PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Ho Jin Ma (마호진), Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Advanced Materials Engineering

Kyonggi University

hojinma@kyonggi.ac.kr

Professional
Appointments

Kyonggi University, Suwon, Korea

2025. 09 – Present    Assitant Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering

Gyoengsang National University, GADIST, Jinju, Korea

2025. 05 – 2025. 08    JA adjunct faculty

Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon, Korea

2020. 12 – 2025. 08    Senior Researcher, Nano Materials Research Division

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

2020. 03 – 2020. 11    Researcher, Department of Materials Science

Education

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

2016. 03 – 2020.02    Ph.D. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering 

Advisor: Prof. Do Kyung Kim

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

2014. 03 – 2016.02    M.S. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Advisor: Prof. Do Kyung Kim

Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

2008. 03 – 2014.02    B.S. in Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering

Professional
Activities

2025 – Present

2025 – Present

2025 – Present

2024 – Present

2023 – Present

2023 – Present

2022 – Present

Associate Editor

Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society

범부처 평가위원 후보단

범부처 통합 연구지원시스템 (IRIS)

Organizing committee, Korea Engineering Ceramics Division (KECD) Symposium

The Korean Ceramic Society (한국세라믹학회)

Science and Technology Advisory Member (과학기술자문단)

Korea Foundation for Science and Creativity (한국과학창의재단)

Secretary, Korea Chapter (한국챕터 간사)

The American Ceramic Society (미국세라믹학회)

Session Organizer, Global Young Investigator Forum (GYIF)

International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC)

The American Ceramic Society (미국세라믹학회)

엔지니어링세라믹스부회 신진연구위원

The Korean Ceramic Society (한국세라믹학회)

Awards & Honors

2024

2024

2024

2023

2019

2018

2018

2017

2015

과학문화확산 유공 과학기술정보통신부장관 표창

Minister of Science and ICT (과학기술정보통신부)

대주신진과학자상

The Korean Ceramic Society (한국세라믹학회)

Achievement Award (공로상)

Korea Institute of Materials Science (한국재료연구원)

Creative Researcher Award (창의인재상)

Korea Institute of Materials Science (한국재료연구원

Best Poster Award

Korean Engineering Ceramics Division Symposium, Korea (한국세라믹학회)

Best Poster Award

IUMRS-ICEM, Korea

Best Poster Award

Koeran Engineering Ceramics Division Symposium, Korea (한국세라믹학회)

Best Poster Award

Materials Reesearch Society of Korea Spring Meeting, Korea (한국재료학회)

Best Poster Award 3rd

13th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, USA 

(미국세라믹학회)