Group

Dr. Byeong-Hee Kim (10/2020-)

• Research Topics: 

  • Climate Change Impact on Water Availability and Hydrologic Extremes

  • Seasonal Forecasting of Droughts and Pluvials

• Honors and Awards:

  • Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral), The 2022 Korean Water Resources Association Conference

• Publications:

  • Kim, B.-H., S. Hossain, and J. Kam, 2025, High-resolution gridded streamflow for Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basins in Bangladesh (1951–2023) , Sci. Data, 12, 673. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05014-8 

  • Kim, B.-H., Y.-O. Kim, and J. Kam, 2025, Hyper-resolution naturalized streamflow data for Geum River in South Korea (1951–2020), Scientific Data, 12, 210. 

  • Kam, J., S.-K. Min, B.-H. Kim, Y.-H. Kim, L. B. Diaz, J.-S. Kug, R. Park, 2024, Climate Models Indicate Compensating Effects between Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols on the 2022 Central Andes Spring Drought,  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105, E825-E831.

  • Ali, S., B.-H. Kim, T. Akhtar, and J. Kam, 2023: Past and future changes toward earlier timing of streamflow over Pakistan from bias-corrected regional climate projections (1962-2099), J. Hydrol., 617, 128959.

  • Kam, J., S.-K. Min, C.-K. Park, B.-H. Kim, J.-S. Kug, 2022: Human contribution to 2020/21-like persistent Iran meteorological droughts, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 103 (12), E2930–E2936.

  • Kam, J., S.-K. Min, Y.-H. Kim, B.-H. Kim, and J.-S. Kug​​, 2022: Anthropogenic contribution to the record-breaking warm and wet winter 2019/20 over Northwest Russia. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 103, S38-S43.

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1. Anqi Liu (PhD; Spring 2021-)

• Research Topic: 

  • Impacts of Climatic Extremes and Pandemic on the Public's Water Pollution Complaints

• Education: 

  • 2020: M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering and Project Management at The University of Leeds, U.K.

  • 2019: B.S.E. in Hydrology and Water Resources Management at China Three Gorges University, China

• Awards, Scholarship, and Honors: 

  • 2025: Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral), The 2025 Korean Water Resources Association Conference

  • 2024: 우수연구도전상, the 4th POSTECH Excellence Research Achievement Competition

  • 2022: Excellence Award (Oral), the 2022 Smart Water Grid International Conference

• Publications

  • Liu, A., S. Kwon, W. Shao, and J.Kam, Monitoring the impact of climate extremes and COVID-19 on statewise sentiment alterations in water pollution complaints, npj Clean Water, 6, 29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-023-00244-y  

  • Choi, S., Liu, A., S. Lee, H. Yoon, and J. Kam, 2025, The Interplay of News Media, Social Media, and Public Search Behavior during the 2022–2023 South Korea Drought, Humanit. Soc. Sci. Commun., 13, 99. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-06398-z 

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2. Kwang-Hun Lee (PhD; Spring 2022-)

1. • Research Topics: 

     • Integrative Water Quantity-Quality Measurement Technology

     • Measurement-Based Nutrient Flux Budget Model for a Reservoir

   • Education: 

     • 2020: M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering, GIST

     • 2018: B.S.E. in Environmental Engineering, GIST

   • Awards, Scholarship, and Honors:

     • 2025: Recipient of the Next-generation Convergence Research Pioneering Program (20 million KRW for one year)

     • 2024: Outstanding paper award at the 2023 Korean Society of Environmental Engineering (KSEE) Annual Meeting

   • Publications:

     •  Lee, K.-H. and J. Kam, 2024, Spatiotemporal patterns of water volume and total organic carbon concentration of agricultural reservoirs over South Korea, Water Res., 256, 121610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121610 

     • Lee, K.-H., S. Ali, Y. Kim, K. Lee, S. Y. Kwon, J. Kam*, 2023, High Resolution Mapping of Nitrate Loads of a Reservoir Using an Unmanned Surface Vehicle: Potential Opportunities and Challenges, 59, Water Resour. Res., e2023WR034665. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034665

