Kil-Choo Moon is a leading Korean engineer and environmental scientist and President of the

International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA) is an international federation of civil society organisations concerned with air pollution. IUAPPA, founded 1964 at the urging of the US Air Pol ...

( IUAPPA). He has served as President of the

Korea Institute of Science and Technology Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic of ...

and of the

Korea University of Science and Technology The University of Science and Technology (UST) is a group of public universities and research institutions in Seoul, Suwon, Changwon, Ansan, Seongnam and Daejeon, in South Korea. The UST was established in 2003 by the Ministry of Science, IC ...

and a Distinguished Professor of Korea University.

Academic background and professional experience

Kil-Choo Moon studied Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa (B.S.,1978), Canada; Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota (M.S.,1980) and Mechanical Engineering (Particle Technology, Air Pollution Group) (Ph.D.,1984). Kil-Choo Moon was Director, Directorate for National Science and Engineering Programs, National Research Foundation of Korea; Vice President KIST (2006-2009); Director, Global Environmental Research Center, KIST (1997-2001), Director, Environment Research Center, KIST (1992-1997).

Professional responsibilities

*Executive President, IUAPPA (2010-) *Executive Vice President, IUAPPA (2004-2010) *President, Korea Society for Atmospheric Environment (KOSAE) (2008-2009) *Chairman, A&WMA Korean Section (1997-2008) *President, Korean Association for Aerosol and Particle Research (KAPAR) (1996-1997) *Member, Air and Waste Management Association, Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA) *Member, Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) *Member, American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)

Awards

*Member,

National Academy of Engineering of Korea The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK; ) is a Korean nonprofit, non-governmental organization founded to support engineering and technology development in academia, industry, and national institutions; and to contribute to the develo ...

(NAEK) *Ungbi Medal, Order of Science and Technology Merit (2006) *Scientific Award, KOSAE (2004) *Certification of Honor, IUAPPA, England (2001) * Ministry Citation, Ministry of Environment (1994)

Selected publications

*Kil-Choo Moon:Charging Mechanism of Submicron Diesel Particles, University of Minnesota, 1984 - 484 pages *Kil-Choo Moon et al.:Fine particle measurements at two background sites in Korea between 1996 and 1997, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 635–643

External links

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

References

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