Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory

Professor

Gukhwa Hwang

Office Engineering Building 2, Room 201
E-mail ghhwang@jbnu.ac.kr
Telephone 063 - 270 - 2370
Education B. Sc. 2013,
Jeonbuk National University, Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering
M. Sc. 2015,
Jeonbuk National University, Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering
Ph.D. 2020,
Jeonbuk National University, Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering
Subject
Lecture UndergraduateMineral Processing Engineering, Experiment of Mineral Processing, Mineral Particulate Engineering, Surface Chemistry Engineering
Graduate Colloidal Interface Chemistry, Advanced Mineral Recycling, Advanced Interface Reaction Engineering, Carbon Mineralization

Research on carbon mineralization using microorganism and development of materials that utilize recycling site
Lithium recovery using nanofiber adsorbent from seawater
Development of an sand filtration media for removal of micro- and nanoplastics for water systems
Fate and transport of nano- and micro-sized contaminated particles in saturated porous media

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Impact of adsorption inhibitory phenomenon of microplastics on lithium recovery using adsorbents from liquid lithium resources, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2025)
IIron removal and valuable metal recovery from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using solvent extraction after bioleaching, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2025)
Bioleaching of valuable metals from three cathode active materials comprising lithium nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) oxide using indigenous microorganisms, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2024)
Transport and retention of positively charged zinc oxide nanoparticles in saturated porous media: Effects of metal oxides and clays, Environmental Pollution (2024)
Effect of nanoscale roughness on four different atomic force microscopy probes in aqueous solutions using adhesion force measurement, Applied Surface Science (2024)

Method for preparing an aspect ratio-controllable bullet-like silica colloid, and bullet-like silica colloid therefrom 10-2255227, Korea (Registered)
Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Tire Particles for Risk Assessment 10-2259857, Korea (Registered)
Water Treatment Method using Ultrasonic Wave”, 10-1817010, Korea (Registered)

Impacts of Microplastics and Nanoplastics, Microplastics: Analytical Challenges and Environmental Impacts, 111 (2022)
Degradation Pathways, Microplastics: Analytical Challenges and Environmental Impacts, 75 (2022)

The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers, The Korean Institute of Resources Recycling, Korean Society of Soil Groundwater Environment, Korean Society of Environmental Engineers

Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), American Geophysical Union (AGU), European Geophysical Union (EGU), International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (IBS)