Education

• B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 2001.
• M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004.
• Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.

Research Interests

• Carbon Capture
• Large-scale Characterization/Screening of Porous Materials
• Molecular Simulations (Monte Carlo, Molecular Dynamics)
• GPU Computing
• Quantum Computing

Publications

[22] J. Kim, M. Abouelnasr, L.-C. Lin, B. Smit - "Large-scale Screening of Porous Materials for CO2 Separation" - Submitted.
[21] L.-C. Lin, J. Kim, X. Kong, E. Scott, T. McDonald, J. Long, J. Reimer, B. Smit - "Understanding CO2 Dynamics in Metal-Organic Frameworks with Open Metal Sites", Angewandte Chemie, Accepted, 2013.
[20] J. Kim, A. Maiti, L.-C. Lin, J. Stolaroff, B. Smit, R. Aines - "New materials for methane capture from dilute and medium-concentration sources", Nature Communications, Accepted, 2013.
[19] J. Swisher, L.-C. Lin, J. Kim, B. Smit - "Evaluating mixture adsorption models using molecular simulation", AiChE Journal, Accepted, 2013.
[18] F. Yan, H. Nulwela, K. Damodaran, E. Albenze, M. Lartey, J. Kim, M. Haranczyk, B. Smit, D. Luebke - "Molecular Simulation of CO2 in Functionalized Triazolium-based Ionic Liquids", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol.15, 3264, 2013.
[17] J. Kim, L.-C. Lin, J. Swisher, M. Haranczyk, B. smit - "Predicting Large CO2 Adsorption in Aluminosilicate Zeolites for Post-combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture", JACS Communication, vol.134, 18940, 2012.
[16] R.L. Martin, T. Willems, L.-C. Lin, J. Kim, J. Swisher, B. Smit, M. Haranczyk - "Similarity-driven Discovery of Zeolite Materials for Adsorption-based Separations", ChemPhysChem, vol.13, 3595, 2012.
[15] J. Kim, L.-C. Lin, R.L. Martin, J. Swisher, M. Haranczyk, B. Smit - "Large Scale Computational Screening of Zeolites for Ethane/Ethene Separation", Langmuir, vol.28, 11914, 2012.
[14] A. Dzubak, L.-C. Lin, J. Kim, J. Swisher, R. Poloni, S. Maximoff, B. Smit, L. Gagliardi - "Ab initio Carbon Capture in Open-site Metal Organic Frameworks", Nature Chemistry, vol.4, 810, 2012.
[13] J. Kim, B. Smit - "Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations of Gas Molecules Inside Porous Materials", Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, vol.8, 2336, 2012.
[12] L.-C. Lin, A. Berger, R.L. Martin, J. Kim (co-first author), J. Swisher, K. Jariwala, C. Rycroft, A. Brown, M. Deem, M. Haranzyk, B. Smit - "In Silico Screening of Carbon Capture Materials", Nature Materials, vol.11, 633, 2012.
[11] J. Kim, R.L. Martin, O. Ruebel, M. Haranczyk, B. Smit - "High-throughput Characterization of Porous Materials Using Graphics Processing Units", Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, vol.8, 1684, 2012.
[10] J. Kim, J. Rodgers, M. Athenes, B. Smit - "Molecular Monte Carlo Simulations Using Graphics Processing Units: To Waste Recycle or Not?", Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, vol.10, 3208, 2011.
[9] J. Kim, A. Koniges, R.L. Martin, M. Haranczyk, B. Smit - "GPU Computational Screening of Carbon Capture Materials", Proceedings of the 2011 SciDAC Conference, 2011.
[8] A. Koniges, R. Preissl, J. Kim, D. Eder, A. Fisher, N. Masters, V. Mlaker, S. Ethier, W. Wang, M. Head-Gordon, N. Wichmann - "Application Acceleration on Current and Future Cray Platforms" (Best Paper award), Proceedings of the CUG 2010, 2010.
[7] D.V. Melnikov, J. Kim, L.-X. Zhang, J.P. Leburton - "Few-electron Quantum Dot Spintronics", Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and Technology: Frontiers and Advances, vol.3, 47, 2010.
[6] J. Kim, D.V. Melnikov, J.P. Leburton - "Tunable Many-body Effects in Triple Quantum Dots", Physical Review B, vol.80, 045305, 2009.
[5] J. Kim, D.V. Melnikov, J.P. Leburton - "Coupled Quantum Dots as Two-level Systems: A Variational Monte Carlo Approach", The Open Condensed Matter Physics Journal, vol.1, 1, 2008.
[4] J. Kim, D.V. Melnikov, J.P. Leburton - "Spin Charging Sequences in Three Colinear Laterally Coupled Vertical Quantum Dots", Physical Review B, vol.74, 035307, 2006.
[3] J. Kim, P. Matagne, J.P. Leburton, R.M. Martin, T. Hatano, S. Tarucha - "Engineering Quantum Confinement and Orbital Couplings in Laterally-coupled Vertical Quantum Dots for Spintronics", IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology, vol.5, 343, 2006.
[2] D.V. Melnikov, J. Kim, L.-X., Zhang, J.P. Leburton - "Three-dimensional Self-consistent Modeling of Spin-qubit Quantum Dot Devices", IEE Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, vol.152, 377, 2005.
[1] L.-X. Zhang, J. Kim, D.V. Melnikov, J.P. Leburton - "Full Scale Simulation of Spin-qubit Quantum Dots and Circuits", Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 207, 2004.

