Faculty

CURRENT PROFESSOR

김종승

Jong Seung Kim

Supramolecular Nano-Organic Material Laboratory LINK

  • jongskim@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 305, +82-2-3290-3143
  • Lab1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 346, +82-2-3290-3605
  • Lab2 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 552, +82-2-3290-3606
  • Lab3 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 547B, +82-2-3290-3607
  • Organic, Biological, Nano & materials
Education
  • 1989 - 1993 : Texas Tech University, Ph. D., Organic Chemistry Research Advisor: Prof. Richard A. Bartsch
  • 1986 - 1988 : Chungnam National University, M. S., Chemistry
  • 1982 - 1986 : Kongju National Teachers University, B. S., Chemistry Education
Careers
  • 2007.9 - present : Professor at Korea University
  • 2009.4 - present : Director of Creative Research Initiative Project
  • 2003.3 - 2007.8 : Professor at Dankook University
  • 1994.3 - 2003.2 : Associate professor at Konyang University
  • 1993.10 - 1994.8 : Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Houston (with Prof. J. K. Kochi)
  • 1988.10 - 1989.7 : Researcher at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
Research Areas
  1. Host-Guest Chemistry, Calixarene Chemistry
  2. Synthesis of Calix[4]arene crown ethers for selective separation of radioactive species
  3. N-Pivot Calix[4]azacrown ethers and Their Practical Applications
  4. Fluoresence sensors
  5. Studies on Alzheimer’s disease
  6. Development of new contrast agents for MRI
  7. Small molecule based drug delivery system
Representative Publications
  1. R. Kumar, J. Y. Han, H. J. Lim, W. X. Ren, Y. Lim, J. H. Kim, J. S. Kim ‘Mitochondrial Induced and Self-Monitored Intrinsic Apoptosis by Antitumor Theranostic Prodrug: In Vivo Imaging and Precise Cancer Treatment‘ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17836-17843. (COVER)
  2. M. H. Lee, H. M. Jeon, J. H. Han, N. Park, C. Kang, J. L. Sessler, J. S. Kim, ‘Towards A Chemical Marker for Inflammatory Disease: A Fluorescent Probe for Membrane-Localized Thioredoxin’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8430-8437.
  3. M. H. Lee, N. Park, C. Yi, J. H. Han, J. Hong, K. P. Kim, D. H. Kang, J. L. Sessler, C. Kang, J. S. Kim, ‘Mitochondria-immobilized pH-Sensitive Off-On Fluorescent Probe’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14136-14142.
  4. E.-J. Kim, S. Bhuniya, H. Lee, H. M. Kim, C. Cheong, S. Maiti, K. S. Hong, J. S. Kim, ‘An Activatable Prodrug for the Treatment of Metastatic Tumor’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13888-13894.
  5. S. Bhuniya, S. Maiti, E.-J. Kim, H. Lee, J. L. Sessler, K. S. Hong, J. S. Kim, ‘An Activatable Theranostic for Targeted Cancer Therapy and Imaging’ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4469-4474.
김준곤

Hugh I. Kim

Biophysical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis Laboratory LINK

