Prof. Dr. Jhoon Kim

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPhysik und Chemie der Atmosphäre,Fernerkundung
KeywordsClimate change, Atmospheric chemistry, Air quality, Atmospheric composition, Satellite remote sensing
Auszeichnungen

2025: NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, NASA Headquarter, Washington, D.C., USA

2024: Alumni Merit Award, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

2024: NASA Group Achievement Award for ACCLIP campaign

2023: Assoc Member, National Academy of Engineering Korea(NAEK)

2023: Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Fellow, Yonsei University

2021: Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology(KAST)

2020: Top 100 Outstanding Achievements in National R&D, Korea

2019: Medal of Honor in Science & Technology, the President, Korea

2018: Contributed Professor in Research & Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

2018: Scientist of the Month, National Research Foundation (NRF), Korea

2017: NASA Group Achievement Award for KORUS-AQ campaign

2016: Fellow, Smithonian Institute, U.S.A.

2014: Grand Prize, Environmental Technology of the Year, Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI)

2009: Citation, the President, Republic of Korea

2008: Citation, the Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea

2003: Citation, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea

2001: Researcher of the Year, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)

1993: Citation, the Minister of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandKorea, Republik
OrtSeoul
Universität/InstitutionYonsei University
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Guy BrasseurMax-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.03.2026

Programm(e)

2025Forschungspreis-Programm auf Gegenseitigkeit für Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Kim is a distinguished atmospheric scientist and internationally recognized for pioneering satellite remote sensing of aerosols, air pollutants, ozone and greenhouse gases. His research integrates advanced physical and AI-based retrieval algorithms to significantly enhance atmospheric composition monitoring from space. During his stay, Professor Kim will cooperate with the atmospheric community to combine observations of the air composition made from the Korean Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer and atmospheric modeling investigations conducted in Germany.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2025Ren, Y. ,…, J. Kim, et al.: Black carbon emissions generally underestimated in the global south as revealed by globally distributed measurements. In: Nature Comm., 16, 2025, 7010
2020Kim, J. and 80 coauthors: New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS). In: Bull. Amer Meteor. Soc. 101, 2020, E1-E22
2010Lee, Jaehwa, J. Kim, C. H. Song, S.B. Kim, Y. Chun. B.J. Sohn, and B. N. Holben Characteristics of Aerosol Types from AERONET Sunphotometer Measurements . In: Atmospheric Environment, 44, 2010, 3110-3117
2007Kim, J., J. Lee, H.C. Lee, A. Higurashi, T. Takemura, and C.H. Song: Consistency of the aerosol type classification from satellite remote sensing during the Atmospheric Brown Cloud–East Asia Regional Experiment campaign . In: Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, 2007, 1-12
1997Kim, J., C.J. Park, K.Y. Lee, D.H. Lee, Y.O. Kim, H.K. Cho, G.R. Cho, and J. H. Park Rocket soundings of ozone profiles in the stratosphere over the Korean Peninsula. In: Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 1997, 16121-16126