Prof. Jongun Moon, 문종언

<Education>

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Ph. D., Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 2019

M. S., Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 2017

B. S., Sunkyunkwan University, 2015

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<Professional Career>

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Assistant Professor, Kongju National University, Mar. 2023 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Oct. 2022 ~ Feb. 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher, POSTECH, Sep. 2019 ~ Sep. 2022

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<Professional Position>

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Subcommittee member of High-Entropy Alloy, KIM, 2020 - Present. (대한금속·재료학회 고엔트로피합금 분과)

Subcommittee member of Phase Transformation, KIM, 2025 - Present. (대한금속·재료학회 상변태 분과)

Guest Editor, Special Issues of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701), Materials (ISSN 1996-1944), JOM (ISSN 1047-4838)

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<Honors & Awards>

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(1) Minister’s Award (Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea), Top National R&D of the year, as a participant researcher, 2018

(2) Post-Doctoral Research Program funded by National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, 2020 - 2022

(3) Post-Doctoral Research Scholarship funded by SeAh-Haiam Scholarship Foundation, 2020-2021

(4) Best Poster Awards, The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, 2015, 2016, 2017

(5) Best Oral Presentation Awards, The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, 2017, 2018

(6) Best Paper Award, Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute, 2017

 

<Selected Publications>

(1) ​​J. Moon, E. Tabachnikova, S. Shumilin, T. Hryhorova, Y. Estrin, J. Brechtl, P.  K. Liaw, W. Wang, K.  A. Dahmen, A. Zargaran, J. W. Bae, H.-S. Do, B.-J. Lee, H. S. Kim, Deformation behavior of a Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-Mo medium-entropy alloy at extremely low temperatures, Mater. Today 50 (2021) 55-68.

(2) R. E. Kim, G. H. Gu, S. Y. Ahn, Y.-U. Heo, J. Moon*, Q. Wu, H. Chae, Y. Baik, W. Woo, H. Kwon, H. Kato, H. S. Kim, Dual-gradient structure induced spreadable phase transformation for simultaneously improving strength and ductility, Acta Mater. 275 (2024) 120060.

(3) F. Haftlang, J. B. Seol, A. Zargaran, J. Moon*, H. S. Kim, Chemical core-shell metastability-induced large ductility in medium-entropy maraging and reversion alloys, Acta Mater. 256 (2023) 119115.

(4) J. Moon, J. M. Park, J. W. Bae, H.-S. Do, B.-J. Lee, H.S. Kim, A new strategy for designing heterogeneous medium-entropy alloys with excellent tensile properties, Acta Mater. 193 (2020) 71-82.

(5) J. Moon, Y. Choi, T. Sasaki, M. Joo, H. Shin, J. S. Lee, T. Ohkubo, K. Hono, S. M. Baek, H. S. Kim, Corrosion-resistant Cu-Fe-based immiscible medium-entropy alloy with tri-layer passivation, Corros. Sci. 193 (2021) 109888.

(6) R. E. Kim, E. S. Kim, G. M. Karthik, G. H. Gu, S. Y. Ahn, J. Moon*, H. S. Kim, Heterostructured alloys with enhanced strength-ductility synergy through laser-cladding, Scripta Mater. 215 (2022) 114732.

(7) R. E. Kim, J. Moon*, E. S. Kim, J. Lee, H. S. Kim, Surface heterostructuring of laser-clad 316L stainless steel through texture-driven deformation twinning, Scripta Mater. 221 (2022) 114989.

(8) J. Moon, O. Bouaziz, H. S. Km, Y. Estrin, Twinning engineering of a CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy, Scripta Mater. 197 (2021) 113808.

(9) J. Moon, J. M. Park, J. W. Bae, N. Kang, J. Oh, H. Shin, H. S. Kim, Hetero-deformation-induced strengthening by twin-mediated martensitic transformation in an immiscible medium-entropy alloy, Scripta Mater. 186 (2020) 24-28.

(10) C. W. Jung, J. H. Lee, S.-H. Joo, R. E. Kim, H. S. Kim, J. Moon*, Effect of laser surface treatment on microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of a Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-Mo medium-entropy alloy, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 922 (2025) 147617.