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PROFESSOR
Professor

Jiyong Eom
eomjiyong@kaist.ac.kr
+82-(0)42-350-6324 | N5, #2120
Associate Professor, KAIST School of Business & Technology Management
Head, KAIST Graduate School of Green Growth & Sustainability
Director, Center for Sustainable Development at KAIST
Head, KAIST ESG Executive Program (KEEP)
Field of Study
• Energy & Environmental Economics and Management
• Integrated Technology Assessment for Policy Analysis
• Climate Financial Risk Management
• Environmental Operations Management
Education
• Ph.D. Stanford University, Management Science & Engineering (Policy & Strategy) (2009)
• M.S. KAIST, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2002)
• B.S. Yonsei University, Chemical Engineering (2000)
Major Career
Head, Graduate School of Green Growth & Sustainability, KAIST (Feb. 2023 – Present)
• Head, Graduate School of Bio Innovation Management, KAIST (Aug. 2022 – Present)
• Head, KAIST ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Executive Program (KEEP) (Dec. 2021 – Present)
• Director, Center for Sustainable Development at KAIST (Sept. 2020 – Present)
• Associate Professor, Department of Business and Technology Management, KAIST (Sept. 2020 – Present)
• Head, Graduate School of Green Growth, KAIST (Aug. 2019 – Feb. 2022)
• Assistant & Associate Professor, Department of Management Engineering, KAIST (Dec. 2013 – Aug. 2020)
• Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Management of Technology, Sogang University (Feb. 2013 – Dec. 2013)
• Staff Researcher, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA (Aug. 2009 – Feb. 2013)
Services
• Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), Technology Mgmt. & Policy Division (2023–)
• Associate Editor, Oxford Open Climate Change (2020–)
• Associate Editor, ASCE’s Journal of Energy Engineering (2021–)
• Contributing Author, WGIII (Mitigation of Climate Change), IPCC AR5 Assessment Report (2012–2014)
Awards
• KAIST Education Innovation Award, KAIST (2023)
• 100 National R&D Excellence Achievements, Ministry of Science and ICT (2021)
• KAIST College of Business Research Award (2021)
• Highly Cited Researchers (Social Science Area), Clarivate Analytics (2020)
• Highly Cited Researchers (Social Science Area), Clarivate Analytics (2019)
• Fulbright Mid-Career Research Award, Korean-American Educational Commission (2018–2019)
• Dennis J. O’Brien Student Paper Award, USAEE/IAEE Annual Conference (2008)