  • hughkim@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 312, +82-2-3290-3126
  • Lab1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM
  • Physical, Biological, Analytical
Education
  • 2008 : California Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry Research Advisor: Prof. J. L. Beauchamp
  • 2003 : University of California, Berkeley, B.S., Chemistry
Careers
  • 2015. 9 - present: Associate Professor at Korea University
  • 2014. 9 - 2015. 8: Associate Professor at POSTECH
  • 2010. 2 - 2014. 8: Assistant Professor at POSTECH
  • 2008. 9 - 2010. 1: Post-Doctoral Scholar at NASA-JPL, CALTECH
Research Areas
  1. Protein Misfolding, Interactions, and Degenerative Diseases
  2. Host-Guest Chemistry of Synthetic Receptor
  3. Supramolecular Control of Protein Folding and Intermolecular Interaction Dynamics
  4. Developing Instrumental Analysis Techniques including Mass Spectrometry
Representative Publications
  1. Lee, J. W.; Lee, H. H. L.; Ko, Y. H.; Kim, K.; Kim, H. I. "Deciphering the Specific High-Affinity Binding of Cucurbit[7]uril to Amino Acids in Water" J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 4628-4636
  2. Lee, J. W.; Kim, H. I. "Investigating Acid-Induced Structural Transitions of Lysozyme in an Electrospray Ionization Source" Analyst 2015, 140, 661-669
  3. Lee, H. H.;Choi, T. S.; Lee, S. J. C.; Lee, J. W.; Park, J.; Ko, Y. H.; Kim, W. J.; Kim, K.; Kim, H. I. " Supramolecular Inhibition of Amyloid Fibrillation by Cucurbit[7]uril" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7461-7465
  4. Lee, S. J. C.; Lee, J. W.; Choi, T. S.; Jin, K. S.; Lee, S.; Ban, C.; Kim, H. I. "Probing Conformational Change of Intrinsically Disordered α-Synuclein to Helical Structures by Distinctive Regional Interactions with Lipid Membranes" Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 1909?1916
  5. Lee, S. J. C; Lee, J. W.; Lee, H. H.; Seo, J.; Noh, D. H.; Ko, Y. H.; Kim, K.; Kim, H. I. "Host-Guest Chemistry from Solution to the Gas Phase: An Essential Role of Direct Interaction with Water for High-Affinity Binding of Cucurbit[n]urils" J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 8855-8864
김학중

Hak Joong Kim

Biocatalyst & Chemical Biology Laboratory LINK

  • hakkim@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 313, +82-2-3290-3148
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 549, +82-2-3290-3613
  • Organic, Biological, Catalysis
Education
  • 1993.3 – 1997.2 : Seoul National University, B. S., Chemistry
  • 1997.3 – 1999.2 : Seoul National University, M. S., Organic Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Eun Lee)
  • 2004.9 – 2010.8 : University of Texas at Austin, Ph. D., Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Hung-wen Liu)
Careers
  • 2015.2 – present : Associate Professor at Korea University
  • 2012.3 – 2015.2 : Assistant Professor at Korea University
  • 2010.10 – 2011.12 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute (Research Advisor: Professor Peter G. Schultz)
  • 1999.1 – 2004.5 : Research Scientist, LG Chem/CI/Life Sciences
Research Areas
  1. Organic synthesis
  2. Biosynthesis of natural products
  3. Enzymology
  4. Chemical biology
Representative Publications
  1. Kim, Hyeon Seok; Song, Woon Young; Kim, Hak Joong. Development of a novel fluorescence probe capable of assessing thecytoplasmic entry of siderophore-based conjugates. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 73.
  2. Kim, Hak Joong; Choi, Sei-hyun; Jeon, Byung-sun; Kim, Namho; Pongdee, Rongson; Wu, Qingquan; Liu, Hung-wen. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of spinosyn A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13553.
  3. Kim, Hak Joong; Ruszczycky, Mark W.; Choi, Sei-hyun; Liu, Yung-nan; Liu, Hung-wen. Enzyme-catalysed [4+2] cycloaddition is a key step in the biosynthesis of spinosyn A. Nature 2011, 473, 109.
  4. Kim, Hak Joong; White-Phillip, Jessica A.; Ogasawara, Yasushi; Shin, Nara; Isiorho, Eta A.; Liu, Hung-wen. Biosynthesis of spinosyn in Saccharopolyspora spinosa: synthesis of permethylated rhamnose and characterization of the functions of SpnH, SpnI, and SpnK. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2901.
곽경원

