society (KOFST, $1,400)
Best Poster Award, US-Korea Conference 2019 2019
Graduate Student Scholarship, Chung-Ang Graduate School Alumni Association (₩750,000) 2016
Excellent Student Scholarship, Chung-Ang University (Full tuition waiver) 2013-2014

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (Total: 27, † Equal contribution / * Corresponding author)

28. W. Tang, X. Ma, S.S. Liu, K.-W. Park, S. Shindler, P. Chen, H. Shu, R. Yang*, “Native
neutrophil-mediated transtympanic drug delivery to minimize antibiotic exposure in otitis media
treatment” Nature Biomedical Engineering 2023, Submitted

27. K.-W. Park, T.L. Andrew*, “Aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence through seed-induced
crystallization” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 17663

26. R. Dutta, S. Makhaik, P. Zhao, K.G. Cruz, K.-W. Park, H. Liu, T.L. Andrew*, J.A. Hardy*, S.
Thayumanavan*, “Colorimetric cotton swab for viral protease detection” Analytical Chemistry
2022, 94, 12699-12705

25. K.-W. Park, R. Vijayan, T.L. Andrew*, “Large-area heteroepitaxial nanostructuring of

molecular semiconductor films for enhanced optoelectronic response in flexible electronics”
Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32, 2113085

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24. R. Fan, Y. Li, K.-W. Park, J. Du, L.H. Chang, E.R. Strieter, T.L. Andrew*, “A strategy for
accessing nanobody-based electrochemical sensors for analyte detection in complex media” ECS
Sensors Plus 2022, 1, 010601

23. R. Fan†, J. Du†, K.-W. Park†, L.H. Chang, E.R. Strieter*, T.L. Andrew*, “Immobilization of
nanobodies with vapor-deposited polymer encapsulation for robust biosensors” ACS Applied
Polymer Materials 2021, 3, 2561-2567

22. D. Bilger, K.-W. Park, A. Abdel-Maksoud, T.L. Andrew*, “Guaiazulene revisited: a new
material for green-processed optoelectronics” Polymer Chemistry 2020, 11, 7656-7661

21. D. Bilger, K.-W. Park, A. Abdel-Maksoud, T.L. Andrew*, “Broadband-absorbing polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbon composite films on topologically complex substrates” Organic Electronics
2020, 85, 105862

20. S. Kim, Y. Kim, K.-W. Park, J. Hong*, B.-H. Jun*, “Effects of humidity and domain polarity on
retention loss in ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) thin films” Journal of the Korean Physical Society
2020, 77, 78-81

19. K.-W. Park, D. Bilger, T.L. Andrew*, "1D nanowires of non-centrosymmetric molecular
semiconductors grown by physical vapor deposition" Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
2020, 5, 110-116 (Inside Front Cover)

18. D. Bilger, K.-W. Park, T.L. Andrew*, "A vapor printed electron-accepting conjugated polymer
for textile optoelectronics" Synthetic Metals 2019, 250, 1-6

17. D.S. Lim†, K.-W. Park†, A.A. Wiles, J. Hong*, “Metal-free organic chromophores featuring an
ethynyl-thienothiophene linker with an n-hexyl chain for translucent dye-sensitized solar cells”
Materials 2019, 12, 1741

16. S. Wangwong, W. Sangkhun, S.Z. Homayounfar, K.-W. Park, T.L. Andrew*, “Wash-stable,
oxidation resistant conductive cotton electrodes for wearable electronics” RSC Advances 2019, 9,
9198-9203

15. L.A. Serrano†, K.-W. Park †, S. Ahn, A.A. Wiles, J. Hong*, G. Cooke*, "Coplanar donor-π-
acceptor dyes featuring a furylethynyl spacer for dye-sensitized solar cells" Materials 2019, 12,
839

14. N. Cheng, K.-W. Park, T. L. Andrew*, Solvent-free reactive vapor deposition for functional
fabrics: separating oil-water mixtures with fabrics" Fibers 2019, 7, 2

13. S. Kim†, K.-W. Park†, H. Woo, J. Hong*, "Time-resolved fractal dimension analysis in
ferroelectric copolymer thin films using R-based image processing" Materials Letters 2018, 230,
195-198

12. K.-W. Park†, L.A. Serrano†, S. Ahn, M.H. Baek, G. Cooke*, J. Hong*, “An investigation of the
role the donor moiety plays in modulating the efficiency of ‘donor-π-acceptor-π-acceptor’
organic dyes for dye sensitized solar cells” Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 1098-1104

