Jang-Kyo Kim

Graduated from the University of Sydney with PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Professor Kim has been with Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for 26 years before joining the UNSW in 2022. Prior to that, he was Lecturer at the Australian National University for two years. At HKUST, Kim took up various academic leadership roles, including Associate Dean of Engineering (Research & Graduate Studies), Director (PI) of the HKUST-Finetex R&D Center, and Director of Advanced Engineering Materials Facilities. As an esteemed scholar and internationally renowned researcher, Kim is one of the leading authorities in the field of composites, nanocomposites and nanostructured energy storage materials. He has pioneered in the development of multifunctional composites reinforced with 2D and nanocarbon materials for polymer dielectrics, EMI shielding, flexible electronics, wearable sensors and emerging rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors. Kim is prolific with impactful publications: he wrote more than 470 referred journal papers and book chapters; co-authored three research monographs and edited ten books; and hold/filed 18 international/regional patents. His works are of exceptionally high impact, attracting 60,000 citations with an h-index of 128 (as of Sep. 2025) according to Google Scholar. Professor Kim was the Editor of Composites Part A (2012-2023) and is currently Associate Editor of Energy Materials & Devices and Aerospace Science & Technology apart from sitting in the editorial/advisory boards of 12 refereed journals in advanced materials, including Nanoscale Horizons and Energy Storage Materials. Kim was the President of the Asian-Australasian Association for Composite Materials. He has been honoured with many awards, including the Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship, numerous Best Paper Awards from conferences and competitions together with graduate students under his supervision, HKUST President Cup Silver Medal, multiple Reviewer Awards, and the Life-long Achievement Award. In recognition of his scholarly achievements and outstanding contributions to professional societies, Kim has been elected as fellows of prestigious academy and learned societies, including the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Science, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He has been named Highly Cited Researcher since 2018 by Clarivate Analytics. battery energy storage system, b. composites, nanostructures, polymeric nanocomposites, functional materials, energy efficiency technology, dielectric properties, electromagnetic interference, biomimetic sensors

J.H. Lee, K. Cho, J.K. Kim, Age of flexible electronics: emerging trends in soft multifunctional sensors. Advanced Materials 35 (2023) 2310505. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310505 J. You, Z. Jin, Y. Li, T. Kang, K. Zhang, W.L. Wang, M. Xu, A.L. Gao, J.N. Wang, J.K. Kim, Z. Luo. Epitaxial growth of 1D Te/2D MoSe2 mixed-dimensional heterostructures for high-efficient self-powered photodetector. Advanced Functional Materials 34 (2023) 2311134. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202311134 J. Yang, X. Shen, W. Yang, J.K. Kim. Templating strategies for 3D-structured thermally conductive composites: recent advances and thermal energy applications. Progress in Materials Science 133 (2023) 101054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2022.101054 X. Shen, J.K. Kim. Graphene and MXene-based porous structures for mult