Kyun gwon Kwak

Quantum Spectroscopy Lab

  • kkwak@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg RM 206 +82-3290-3218
  • Lab:-
  • Physical, Analytical, Energy
Education
  • 1992.3-1999.2: Korea University, B.S., Chemistry
  • 1999.3-2001.2: Korea University, M.S., Physical Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Minhaeng Cho)
  • 2003.08-2008.08: Stanford University, Ph. D., Physical Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Michael D. Fayer)
Careers
  • 2016.3 – present : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea University
  • 2015.3 – 2016.2 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University
  • 2011.3 – 2015.2 : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University
  • 2010.9 – 2010.12 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA (Research Advisor: Professor S.W. Lee)
  • 2008.9 – 2010.8 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA (Research Advisor: Professor Stephen R. Leone).
Research Areas
  1. Physical Chemistry
  2. Spectroscopy and Imaging
  3. Chemical Dynamics
  4. Liquid Electrolyte for Energy Storage System
  5. Density Functional Theory for Lanthanide and Actinide
Representative Publications
  1. “Ultrafast dynamics of solute-solvent complexation observed at thermal equilibrium in real time’ J. Zheng, K. Kwak, J. Asbury, X. Chen, I.R. Piletic, M.D. Fayer, Science, 309, 1338, (2005)
  2. “Ultrafast Carbon-Carbon Single Bond Rotational Isomerization in room temperature solution” Zheng JR, Kwak K, Xie J, Fayer MD Science 313 1952 (2006).
  3. “Dynamics around solute and solute-solvent complex in mixed solvents” Kwak K, Park S and Fayer MD. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104 14221 (2007)
  4. “Biomimetic Self-Templating Supramolecular Structure” WJ Chung, JW Oh, K Kwak ,BY Lee, J Meyer, E Wang, A Hexamer, SW Lee, Nature,478 364 (2011)
  5. Infrared Pump−.Probe Study of Nanoconfined Water Structure in Reverse Micelle, Jooyong Lee, Michał Maj, Kyungwon Kwak*, and Minhaeng Cho*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 3404 (2014)
박성남

Sungnam Park

Ultrafast Spectroscopy Laboratory LINK

  • spark8@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 321, +82-2-3290-3144
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 325, +82-2-3290-3602
  • Physical, Analytical, Nano & materials, Energy
Education
  • 1997.2 Korea University, B.S., Chemistry
  • 1999.2 Korea University, M.S., Physical Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Keon Kim)
  • 2005.8 The University of Chicago, Ph.D., Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Norbert F. Scherer)
Careers
  • 2009.3 – Present : Assistant, Associate Professor at Korea University
  • 2005.9 – 2009.2 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University and PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Lab (Research Advisors: Professors Michael D. Fayer and Professor Kelly J. Gaffney)
Research Areas
  • Photoinduced chemical reactions, thermally-driven equilibrium dynamics, and photophysical processes occurring on picosecond to microsecond timescales by using various time-domain spectroscopic tools (i.e., transient absorption spectroscopy, 2DIR spectroscopy, IR pump-probe spectroscopy) time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) method, nanosecond photoluminescence spectroscopy) combined with quantum chemical calculations.
    • - Photoinduced chemical reactions
    • - Thermally-driven chemical exchange dynamics (isomerizations, ion pairing, complexation dynamics, solute-solvent interactions ...)
    • - Hydrogen-bond dynamics and proton transfer dynamics in aqueous solutions
    • - Exciton dynamics in photoactive materials (OLED and solar cells)
    • - Photophysics in quantum dots (QDs)
Representative Publications
  1. Junwoo Baek, Joonyoung Francis Joung, Songyi Lee, Hanju Rhee, Myung Hwa Kim, Sungnam Park*, and Juyoung Yoon*, “Origin of the Reversible Thermochromic Properties of Polydiacetylenes Revealed by Ultrafast Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2016, 7, 259-265
  2. YoungAh Kwon and Sungnam Park*, “Complexation dynamics of CH3SCN and Li+ in acetonitrile studied by two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 24193-24200
  3. Joonyoung Francis Joung, Sangin Kim, and Sungnam Park*, “Effect of NaCl Salts on the Activation Energy of Excited-State Proton Transfer Reaction of Coumarin 183”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 15509-15515
  4. Chiho Lee, Hyewon Son, and Sungnam Park*, “Acid-base equilibrium dynamics in methanol and dimethyl sulfoxide probed by two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 17557-17561
  5. Son, Hyewon; Nam, Dayoung; Park, Sungnam*, “Real-Time Probing of Hydrogen-Bond Exchange Dynamics in Aqueous NaPF6 Solutions by Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 13604-13613.
심상희

