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Jin Yung Choi

Seoul National University · Environmental Science

About the Lab

Professor Jin Yung Choi's research lab specializes in sustainable environmental systems and advanced energy materials, with a strong focus on integrating geographic information systems (GIS) and hydrological modeling for watershed management. The lab develops innovative, web-based decision support systems (SDSS) to assess and mitigate the impacts of land use changes on water resources. In parallel, the lab pioneers cutting-edge thermoelectric materials—such as nanocrystal thin films and silicon nanowires—for efficient, flexible, and wearable energy harvesting from waste heat. These interdisciplinary efforts aim to address pressing challenges in environmental sustainability and renewable energy conversion.

hydrological modelingthermoelectric materialsGIS-based SDSSsustainable watershed managementflexible energy harvesters

Research Overview

Papers
324
Total Citations
2,732
Papers (5y)
37
Primary Field
Environmental Science

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
37total
2021
2022
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2025
Citations per year (5y)
136total
20212022202320242025

Selected Papers

15
1
Article|141 citations·2012
Evaluating spatial centrality for integrated tourism management in rural areas using GIS and network analysis
Sanghyun Lee, Jin‐Yong Choi, Seung-Hwan Yoo, Yun‐Gyeong Oh
SJR Q1Tourism Management
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences
2
Article|87 citations·2005
Web-based GIS and spatial decision support system for watershed management
Jin‐Yong Choi, Bernard A. Engel, Richard L. Farnsworth
SJR Q2Journal of HydroinformaticsOA

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been widely used for spatial data manipulation for hydrologic model operations and as a supporting tool to develop spatial decision support systems (SDSS). Information technologies, including GIS and the Internet, have provided opportunities to overcome many of the limitations of computer-based models in terms of data preparation and visualisation, and provide the possibility to create integrated SDSS. This paper examines the relationship between changes

Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Science
3
Article|74 citations·2003
Web-based DSS for hydrologic impact evaluation of small watershed land use changes
Bernard A. Engel, Jin‐Yong Choi, Jon Harbor, Shilpam Pandey
SJR Q1Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Science
4
Article|72 citations·2012
A decision support system for agricultural drought management using risk assessment
Won‐Ho Nam, Jin‐Yong Choi, Seung‐Hwan Yoo, Min-Won Jang
SJR Q1Paddy and Water Environment
Global and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Science
5
Article|69 citations·2002
Daily streamflow modelling and assessment based on the curve‐number technique
Jin‐Yong Choi, Bernard A. Engel, Ha Woo Chung
SJR Q1Hydrological Processes

Abstract A cell‐based long‐term hydrological model (CELTHYM) that can be integrated with a geographical information system (GIS) was developed to predict continuous stream flow from small agricultural watersheds. The CELTHYM uses a cell‐by‐cell soil moisture balance approach. For surface runoff estimation, the curve number technique considering soil moisture on a daily basis was used, and release rate was used to estimate baseflow. Evapotranspiration was computed using the FAO modified Penman eq

Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Science
6
Article|67 citations·2015
Irrigation vulnerability assessment on agricultural water supply risk for adaptive management of climate change in South Korea
Won‐Ho Nam, Jin‐Yong Choi, Eunmi Hong
SJR Q1Agricultural Water Management
Ocean EngineeringEngineering
7
Article|57 citations·2022
Analysis of climate change impact on resource intensity and carbon emissions in protected farming systems using Water-Energy-Food-Carbon Nexus
Pu Reun Yoon, Sang‐Hyun Lee, Jin‐Yong Choi, Seung‐Hwan Yoo, Seung-Oh Hur
SJR Q1Resources Conservation and Recycling
Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Science
8
Article|54 citations·2012
Climate change impacts on water storage requirements of an agricultural reservoir considering changes in land use and rice growing season in Korea
Yoo Seung-Hwan, Jin‐Yong Choi, Sang‐Hyun Lee, Oh Yun-Gyeong, Yun Dong Koun
SJR Q1Agricultural Water Management
Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Science
9
Article|49 citations·2008
Estimation of design water requirement using FAO Penman–Monteith and optimal probability distribution function in South Korea
Seung‐Hwan Yoo, Jin‐Yong Choi, Min-Won Jang
SJR Q1Agricultural Water Management
Global and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Science
10
Article|46 citations·2014
Development of an irrigation vulnerability assessment model in agricultural reservoirs utilizing probability theory and reliability analysis
Won‐Ho Nam, Jin‐Yong Choi
SJR Q1Agricultural Water Management
Ocean EngineeringEngineering
11
Article|45 citations·2017
Large Voltage Generation of Flexible Thermoelectric Nanocrystal Thin Films by Finger Contact
Jin‐Yong Choi, Kyoungah Cho, Junggwon Yun, Yoonbeom Park, Seunggen Yang, Sangsig Kim
SJR Q1Advanced Energy Materials

Abstract This paper demonstrates that thermal energy radiated from a human finger can be converted efficiently into electricity by a nanocrystal (NC) thin film that substantially suppresses thermal conduction, but still allows electric conduction. The converting efficiencies of the chalcogenide NC thin films with dimensions 40 µm × 20 µm × 20 nm, prepared on flexible substrates by a solution process, are maximized by adjusting the NC size. A Seebeck coefficient of S = 1829 µV K −1 , and a dimens

Materials ChemistryMaterials Science
12
Article|45 citations·2003
GIS BASED LONG TERM HYDROLOGIC IMPACT EVALUATION FOR WATERSHED URBANIZATION1
Jin‐Yong Choi, Bernard A. Engel, Suresh Muthukrishnan, Jon Harbor
SJR Q1JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association

ABSTRACT: To adequately manage impacts of ongoing or future land use changes in a watershed, the magnitude of their hydrologic impacts needs to be assessed. A grid based daily streamflow model was calibrated with two years of observed streamflow data, using time periods when land use data are available and verified by comparison of model predictions with observed streamflow data. Streamflow data were separated into direct runoff and baseflow to estimate the impacts of urbanization on each hydrol

Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Science
13
Article|43 citations·2019
Effects of shift in growing season due to climate change on rice yield and crop water requirements
Pu Reun Yoon, Jin‐Yong Choi
SJR Q1Paddy and Water Environment
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences
14
Article|35 citations·2016
Flexible Thermoelectric Generators Composed of n‐and p‐Type Silicon Nanowires Fabricated by Top‐Down Method
Jin‐Yong Choi, Kyoungah Cho, Sangsig Kim
SJR Q1Advanced Energy Materials

This study demonstrates the fabrication and characterization of a flexible thermoelectric (TE) power generator composed of silicon nanowires (SiNWs) fabricated by top‐down method and discusses its strain‐dependence analysis. The Seebeck coefficients of the p‐ and n‐type SiNWs used to form a pn‐module are 156.4 and −146.1 µV K −1 , respectively. The maximum power factors of the p‐ and n‐type SiNWs are obtained as 8.79 and 8.87 mW (m K 2 ) −1 , respectively, under a convex bending of 1.11%, respec

Materials ChemistryMaterials Science
15
Article|33 citations·2012
Analysis of design water requirement of paddy rice using frequency analysis affected by climate change in South Korea
Seung‐Hwan Yoo, Jin‐Yong Choi, Won‐Ho Nam, Eunmi Hong
SJR Q1Agricultural Water Management
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Research Areas

Water Science and TechnologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsOcean EngineeringMaterials ChemistryGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanography

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