HONG YONG SOHN

Hong Yong Sohn received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1970 from the University of California - Berkeley. After working as a Research Engineer at Du Pont's Engineering Technology Laboratory, he joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1974. Professor Sohn's work has been recognized through various awards: Ivor Thomas Endowed Chairship, 2025, University of Utah; Distinguished Professor, 2014, University of Utah; 2014 Educator Award, TMS; 2012 Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award, University of Utah; 2012 Billiton Gold Medal, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, U.K.; TMS 2009 Fellow Award in recognition of outstanding contribution to the practice of metallurgical/materials science and technology; 2001 James Douglas Gold Medal Award from AIME for leadership and outstanding contributions in research and education of nonferrous extractive metallurgy and for work related to the modeling of gas-solid reactors and development of novel solvent extraction systems; Fellow Award from the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 1998; 1993 TMS Champion H. Mathewson Gold Medal Award for the most notable contribution to Metallurgical Science in the 3-year period; 1990 TMS Extractive Metallurgy Lecturer Award in recognition as an outstanding scientific leader in the field of nonferrous extraction and processing metallurgy; TMS Extraction and Processing Science Award (1990, 1994, 1999 and 2007); Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer (1983); and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award (1977). In 2006 TMS honored Dr. Sohn with the "Sohn International Symposium on Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials". Dr. Sohn has authored or co-authored 7 monographs, 19 ed. books, 28 book chapters, aome 600 papers, 4 patents issued and 7 provisional patents, 39 technical reports, and has some 240 invited lectures, and some 250 abstracts and presentations. He has served as Director of TMS, and delivered numerous plenary lectures. He was a DOE Fossil Energy Lecturer, 1978-81, and was appointed Advisor to LS-Nikko Copper Co., Korea in 2005.