Sang-Hee Shim

Bioimaging Lab

  • sangheeshim@korea.ac.kr
  • Office:Asan Science Bldg. RM 219, +82-3290-3129
  • Office2 : R&D Center, RM 210B
  • Lab:R&D Center, RM 206
  • Physical, Biological, Analytical
Education
  • 2008: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, (Advisor: Martin T. Zanni)
  • 2002: Seoul National University, M.S., Chemistry, (Advisor: Doo Soo Chung)
  • 1999: Seoul National University, B.S., Chemistry
Careers
  • 2016.3 - Present: Assistant professor at Korea University
  • 2014.1 - 2016.2: Assistant professor at UNIST
  • 2008.9 - 2013.12: Mary Fieser Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University (Advisor: Xiaowei Zhuang)
Research Areas
  1. Cellular and molecular biophysics
  2. Single-molecule spectroscopy
  3. Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy
  4. Vibrational spectroscopy and microscopy (Raman and IR)
Representative Publications
  1. Chung JJ; Shim SH, Everley RA, Gygi SP, Zhuang X and Clapham D, “Structurally distinct Ca2+ signaling domains of sperm flagella orchestrate tyrosine phosphorylation and motility”, Cell, 157: 808-822 (2014).
  2. Shim SH; Xia C; Zhong G; Babcock H; Vaughan J; Huang B; Wang X; Xu C; Bi GQ and Zhuang X, “Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of organelles in live cells with photoswitchable membrane probes”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109: 13978-83 (2012).
  3. Jones SA; Shim SH; He J and Zhuang X,“Fast, three-dimensional super-resolution imaging of live cells”, Nature Methods, 8: 499-505 (2011).
  4. Shim SH; Gupta R; Ling YL; Strasfeld DB; Raleigh DP and Zanni MT, “2D IR spectroscopy defines the pathway of amyloid formation with residue specific resolution”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106: 6614?6619 (2009).
우한영

Han Young Woo

Organic Optoelectronic Materials Laboratory LINK

  • hywoo@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 306, +82-2-3290-3125
  • Lab 1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 242, +82-2-3290-****
  • Lab 2 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 245A, +82-2-3290-****
  • Organic, Polymer, Nano & materials
Education
  • 1990 – 1994 : Sogang University, B. S., Chemistry
  • 1994 – 1996 : Sogang University, M. S., Physical Chemistry
  • 1996 – 1999 : KAIST, Ph. D., Polymer Chemistry
Careers
  • 2015. 9 - present : Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea University
  • 2015.3 - 2015.8 : Professor, Dept. of Nanofusion Engieering, Pusan National University
  • 2014.1 - 2015.1 : Visiting Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 2010.4 - 2015.3 : Associate Professor, Dept. of Nanofusion Engineering, Pusan National University
  • 2006.3 – 2010.3 : Assistant Professor, Department of Nanomaterials Engineering, Pusan National University
  • 2003.8 – 2006.2 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 1999.8 – 2003. 8 : Principal Researcher, R&D Center for Chemical Technology, Hyosung Corp.
Research Areas
  1. Synthesis of conjugated polymers for organic electronics and bio-related applications
  2. Water-soluble conjugated molecules (or polymers) and applications in electronic devices, biosensors and biological imaging, etc.
  3. Opto-electronic polymers for OPVCs, OLEDs, OETs, polymer-based fluorescence sensors, etc.
  4. Synthesis of functional conjugated molecules, photophysics and device technology
  5. Self-assembled materials, supramolecular structures and nano-materials
Representative Publications
  1. M. A. Uddin, T. H. Lee, S. Xu, S. Y. Park, T. Kim, S. Song, T. L. Nguyen, S.-J. Ko, S. Hwang, J. Y. Kim*, H. Y. Woo*, “Interplay of Intramolecular Noncovalent Coulomb Interactions for Semi-Crystalline Photovoltaic Polymers”, Chem. Mater. 2015, ASAP.
  2. J. K. Gallaher, S. K. K. Prasad, M. A. Uddin, T. Kim, J. Y. Kim, H. Y. Woo*, J. M. Hodgkiss*, “Spectroscopically tracking charge separation in polymer:fullerene blends with a three phase morphology”, Energy Environ. Sci. 2015, 8, 2713-2724.
  3. H. Kang, M. A. Uddin, C. Lee, K.-H. Kim, T. L. Nguyen, W. Lee, Y. Li, C. Wang, H. Y. Woo*, B. J. Kim*, “Determining the Role of Polymer Molecular Weight for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells: Its Effect on Polymer Aggregation and Phase Separation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2359-2365.
  4. J.-E. Jeong, B. Kim, S. Woo, S. Hwang, G. C. Bazan*, H. Y. Woo*, “Principal Factors that Determine the Extension of Detection Range in Molecular Beacon Aptamer/ Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Bioassays”, Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 1887-1894.
  5. T. L. Nguyen, H. Choi, S.-J. Ko, M. A. Uddin, B. Walker, S. Yum, J.-E. Jeong, M. H. Yun, T. J. Shin, S. Hwang, J. Y. Kim,* and H. Y. Woo*, “Semi-Crystalline Photovoltaic Polymers with Efficiency Exceeding 9% in a ~300 nm Thick Conventional Single-Cell Device”, Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7(9), 3040 – 3051.
이광렬