11. K.-W. Park, S. Ahn, M.H. Baek, D.-S. Lim, A. Wiles, M.G. Kim*, J. Hong*, “Coplanar D-π-A
organic sensitizer featuring a thienylethynyl spacer for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells”
Materials Express 2017, 7, 43-50

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10. E. Shin, S. Jin, J. Kim, S.–J. Chang, B.-H. Jun, K.-W. Park*, J. Hong*, “Preparation of K-doped
TiO2 nanostructures by wet corrosion and their sunlight-driven photocatalytic performance”
Applied Surface Science 2016, 379, 33-38

9. D. Seo†, K.-W. Park†, J. Kim, J. Hong*, K. Kwak*, “DFT computational investigation of tuning
the electron donating ability in metal-free organic dyes featuring a thienylethynyl spacer for dye-
sensitized solar cells” Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 2016, 1081, 30-37

8. M. Cariello†, S. Ahn†, K.-W. Park†, S.–K. Chang, J. Hong*, G. Cooke*, “An investigation of the
role increasing π-conjugation has on the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated from
ferrocene-based dyes” RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 9132-9238

7. K.-W. Park, S. Ahn, S.–H. Lim, M.H. Jin, J. Kim, J. Song, S.–Y. Yoon, H.M. Kim, G.J. Kim,
K.M. Ok*, J. Hong*, “Ytterbium oxide nanodots via block copolymer self-assembly and their
efficacy to dye-sensitized solar cells” Applied Surface Science 2016, 364, 573-578

6. S.–H. Lim†, K.-W. Park†, M.H. Jin, S. Ahn, J. Song, J. Hong*, “Facile preparation of a Nb2O5
blocking layer for dye-sensitized solar cells” Journal of Electroceramics 2015, 34, 221-227

5. J. Kim, K.-W. Park, J. Hong*, K. No*, “Enhanced durability of designated polarization of PbTiO3
nanodot arrays investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy” Applied Surface Science 2015,
334, 165-168

4. K.-W. Park, J. Adisoejoso*, J. Plas, J. Hong, K. Mullen, S. De Feyter*, “Self-assembly behavior

of alkylated isophthalic acids revisited: concentration in control and guest induced phase
transformation” Langmuir 2014, 30, 15206-15211

3. J. Kim, K.-W. Park, J. Hong*, K. No*, “Overhanging ferroelectric nanodot arrays created by high
surface energy seeds” Applied Surface Science 2014, 314, 720-724

2. K.-W. Park, H. Seo, J. Kim, J. Hong*, Y. Kim*, “Humidity effect of domain wall roughening
behaviors in ferroelectric copolymer thin films” Nanotechnology 2014, 25, 355703

1. M. Al-Eid†, S. Lim†, K.-W. Park†, B. Fitzpatrick, C.–H. Han, K. Kwak*, J. Hong*, G Cooke*,
“Facile synthesis of metal-free organic dyes featuring a thienylethynyl spacer for dye sensitized
solar cells” Dyes and Pigments 2014, 104, 197-203

PATENTS (Total: 2)

2. J. Hong, S.–H. Lim, K.-W. Park, J. Kim, S. Ahn, K. Lee, “Novel compound and solar cell
including the same” Application number: 10-2015-0004409 (Korea)

1. J. Hong, S.–H. Lim, K.-W. Park, J. Kim, S. Ahn, K. Lee, “Dye having adsorbent and solar cell
including the same” Application number: 10-2014-0140090 (Korea)

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REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (Total: 13)

Oral Presentation

13. ACS Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States (August 2023)
K.-W. Park, R. Yang*, “Fine tuning of polymer particle morphologies through vapor-phase
condensed droplet polymerization”

12. US-Korea Conference, Washington DC., United States (August 2022)

K.-W. Park, T.L. Andrew*, “Aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence through the seed-
induced crystallization of molecular semiconductor films”

11. APS March Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States (March 2022)
K.-W. Park, T.L. Andrew*, “Seed-induced nanostructuring of heteroepitaxial molecular
semiconductor thin films for enhanced optoelectronic response”

10. 240th ECS Meeting, Virtual (October 2021)

K.-W. Park, R. Fan, J. Du, L.H. Chang, E.R. Strieter*, T.L. Andrew*, “(Invited) Immobilization
of nanobodies with vapor-deposited polymer encapsulation for robust biosensors”

9. MRS Fall Meeting, Virtual (December 2020)

K.-W. Park, D. Bilger, T.L. Andrew*, “1D nanowires of non-centrosymmetric molecular
semiconductors grown by physical vapor deposition”

