Molecular Transport Simulation Group
Yechan Noh, Ph.D.
Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Bioengineering and Life Sciences (BELS) Initiative
University of Notre Dame
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Research Appointments
- 2025–present
- University of Notre Dame
Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow, BELS Initiative
Chemistry & Biochemistry; Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Working with Kaiyu Fu and Huibin Chang - 2023–2025
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
Postdoctoral researcher
Joint appointments: University of Colorado Boulder, Physics (2024–2025); University of California, Berkeley, Materials Science and Engineering (2023–2024)
Working with Alex Smolyanitsky
Education
- 2018–2023
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Narayana R. Aluru - 2016–2018
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Ulsan
Advisor: Bohung Kim - 2011–2016
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Ulsan
Selected Honors & Research Support
- Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship — University of Notre Dame, 2025–2027
- MML Postdoctoral Fellow Accolade — National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2024
- Kwanjeong Study Abroad Scholarship — Kwanjeong Educational Foundation, 2018–2023
- National Outstanding Scholarship in Science and Engineering — Korea Student Aid Foundation, 2016
- ACCESS Accelerate (PI) — ACCESS, National Science Foundation, 2025–2026
- ACCESS Discover (PI) — ACCESS, National Science Foundation, 2023–2024
- NIH K99/R00 application (PI; pending) — NIH NIGMS, Proposed support period: 2026–2031