Yong Kim
Head at Samsung SDI R&D America
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYong Kim is a leader in battery materials and electrochemistry with nine years of industry and research experience, currently serving as Head of Samsung SDI R&D America in Cambridge, MA. His work spans lithium-ion and solid-state batteries, nanomaterials, and beyond-LIB chemistries, built on a deep academic foundation including a Ph.D. and postdoc focused on electrospinning, silicon anodes, and conductive nanostructures. He progressed from hands-on materials research at Samsung SDI to principal researcher and now heads R&D strategy, blending lab-scale innovation with product-focused development. A history of collaborations with top labs (including a visiting role with Professor Yi Cui at Stanford) hints at strong academic-industrial partnerships and technology transfer experience.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at Korea University, Chemical Engineering
English
Github Skills (1)
algorithms8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Seokjinoh/Seokdrone
Dec 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
leetcode-algorithm-study/leetcode-study
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
LeetCode
Contributions:160 commits, 9 PRs, 145 pushes in 1 year
leetcode
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