Jae-Jin Shim received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University in 1980, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. He is a Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea. His current research focuses on energy storage materials, photocatalysts, and materials for gas sensors and electrochemical sensors.