Kwangyeol Lee

Nano Chemistry Laboratory LINK

  • kylee1@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 304, +82-2-3290-3139
  • Lab 1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 327, +82-2-3290-3539
  • Lab 2 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 249, +82-2-3290-3609
  • Inorganic, Biological, Catalysis, Nano & materials. Energy, Environmental
Education
  • 1992.8 - 1997.10 : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Ph, D., Inorganic Chemistry Research Advisor: Prof. John R. Shapley
  • 1988.3 - 1992.2 : Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), BS
Careers
  • 2011.9 - present : Professor at Korea University
  • 2006.9 - 2011.8 : Associate Professor at Korea University
  • 2003.9 - 2006.8 : Assistant Professor at Korea University
  • 1998.1 - 2003.8 : Postdoctoral Research Associate at KAIST; 5-year Military Service
Research Areas
  1. Nanoparticle Synthesis
  2. Energy-related Application (Fuel cell, Battery, Capacitor, etc)
  3. Nanotheranosis
  4. Bio-imaging
Representative Publications
  1. Oh, A.; Baik, H.; Choi, D. S.; Cheon, J. Y.; Kim, B.; Kim, H.; Kwon, S.; Jung, Y.; Joo, S. H.; Lee, K. “Skeletal platinum-based octahedral nanoframe with Cartesian coordinates via geometrically precise nanoscale phase segregation in a Pt@Ni core-shell nanocrystal”, ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 2856-2867.
  2. Lim, E.–K.; Kim, T.; Paik, S.; Haam, S.; Huh, Y.-M.; Lee, K. “Nanomaterials for Theranostics: Recent Advances and Future Challenges”, Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 327-394.
  3. Yoon, D.; Park, S.; Park, J.; Kim, J.; Baik, H.; Yang, H.; Lee, K. “One pot synthesis of hollow Cu-doped Ru octahedral nanocage via in situ generated metastable Cu nanoparticle template”, Nanoscale 2014, 6, 12397-12402.
  4. Yoon, J.; Baik, H.; Lee, S.; Kwon, S. J.; Lee, K. “One-pot synthesis of ultralong coaxial Au@Pt nanocables with numerous highly catalytically active perpendicular twinning boundaries and Au@Pt core-shell bead structures”, Nanoscale 2014, 6, 6434-6439.
  5. Phan, V. N.; Lim, E.-K.; Kim, T.; Kim, M.; Choi, Y.; Kim, B.; Lee, M.; Oh, A.; Jin, J.; Chae, Y.; Baik, H.; Suh, J.-S.; Haam, S.; Huh, Y.-M.; Lee, K. “Highly Crystalline Manganese-Doped Iron Oxide Nanocontainer with Predesigned Void Volume and Shape for Theranostic Application”, Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 3202-3208.
  6. Yoon, J.; Khi, N. T.; Kim, H.; Baik, H.; Back, S.; Lee, S.; Lee, S.-W.; Kwon, S. J.; Lee, K. “High yield synthesis of catalytically active five-fold twinned Pt nanorods from a surfactant-ligated precursor”, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 573-575.
이상원

