Professor

Chang-Keun Song

Prof. Chang-Keun Song

Graduate School of Carbon Neutrality
Department of Civil, Urban, Earth and Environmental Engineering
Research & Management Center for Particulate Matters at the Southeast Region of Korea

☎️ Office: +82-52-217-2835

📧 cksong@unist.ac.kr

🏢 Room. 1001-3, Bldg. 110, UNIST-gil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea

Bio

Professor Song has a comprehensive understanding of various air pollution issues and contributes to developing the solutions to handle real-world problems, such as PM2.5 and ozone pollution. Basic to advanced scientific and engineering approaches are performed to improve the knowledge about the cause of air pollution and add scientific understanding of the complicated atmospheric process. Professor Song has conducted multi-disciplinary researches with many professionals in atmospheric chemistry/engineering, epidemiology, and planning disciplines to derive integrated analyses to derive solutions to real-world air quality problems.

Research Keyword

Urban Air Quality

  • Turbulence and diffusion, CFD modeling with Chemistry, Local circulation Regional/National Air Quality
  • Atmospheric chemistry, Long-range transport
  • Air pollution modeling
  • Remote Sensing, Environmental satellite
  • Comprehensive policy relevant science for air quality

Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality

  • Atmospheric chemistry, Long-range transport
  • Carbon neutrality with the policy relevance
  • Future climate projection
  • Co-benefit, SLCPs (Short-lived Climate Pollutants)

Professional Experiences

  • Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 2025 – present
  • Associate Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 2016 – 2025
  • Director/Senior Researcher, National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), 2007 – 2016
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Univ. of Houston, U.S., 2004 – 2006

Education

  • Ph.D. Depertment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, 2004
  • M.S. Department of Atmospheric Science, Seoul National University, 1997
  • B.S. Department of Atmospheric Science, Seoul National University, 1995

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Steering Committee Member, National Strategic R&D Project/Fine Particle, 2016
  • Steering Committee Member, Korea-U.S. Air Quality Campaign, 2015-2018
  • Committee Member, Climate Change Expert Forum, National Assembly, 2013-2014