Kijung Yong received his BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Yonsei University, Korea, and his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. After his postdoctoral fellow at University of Texas at Austin, he is currently a SeAh chair professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. He has published over 200 SCI papers with h-index of 62. His research expertise is in surface chemistry, and wettability control and design of catalytic materials for green energy conversion and green fuel production.