Principal Investigator

Education and employment history

2020 – Present – Assistant Prof. at Heriot-Watt University
2018 – 2020 – Postdoc Fellow (LEaDing Fellowship; Marie-Curie COFUND) at TU Delft
2015 – 2018 – Postdoc at Technical University of Denmark
2012 – 2015 – PhD student at Technical University of Denmark
2008 – 2012 – Staff Researcher at LG Innotek
2006 – 2008 – Technical writer/translator at Hyundai Rotem
2002 – 2008 – BSc & MSc at Russian State Technological University named after Tsiolkovsky

Positions of trust

2021 – Present – President, Association of Korean Experts on Materials Science and Technology in Europe (KEMST)
2021 – Present – Department Leader, MST Dept. The Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in the UK (KSEAUK)
2020 – Present – Assistant Professor, IMPEE at EPS Heriot-Watt University
2019 – 2020 – Entrusted Expert in Energy, Korean Scientist Network (KOSEN), Ministry of Science (Korea)

Dr Dowon Bae

Dr Dowon Bae is an Assistant Professor at Edinburgh campus. He received his BSc and MSc (Red Diploma) from the Russian State Technological University named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky (Moscow). After research activities within solar cells at the LG Innotek, he conducted his PhD study (Physics) and Postdoctoral research in photoelectrochemical device and catalysts for solar-fuel production at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), under the supervision of Prof. Ib Chorkendorff. From 2018 to 2020, he has worked as a Postdoc at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) with LEaDing Fellowship (Marie-Curie COFUND) support. His research concerns PEC (photoelectrochemical) device design and its applications, particularly for solar rechargeable flow-battery systems.