8. US-Korea Conference, New York, NY, United States (August 2018)

K.-W. Park, T.L. Andrew*, “Functional polymer coatings via reactive vapor deposition (RVD)
followed by post-deposition functionalization”

7. PFM and Nanoscale Phenomena in Polar Materials, Ekaterinburg, Russia (July 2014)
K.-W. Park, H. Seo, J. Kim, J. Hong*, Y. Kim*, “Humidity effect of domain wall roughening
behaviors in ferroelectric copolymer thin films”

Poster Presentation

6. US-Korea Conference, Los Angeles, CA, United States (December 2021)

K.-W. Park, R. Vijayan, T.L. Andrew*, “Large-area heteroepitaxial nanostructuring of molecular
semiconductor thin films for enhanced optoelectronic response in flexible electronics”

5. MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, United States (December 2021)

K.-W. Park, R. Vijayan, T.L. Andrew*, “Seed-induced nanostructuring of heteroepitaxial
molecular semiconductor thin films for enhanced optoelectronic response”

4. US-Korea Conference, Virtual (December 2020)

K.-W. Park, R. Vijayan, T.L. Andrew*, “Organic seed layer-induced crystallization of amorphous
indenofluorene thin-films and enhanced emission”

3. US-Korea Conference, Chicago, IL, United States (August 2019)

K.-W. Park, D. Bilger, T.L. Andrew*, “1D nanowire of non-centrosymmetric molecular
semiconductors grown by physical vapor deposition”

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2. E-MRS Spring Meeting, Lille, France (May 2014)

K.-W. Park, S. Ahn, J. Kim, K.M. Ok, K. Kwak, J. Hong*, “Metal-free organic dyes featuring a
thienylethynyl spacer for dye sensitized solar cells”

1. MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, United States (December 2013)

K.-W. Park, K. Kwak, K.M. Ok, J. Hong*, “Density functional theory calculations of novel
organic sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells”

Contributed Presentation

4. D. Bilger, K.-W. Park, A. Abdel-Maksoud, T.L. Andrew*, “Guaiazulene revisited: A new

conjugated material for sustainable electronics” ACS Spring 2023, Indianapolis, IN (March 2023)

3. S. Makhaik, R. Dutta, P. Zhao, K.G. Cruz, K.-W. Park, H. Liu, T.L. Andrew*, J.A. Hardy*, S.
Thayumanavan*, “A colorimetric cotton swab for viral protease detection” Gordon Research
Conference: Proteolytic enzymes and their inhibitors, Lucca, Italy (June 2022)

2. D. Bilger, K.-W. Park, T.L. Andrew*, “Vapor-phase dehydrogenative synthesis of polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons for garment-integrated solar cells” 240th ECS Meeting, Virtual (October
2021)

1. S.H. Lim, Y.H. Jang, K.-W. Park, J. Kim, J. Kim, D.H. Kim, J. Hong “Nb2O5 films and their
efficacy for dye-sensitized solar cells” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (December 2013)

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Teaching Assistant
CHEM 269 Organic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2017 – 2018, 2 Semesters
- 4 classes of 14 students each class
CHEM 110 Advanced Chemistry Experiments (honor), Chung-Ang University 2013, 2 Semesters
- 23 students, Developed a new syllabus, textbook, and lab manual
CHEM 102 General Chemistry Experiments, Chung-Ang University 2012, 2 Semesters
- 32 students

Guest Lecture
CHEM 522 Physical Organic Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2018 Fall, 5 Lectures
CHEM 302 Materials Chemistry, Chung-Ang University 2014 Fall, 3 Lectures
CHEM 203 Advanced Chemistry (honor), Chung-Ang University 2013 Fall, 3 Lectures
CHEM 101 General Chemistry, Chung-Ang University 2013 Spring, 5 Lectures

EXTRACURRICULAR AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

President, Korean Graduate Student Association, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2019 – 2020
- Organized biannual welcome party for Korean graduate students
- Distributed KN-95 grade facial masks to the local community for COVID-19 pandemic

Intelligence & Operations Chief, Army ROTC, Chung-Ang University 2007 – 2009
- Responsible for training juniors, university ceremonies, and fund raising for annual event

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Chief Editor, Editorial Department, College of Natural Science, Chung-Ang University 2006
- Managed and published biannual college of science magazines

REFERENCES

Rong Yang / ryang@cornell.edu / +1 607-255-9341

Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, USA

Trisha L. Andrew / tandrew@umass.edu / +1 413-545-1651

Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

S. Thai Thayumanavan / thai@umass.edu / +1 413-545-1313

Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA