| Name : | Jhoon Kim |
| Position : | Professor, Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Endowed Professor('23-'26) |
| Email : | jkim2@yonsei.ac.kr |
| Phone : | 02-2123-5682 |
| Lab : | Atmospheric Radiation Laboratory / Science Hall #545 |
| Website : | http://atrad.yonsei.ac.kr |
Research interests
- Atmospheric Radiation
- Air quality, Climate change
- Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition
Education
- Ph.D. (1991) Atmospheric and Space Sciences, College of Eng., Univ. of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA
- M.S. (1987) Atmospheric Sciences, College of Eng., Univ. of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA
- B.S. (1986) Atmospheric Sciences, College of Natural Sci., Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Professional Experience
- 2003 - present : Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul
Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Endowed Professor (2023-2026) - 1991 - 2003 : Principal Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
- 2021 - present : Fellow, the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)
- 2023 - present : Associate Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK)
- 2026 - 2027 : Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute, Germany
- 2021 - 2022 : Director, Particulate Matter Research Institute, Samsung Advanced Institute of Tech (SAIT)
- 2017 - 2024 : Commissioner, IRC (International Radiation Commission)
- 2017 - 2024 : Member, Science Advisory Group (SAG), World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- 2016 - 2017 : Visiting Scientist, Atmospheric Measurement Group, Harvard | Smithsonian Center
- 2014 - 2017 : Member, WHO Global Platform for Air Quality and Health
- 2012 - present : P.I., GEMS (Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer)
- 2012 - 2020 : Commissioner, International Ozone Commission (IO3C)
- 2010 - present : Member, CEOS (Committee on Earth Observing Satellites) AC-VC
- 2009 - 2010 : Visiting Independent Advisor, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech; Visiting Scholar, UCLA
Awards
- 2025.10 : Humboldt Research Award, Germany
- 8 : NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, NASA HQ, USA
- 9 : Alumni Merit Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- 2025, 2024, 2017 : NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA, USA
- 4 : Medal of Honor in Science and Technology, The President, Republic of Korea
- 1 : Scientist of the Month, National Research Foundation(NRF), Ministry of Science, Technology and ICT
Courses
- Atmospheric Environment
- Atmospheric Physics (Radiative Transfer)
- Advanced Radiative Transfer
- Remote Sensing of Environment
Selected Publications
- Ren, Y., Oxford, C.R., Zhang, D., …, J. Kim et al. (2025) Black carbon emissions generally underestimated in the global south as revealed by globally distributed measurements. Nature Communications, 16, 7010. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62468-5
- Kim, J., and Coauthors, 2020: New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS). BAMS, 101, E1–E22, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0013.1.
- Lee, J., J. Kim, C. H. Song, S.B. Kim, Y. Chun. B.J. Sohn, and B. N. Holben (2010) Characteristics of Aerosol Types from AERONET Sunphotometer Measurements . In: Atmospheric Environment, 44, 3110-3117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.035
- Kim, J., J. Lee, H.C. Lee, A. Higurashi, T. Takemura, and C.H. Song (2007), Consistency of the aerosol type classification from satellite remote sensing during the ABC EAREX campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22S33, doi:10.1029/2006JD008201
- Kim, J., C.J. Park, K.Y. Lee, D.H. Lee, Y.O. Kim, H.K. Cho, G.R. Cho, and J. H. Park (1997), Rocket soundings of ozone profiles in the stratosphere over the Korean Peninsula, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 16121.
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