Principal Investigator
Kwang Ho Kim
Assistant Professor, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia
kwang.kim@ubc.ca | office: FSC 4034 | phone: 604-822-7869
Background
Senior / Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea (2017-2024)
Postdoc, Sandia National Laboratories / Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), CA, USA (2015-2017)
PhD, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, IA, USA (2011-2015)
MSc, Environmental Materials Science, Seoul National University, Korea (2009-2011)
BSc, Environmental Materials Science, Seoul National University, Korea (2003-2009)
Members
Ngoc Tuan Tran
Postdoctoral researcher
UBC Wood Science
Project: Lignin-based gel-polymer electrolytes
email: tuan.tran@ubc.ca
Minjung Kim
Master student
UBC Wood Science
Project: CO2 capture using synthetic/natural compounds
email: mj0907@student.ubc.ca
Siti Nurjanah Firmansyah (Nana)
PhD student
UBC Wood Science
Project: Catalytic conversion of biomass
email: snfirman@student.ubc.ca
Wenrui Yao
Visiting PhD student
Northeast Forestry University
Project: Polymerizable eutectogel
email: wryao@student.ubc.ca
Roshan Pokhrel
Master student
UBC Wood Science
Project: TBD
email: roshan34@student.ubc.ca
Yuma Hashimoto
Undergraduate student (Work Learn program)
UBC Bioeconomy Science & Technology
Project: Biomass-based carbons
email: yhashi01@student.ubc.ca
Alumni
Binya Hong: UBC Bioeconomy Science & Technology Undergraduate (Worklearn; Sep 2025 – Dec 2025)
Maria Lauren: UBC Bioeconomy Science & Technology Undergraduate (Co-op; Jan 2025 – Dec 2025)
Nathan Huang: UBC Bioeconomy Science & Technology Undergraduate (Co-op; Jan 2025 – Aug 2025)
Jeremy Li: UBC Bioeconomy Science & Technology Undergraduate (Worklearn; May 2025 – Aug 2025)
Ronan Sheppard: UBC Bioeconomy Science & Technology Undergraduate (Research assistant; May 2025 – Aug 2025)