
Sustainable Functional Materials Lab

Joonseok Koh
Ph. D, Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Konkuk University
120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, South Korea
Phone: +82-2-450-3527
Email: ccdjko@konkuk.ac.kr
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-0493
(2025-present) Director, BK21 FOUR Education and Research Group.
(2025-present) Director, International Climate and Environment Research Center
(2025-present) Vice President, The Society of Fashion and Textile Industry
(2025-present) Associate Editor, Fibers and Polymers, Springer.

Educations
(Ph.D) in Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 2002
(M.Sc) in Fiber and Polymer Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 1997
(B.Sc) in Fiber and Polymer Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 1995
Careers
(2025-present) Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea
(2018-2024) Professor, Division of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea
(2013-2017) Professor, Department of Organic and Nano System Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea
(2005-2012) Associate Professor, Department of Textile Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea
(2010-2011) Visiting Scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA
(2002-2005) Principal Researcher, Hyosung Corporation R&D Center, South Korea
(2000-2001) Visiting Researcher, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
(1996-1997) Researcher, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, South Korea
Lectures
(Undergraduate) Materials Science and Engineering, Organic Chemistry 1 & 2, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Polymer Chemistry1 & 2
(Graduates) Organic Chemistry in Color, Advanced Colorants Application Technology, Color Physics, Surface Chemistry, Advanced Polymer Chemistry, Functional Textiles










