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Last published 2026
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Hyunjin Moon

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Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: National Laboratory of the Rockies (2024–2025); University of California, Santa Barbara (2020–2024)

6 h-index 13 pubs 3,916 cited

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Hyunjin Moon's research focuses on materials science, particularly the upcycling of waste plastics and the synthesis and tuning of mesoporous materials. Moon has investigated catalytic upcycling of polyolefins and developed a hybrid chemical and biological process for upcycling waste polystyrene into adipic acid. Additionally, Moon's work includes tuning molecular adsorption in mesoporous organosilicas by altering their surface polarity and studying interfacial hydration in these materials. Earlier work also examined the thermal conductivity of simulated fuels containing fission products.

Moon's publication record includes studies on the degradation rates of plastics and enhancing phenol adsorption on hydrophobic catalysts for hydrogenation. The researcher's work contributes to understanding and developing new methods for materials recycling and functional material design. Moon has a reported h-index of 6 with 18 publications, accumulating over 3,800 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 13
  • Citations: 3,916

Positions

  • Assistant Professor 2026–present
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Chemical Engineering ORCID
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2022–2025
    ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Uncertainty-aware yield prediction for data-limited polystyrene autoxidation using heteroscedastic ensemble learning (2026)
    Scientific Reports DOI OpenAlex

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