     • Choi, S., K.-H. Lee, J.-H. Park, S. Jeon, H. J. Lee, P.-G. Kang*, J. Kam*, Reliable AI models can reveal key processes of heat recovery steam generator operation in air pollutant emission, J. Clean. Prod., 438, 140806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140806 

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3. Dar Murtaza Ahmad (PhD; Spring 2022-)

1. • Research Topics: 

     • Global Drought Awareness and Water Scarcity

     • Non-stationarity of Drought Assessment

   • Education: 

     • 2020: M.Tech in Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Patna, India

     • 2016: B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

   • Awards, Scholarship, and Honors: 

     • 2021: NRF Korean Global Scholarship Recipient

   • Publications:

     • Ahmad, D. M. and J. Kam, 2024, Disparity between global drought hazard and awareness, npj Clean Water, 7, 75.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-024-00373-y 

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4. Yeonjin Son (MSE/PhD; Fall 2020-)

1. • Research Topics: 

     • Climate Change Impact on Arctic Hydrology

   • Awards, Scholarship, and Honors: 

     • 2026: Recipient of the Sweden Korea Education, Research, Innovation Collaboration (SKERIC)  Long-Term Mobility Programme (Host: Dr. David Wårlind at Lund University)

     • 2022: 1st Place Award at the 1st POSTECH Smart Campus Data Competition

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5. Hassan Raza (PhD; Fall 2022-)

1. • Research Topics: 

     • Record events in streamflow over Pakistan

     • Past and Future changes in sediment load in Pakistan

   • Education: 

     • 2014: B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

     • 2016: M.Sc. (honors) in Agricultural Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

   • Awards, Scholarship, and Honors: 

     • 2021: NRF Korean Global Scholarship Recipient

   • Publications

     • Razza, H.**, D. Wang, and J. Kam*, 2025, More record events in streamflow over Pakistan revealed by observation-constrained projections, Environ. Res. Lett., 20, 084079. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adf130 

6. Eunmi Lee (MSE/PhD; Spring 2021-)

• Research Topics: 

  • AI Modeling for Dam Operation

  • Flood Risk Assessment

  • Socio-Hydrologic assessment for the 2022-23 Korea drought 

• Awards, Scholarship, and Honors:

  • 2025: Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral), The 2025 Korean Water Resources Association Conference

  • 2024: 6th place (장려상) and people's choice (인기) award of the Big Data and AI competition for crop price prediction

  • 2024: 1st place award of the KEI Environmental Data Analysis/Application Idea Contest (one million KRW)

  • 2024: NSF of Korea PhD Research Fellowship Recipient (two years; 25 million KRW per year)

  • 2024: HYUNDAI MOTOR Chung Mong-Koo Foundation Scholarship (until graduation; a full tuition fee + 2.4 million won/semester)

  • 2024: Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral), The 2024 Korean Water Resources Association Conference

  • 2024: 우덕장학생 (12,000,000 won/US$ 8,900, withdrawal after the first semester)

  • 2023: 박태준동문장학생 (3,000,000 won (US$ 2,300)) selected yb POSTECHian FOUNDATION

  • 2022: 1st Place Award (3,000,000 won (US$ 2,300)), 2022 POSTECH OIBC CHALLENGE 태양광 발전량 예측 경진대회

  • 2022: Outstanding Presentation Award (Poster), The 2022 Korean Water Resources Association Conference

• Publications

  • Lee, E, Y.-W. Young, Y.-H. Jung, and J. Kam, 2025, Explainable AI-based Risk Assessment of Pluvial Floods over South Korea, J. Environ. Manag., 385, 125640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125640  

  • Lee, E. and J. Kam, 2023,  Deciphering the black box of deep learning for multi-purpose dam operation modeling via explainability scenarios, J. Hydro.,  626,130177.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130177 

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7. Yena Kim (MSE/PhD; Fall 2021-)

• Research Topic: 

  • Past and Future Changes in Terrestrial Nutrients to Oceanic Nutrient Budget

• Education:

  • 2021: B. S.E. in Environmental Engineering at Kyung Hee University (early graudated)

• Awards, Scholarship, and Honors:

  • 2025: Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral), The 2025 Korean Geoscience Union Annual Meeting