Presentations

[1] L.-X. Zhang, J. Kim, R. Ravishankar, J.P. Leburton, "3-D Self-consistent Simualtion of Coupled Quantum Dots for Spintronic Applications", Workshop on Computational Approaches towards the Electronic Properties of Quantum Dots, Chicago, IL, Sept. 22-24, 2003..
[2] J. Kim, D. Melnikov, J.P. Leburton, G. Austing, "Spin Charging Sequence in Laterally-coupled Vertical Triple Quantum Dots", 2005 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Mar 21-25, 2005..
[3] J. Kim, D. Melnikov, M. Casula, J.P. Leburton, "Variational Monte Carlo Method for Coupled Quantum Dots in Magnetic Fields", 2007 APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, Mar 5-9, 2007.
[4] J. Kim, A. Koniges, B. Smit, M. Head-Gordon, "Calculation of RI-MP2 Gradient using Fermi GPUs", 2010 MQM Conference, Berkeley, CA, May 24-29, 2010.
[5] J. Kim, "GPU Monte Carlo Algorithms for Molecules within a Microporous Framework", ICCS Workshop, Berkeley, CA, Jan. 26-28, 2011.
[6] J. Kim, A. Koniges, R.L Martin, M. Haranczyk, J. Swisher, B. Smit, "GPU Computational Screening of Carbon Capture Materials", 2011 SciDAC Conference, Denver, CO, July 10-14, 2011.
[7] L.-C. Lin, A. Berger, R.L. Martin, M. Haranczyk, J. Kim, J. Swisher, A. Bhown, B. Smit - "Nanoporous Material and Its Applications", New Hampshire, Aug., 2011.
[8] B. Smit, L.-C. Lin, M. Haranczyk, J. Swisher, J. Kim, R.L. Martin, A. Berger, A. Bhown, M. Deem - "In Silco Screening of Carbon Capture Materials", 2012 ACS Conference, San Diego, CA, Mar 25-29, 2012.
[9] X. Kong, J. Chen, H. Deng, F. Yan, J.Kim, E. Scott, O. Yaghi, J. Long, B. Smit, Je. Reimer - "NMR Characterizations of Metal-organic Frameworks", ENC2012, Miami, FL, Apr. 15-20, 2012.
[10] J. Kim, A. Koniges, R.L. Martin, J. Swisher, M. Haranczyk, B. Smit - "Computational Screening of Novel Carbon Capture Materials", 2012 GTC GPU Conference, San Jose, CA, May 14-17, 2012.
[11] F. Yan, M. Haranczyk, H. Nulwala, J. Kim, K. Jariwala, M. Lartey, B. Smit, D. Luebke - "Large Screening of 1 Million Triazolium-based Ionic Liquids for CO2 Capture", AIChEs 2012 Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 28, 2012.
[12] L.-C. Lin, A. Berger, R.L. Martin, J. Kim , J. Swihser, K. Jariwal, C. Rycroft, A. Brown, M. Deem, M. Haranczyk, B. Smit - "Large-Scale Computational Screening of Adsorbent Materials for Carbon Capture", AIChEs 2012 Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 28, 2012.

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Hobbies

• Soccer
• Music Production (CPR Recording, Proud Sound Productions)