Kam, Jonghun (Jon) Kam, Jonghun (Jon)
  • Rm 202, Jigok Research Building
  • 054) 279-2318
  • jhkam@postech.ac.kr
Professor Kam, Jonghun (Jon)
  • Rm 202, Jigok Research Building
  • 054) 279-2318
  • jhkam@postech.ac.kr
Hydroclimatology Lab.

The Climate-Resilient Environment and Water (CREW) Lab at POSTECH aims to advance scientific understanding of water–environment systems under climate change, develop AI-based Big data-driven solutions for enhancing resilience and sustainability, and nurture next-generation leaders equipped with convergent knowledge for a sustainable future.

HydroclimatologyWater Resources EngineeringEnvironment-AI
EducationEducation
2015
Ph.D., Princeton University (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
2012
M.S., Princeton University (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
2010
B.S., Purdue University (Civil Engineering)
CareerCareer

2023.09-Present: Associate Professor (tenure-track), POSTECH

2020.01-2023.09: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), POSTECH

2017.08-2019.12: Assistant Professor (tenure-trakc), University of Alabama

2015.04-2017.08: Visiting Scientist, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

2015.04-2017.08: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric and Oceanic Program, Princeton University

AwardAward

2025: Certificate of Commendation from the Chief of Korean Meteorological Administration

2020: IOP Outstanding Reviewer Award (Environmental Research Letters)

PublicationsPublications

Lee, E, Y.-W. Young, Y.-H. Jung, and J. Kam, 2025, Explainable AI-based Risk Assessment of Pluvial Floods over South Korea, J. Environ. Manag., 385, 125640.

Ahmad, D. M. and J. Kam, 2024, Disparity between global drought hazard and awareness, npj Clean Water, 7, 75. Lee, K.-H. and J. Kam, 2024, Spatiotemporal patterns of water volume and total organic carbon concentration of agricultural reservoirs over South Korea, Water Res., 256, 121610.

Kam, J., S.-K. Min, B.-H. Kim, Y.-H. Kim, L. B. Diaz, J.-S. Kug, R. Park, 2024, Climate Models Indicate Compensating Effects between Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols on the 2022 Central Andes Spring Drought, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105, E825–E831.

Lee, K.-H., S. Ali, Y. Kim, K. Lee, S. Y. Kwon, J. Kam*, 2023, High Resolution Mapping of Nitrate Loads of a Reservoir Using an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle: Potential Opportunities and Challenges, Water Resour. Res., 59, e2023WR034665.