Jaehong Kim

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2025

For prolific and pioneering research in environmental engineering including the environmental implications and application of nanomaterials and contribution to the Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Engineering Research Center, advanced materials for water treatment including conversion of visible light to germicidal U.V. light and advances in membrane integrity, utilizing unconventional solar technologies to provide water treatment in resource-limited settings; and for commitment to excellence in education and mentoring future generations of environmental engineers.

Biography

Jaehong Kim is currently Henry P. Becton Sr. Professor of Engineering at Chemical and Environmental Engineering in School of Engineering and Applied Science at Yale University. His areas of interest include: 1) environmental application of nanomaterials and single atom catalysts; 2) electrochemical technology for environmental and energy application; and 3) on-site synthesis of water treatment chemicals and catalytic advanced oxidation processes. Kim received B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical and biological engineering from Seoul National University in Korea in 1995 and 1997, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. After graduation, he joined the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology where he later held the title of Georgia Power Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs until he moved to Yale University in 2013. He served as the Chair of the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering from 2006 to 2022. He has taught undergraduate courses such as Water Quality Engineering, Environmental Technology in the Developing World, and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, and graduate courses such as Physicochemical Processes and Design of Drinking Water Treatment Facilities. He is a recipient of various awards for both teaching and research, including Ackerman Award for Teaching and Mentoring from Yale University (2017), Bill Shultz Junior Faculty Teaching Award from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2013), Walter J. Weber, Jr. Frontier in Research Award, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2023), Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from American Society of Civil Engineers (2013), and Paul L. Busch Award from Water Environment Research Foundation (2009). He received Best Paper Award from American Chemical Society three times (2012, 2018, 2020) and was recognized as Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher since 2022. He is currently serving as an inaugural associate editor of ACS ES&T Engineering.