Gibeom Kim

Gibeom Kim

Undergraduate researcher building reproducible simulation workflows for electrochemical interfaces and materials modeling.

My goal is to become a researcher who learns steadily, works honestly, and contributes meaningfully.

About

I am an undergraduate student at UNIST, majoring in Energy and Chemical Engineering. I enjoy building reproducible computational workflows - from simulation setup to analysis-ready results. My current interests include electrochemical interfaces, molecular simulations, and materials machine learning.

Experience

Undergraduate Research Intern at THEMMES Group UNIST | Advisor: Prof. Seung-Jae Shin | Jan 2025 - Present
  • Built an automated MD workflow (LAMMPS + ligpargen/OPLS) covering setup -> runs -> post-processing, including MDAnalysis-based RDF/CN calculation with trajectory visualization.
  • Performed constant-potential MD (CPM) studies of electrode-electrolyte interfaces; ongoing collaboration with Prof. Hyun-Kon Song's group at UNIST.
  • Ran baseline DFT calculations (binding energies, solvation effects) and used DFT-based MLFF (MACE-OFF) for rapid structure optimization; validated energies via LAMMPS single-point evaluations.
  • Contributed to the "Computational Materials Science" course by helping develop Hands-on Session #12 and authoring supporting documentation/tutorial materials.

Research Interests

Electrochemical interfaces, molecular simulations (MD), materials machine learning
Reproducible workflows, automation, validation and analysis

Tools & Software

A short snapshot of tools I have used in research.

Molecular Dynamics
LAMMPS
Quantum Chemistry / DFT
GaussianNWChemQuantum Espresso
Workflow & Analysis
PythonASEMDAnalysisPackmolGit

Honors & Awards

Samsung Humantech Paper Awards Gold Prize

Section: Energy & Environment

Recipients: Jinki Hong, Subin Lee, Gibeom Kim (UNIST)

Paper: Selective F-Diluent Exclusion by Siloxane Co-diluents for Stable Interphases in Lithium Metal Batteries

February 11, 2026

Publications

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Coming soon. I'll list peer-reviewed papers and preprints here once they are published.

Featured Projects

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LAMMPS Input Generator

2025

A configurable generator to build reproducible LAMMPS inputs for simulation workflows.

Outcome: Standardized LAMMPS inputs to reduce manual edits and improve reproducibility.

LAMMPSMDAutomationReproducibility

Packmol Runner

2026

A YAML-driven workflow to build molecular simulation starting structures using Packmol and ASE.

Outcome: Built a reusable Packmol/ASE workflow for reproducible simulation structure generation.

PackmolASELAMMPSAutomation

Predicting Bandgap of Hexanary Oxides (CGCNN)

2025

Trained and evaluated a CGCNN-based model to predict bandgaps of hexanary oxides for photocatalyst discovery.

Outcome: Built a reproducible pipeline from structures to bandgap predictions using CGCNN.

Materials MLCGCNNBandgapPython

Hartree–Fock in Python (Modular Implementation)

2025

A modular Hartree–Fock implementation in Python focused on clarity, validation, and extensibility.

Outcome: Implemented a modular HF codebase designed for clarity, validation, and extensions.

Quantum ChemistryHartree–FockPythonNumerical

Contact

kkb1198@unist.ac.kr | github.com/Gibeom-KIM-02