Pony Chung Foundation names An Se-young and Kim Do-hyung recipients of 7th Young Leader Award

[Financial News] The Pony Chung Foundation has selected national badminton team player An Se-young and Professor Kim Do-hyung of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania as recipients of the 7th Pony Chung Young Leader Award.
According to the Pony Chung Foundation on the 7th, the Pony Chung Young Leader Award is a second Pony Chung Innovation Award, established in 2020 to support young innovators.
“The Pony Chung Foundation presents this award to support young innovators aged 40 or under who are driving positive change and growth in our society,” Chairman Chung Mong-gyu said. “Last year, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jung Da-jung and APR CEO Kim Byung-hoon received the award, and this year An Se-young and Professor Kim Do-hyung will follow in their footsteps.”
An Se-young was selected for the national team as a teenager and went on to become a world-class player. Her achievements include becoming the youngest-ever French Open champion in 2019, winning gold at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, winning the world championships in 2023 and 2026, taking gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and winning gold at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
In April this year, she reached the top at the Asian Badminton Championships, completing a “Grand Slam” in women’s singles. She also drew attention outside the arena by speaking out about practices and institutions in South Korea’s sports world.
Professor Kim Do-hyung graduated from Seoul National University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2012 and earned his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in 2018, before completing postdoctoral research at Stanford University. He has been an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering since 2022.
Professor Kim leads the Nano Electrochemistry and Interfaces Laboratory, where he analyzes atomic-scale reactions on solid catalyst surfaces and conducts research aimed at improving the efficiency of energy conversion and chemical manufacturing processes. He has published his findings in leading international journals such as Nature and Science, and last October was selected for the U.S. Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering.
The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held on November 25 at Pony Chung Hall in IPARK Tower in Samseong-dong.
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