  • 2023: Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral), The 2023 Korean Water Resources Association Conference

  • 2022: Kwanjeong Educational Program Scholarship

  • 2021: Outstanding paper award at the 2020 Korean Society of Environmental Engineering (KSEE) Annual Meeting

• Publications:

  • Lee, K.-H., S. Ali, Y. Kim, K. Lee, S. Y. Kwon, J. Kam, 2023, High Resolution Mapping of Nitrate Loads of a Reservoir Using an Unmanned Surface Vehicle: Potential Opportunities and Challenges, 59, Water Resour. Res., e2023WR034665. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034665

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8. Jiam Song (MSE/PhD; Fall 2021-)

• Research Topics: 

  • Social Response to Climate Variability and Pandemic

  • Social Network Modeling of Risk Communication for Drought and Wildfire

• Education:

  • 2021: B. S.E. in Chemical Engineering at POSTECH

• Professional Experience:

  • 2024: Summer internship at BC Card

• Awards, Scholarship, and Honors:

  • 2023: POSTECH Alchemist Program Award (15 million KRW (about 110k USD))

  • 2022: 1st Place BEST Poster Award,  POSTECH X NAVER AI DAY

• Publications

  • Song, J., K. Jeong, and J. Kam, Evidence of time-varying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on online search activities of shopping items in South Korea, Humanit. Soc. Sci. Commun. (Springer Nature), 100, 669. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02183-y  

9. Seunghui Choi (MSE/PhD; Spring 2022-)

• Research Topic: 

  • Global Assessment of the Public's Interest in Tropical Cyclones

  • AI-Based Environment Management

  • Drought Monitoring for Emotion-Focused Coping

• Education:

  • 2022: B.S.A in  Mathematics and Computer Sciences  (dual major) at Kyungpook National University

• Awards, Scholarship, and Honors:

  • 2025: Recipient of the Sweden Korea Education, Research, Innovation Collaboration (SKERIC)  Long-Term Mobility Programme (Host: Dr. Giuliano Di Baldassarre at Uppsala University)

• Publications

  • Choi, S., K.-H. Lee, J.-H. Park, S. Jeon, H. J. Lee, P.-G. Kang, J. Kam, Reliable AI models can reveal key processes of heat recovery steam generator operation in air pollutant emission, J. Clean. Prod., 438, 140806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140806 

  • Choi, S., Liu, A., S. Lee, H. Yoon, and J. Kam, 2025, The Interplay of News Media, Social Media, and Public Search Behavior during the 2022–2023 South Korea Drought, Humanit. Soc. Sci. Commun., 13, 99. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-06398-z 

• Patents:

  • 2023:오염물질 배출 수준 산정 시스템 및 방법 (Pollutant Emission Concentration Prediction System and Method). 10-2023-0021417. Rep. of Korea. 

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10. Kiru Kim (MSE/PhD; Spring 2023-)

• Research Topic: 

  • Climate Impact on Car Crashes

  • Social Response to Extreme Precipitation

• Professional Experience:

  • 2024: Summer internship at BC Card

• Education:

  • 2023: B. S.E. in Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH

11. Hyeongseok Oh (MSE/PhD; Spring 2024-)

• Research Topic: 

  • Hydrologic Sensitivity

  • Global Land Surface Hydrologic Modeling

• Education:

  • 2024: B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Dankook University

1. Deviicha (Icha) Ludyawati (MSE; Spring 2024-)

• Research Topic: 

  • AI-based streamflow reconstruciton for Indonesia

• Education:

  • 2018: Gadjah Mada University (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

• Awards, Scholarship, and Honors: 

  • 2025: Outstanding Presentation Award (Poster), The 2025 Korean Water Resources Association Conference

  • 2024: National Scholarship Recipient of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance

2. Gihoon Choi (MS (Social Data Science Major; Spring 2024-)

• Research Topic: 

  • Sentimental Analysis of Flood Complaint Data in South Korea

• Education:

  • 2020: M.Ed. in Social Studies Educations (Major: Geography Education) at Seoul National University

  • 2017: B.A. in Geography Education at Chonnam National University

Visiting Scholars and Students:

Post-graduate Research Interns:

Undergraduate Research Interns: