Eunja Kim's expertise is in computational materials research, mainly focused on materials for energy and device applications. She has extensive experience in carrying out atomistic modeling and simulations to investigate the structure-property relationship of critical materials including semiconductors, super hard materials, energetic materials, molten salts, hydrogen storage materials, fuel/waste forms, and cladding materials. She has authored or co-authored over 127 publications in high-impact journals.

• New Grant Award Recognition - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (01/01/2023-01/31/2023)
• New Grant Award Recognition - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (02/01/2022-02/28/2022)
• STARS - UTEP (09/01/2021)

• Ph D in Solid State Physics, Jeonbuk National University (1996)

• Early elevations of RAS protein level and activity are critical for the development of PDAC in the context of inflammation. Cancer letters (2024), J Ma, F Gong, Eunja Kim, J X. Du , C Leung, S Qingchun, C D. Logsdon, Y Luo, X Li , Weiqin Lu.
• High-temperature chromium diffusion in austenitic stainless steel: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations Chemical Physics Letters 836 (2024), Philippe F. Weck, Eunja Kim.
• Experimental demonstration of necessary conditions for X-ray induced synthesis of cesium superoxide Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25 3 (2023), Egor Evlyukhin, Petrika Cifligu, Michael Pravica, Pradip K. Bhowmik, Eunja Kim, Dmitry Popov, Changyong Park.
• Polymorphism and phase transitions in Na2U2O7 from density functional perturbation theory Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25 25 (2023), Philippe F. Weck, Carlos F. Jové-Colón, Eunja Kim.
• Crystal and Electronic Structures of A2NaIO6 Periodate Double Perovskites (A= Sr, Ca, Ba): Candidate Wasteforms for I-129 Immobilization Inorganic Chemistry 59 24 (2020), Sarah E. O’Sullivan, Eduardo Montoya, Shi-Kuan Sun, Jonathan George, Cameron Kirk, Malin C. Dixon Wilkins, Philippe F. Weck, Eunja Kim, Kevin S. Knight, Neil C. Hyatt.

• Computational materials for energy and environment (2023), Eunja Kim.
• Computational materials for energy materials (2023), Eunja Kim.
• Sodium-containing Layered Oxides for Replacing Li Battery Cathodes: Defect Control to Enhance Ionic Conductivity. (2023), Volume Angelo State University, Yohannes Getahun, Danniella Vera, Alan Cangas, Oscar Buenrostr, Daisy Lopez, Eunja Kim, Harikrishnan Nair.
• Computational materials for energy and environment (2023), Eunja Kim.
• DFT Investigation of transition metal dopants in Beta-UO3 (2023), Eddie Montoya, Eunja Kim, Ken Czerwinski, Ashley Shields, Tyler Spano.

• Experimental and Computational assessment of thermodynamic stability of fission products in advanced reactor fuels
• DFT CALCULATIONS OF UO3
• Computational and Experimental Investigation of Thermal-Mechanical- Chemical Mechanisms of High-burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Processes at Elevated Temperatures and Degradation Behavior in Geologic Repositories