Professor
PROFILE
Full-time Professor
Radiochemistry
Kim, Hee-Kyung (김희경)
Actinide spectroscopy
Chemical thermodynamics of radionuclide
Radioanalytical chemistry
82-42-866-6294
Current Position
Principal scientist, KAERI
Research Interest
- Actinide laser spectroscopy
- Radionuclide migration in geological environment
- Speciation of actinides and lanthanides
- Chemical thermodynamics
- Actinide coordination chemistry and molecular structures
Education
-1998 B.S. Honors in Chemistry Korea University, Seoul, Korea
- 2000 M.S. Honors in Physical Chemistry Korea University, Seoul, Korea
- 2007 Ph.D. in Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
Work Experience
2009 ~ 2014 Postdoctoral employee, University of California, Berkely, CA. USA
Project
- Development of base technologies for demonstration of the radionuclides behaviors in geological disposal environments (2021-2029)
- Development of verification method on characteristics of radioactive waste and phenomena identification of nuclide behavior for improvement of radioactive waste acceptance criteria (2023-2026)
Professional Activities
- 2024~ Deputy Editor in Chief, J. Nucl. Fuel Cycle Waste Technol.
- 2024~2025 KRS executive director
Teaching Experiences
Advanced physical chemistry (UST, 2024)
Actinide spectroscopy and electrochemistry (UST, 2025)
Honors and Awards
Best paper award (2023, J. Nucl. Fuel Cycle Waste Technol.)