Sang Won Lee

Laboratory of Gaseous Ion Chemistry LINK

  • sw_lee@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 317, +82-2-3290-3137
  • Lab 1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 224, +82-2-3290-3603
  • Lab 2 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 225, +82-2-3290-3611
  • Physical, Biological, Analytical
Education
  • 1990.2 B.S., Korea University/Department of Chemistry
  • 1992.2 M.S., Korea University/Department of Chemistry Research Advisor: Professor Young-Sang Choi
  • 1999.12 Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Research Advisor: Professor Jesse L. Beauchamp
Careers
  • 2000 – 2002 : Post Doctoral Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Department of Energy, USA Research Advisor: Dr. Richard D. Smith
  • 2002 – 2006 : Assistant Professor, Korea University
  • 2006 – 2011 : Associate Professor, Korea University
  • 2011 – present : Professor, Korea University/Department of Chemistry
  • 2007 – 2009 : Korea University, Chair of Chemistry Department
  • 2008 – 2009 : The Korean Chemical Society, Director of General Affairs
  • 2009 – 2010 : Visiting Scholar, PNNL
  • 2010 - 2012 : Korea University, Associate Dean of College of Science
Research Areas

Research interests have focused on development and application of new instrumentation and methods of mass spectrometry and separation to solve important problems in chemistry and biology in general, which includes followings.

  • Development of High-Performance Mass Spectrometry and High-Resolution Separation Techniques for Proteomics Researches.
  • Development of Advanced Data Analysis Methods for MS based Proteomics
  • Discovery and Validation of Diseases Biomarkers by using MS Based Proteomic Approach
  • Development of Proteome Enrichment Techniques by Nano-Structures
  • Development and Application of Proteogenomic Technologies to Uncover Disease Molecular Signatures
Representative Publications
  1. “Compact variant-rich customized sequence database and a fast and sensitive database search for efficient proteogenomic analyses” Park, H.; Bae, J.; Kim, H.; Kim, S.; Kim, H.; Mun, D.-G.; Joh, Y.; Lee, W.; Chae, S.; Lee, S.; Kim, H. K.; Hwang, D.; Lee, S.-W.; Paek, E. Proteomics, 2014, 14, 2742-2749.
  2. A protein profile of visceral adipose tissues linked to early pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus” Kim, S.-J.; Chae, S.; Kim, H.; Mun, D.-G.; Back, S.; Choi, H. Y.; Park, K. S.; Hwang, D.; Choi, S. H.; Lee, S.-W. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 2014, 13, 811-822.
  3. “A fully automated dual-online multifunctional ultrahigh pressure liquid chromatography system for high-throughput proteomics analysis” Lee, H.; Lee, J.-H.; Kim, H.; Kim, S.-J.; Bae, J.; Kim, H. K.; Lee, S-W. J. Chromatogr. A 2014, 1329, 83-89.
  4. “PTRF/Cavin-1 is essential for multidrug resistance in cancer cells” Yi, J.-S.; Mun, D.-G.; Lee, H.; Park, J.-S.; Lee, J.-W.; Lee, J.-S.; Kim, S.-J.; Cho, B. R.; Lee, S.-W.; Ko, Y.-G. J. Proteome Res., 2013, 12(2), 605-614.
  5. "A fully automated multi-functional ultrahigh pressure liquid chromatography system for advanced proteome analyses " Lee, J. H.; Hyung, S.-W.; Mun, D.-G.; Jung, H.-J.; Kim, H.; Lee, H.; Kim, S.-J.; Park, K. S.; Moore, R. J.; Smith, R. D.; Lee, S.-W. J. Proteome Res. 2012, 11, 4373-4381.
  6. "A Serum Protein Profile Predicative of the Resistance to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Advanced Breast Cancers" Hyung, S.-W.; Lee, M. Y.; Yu, J.-H.; Shin, B.; Jung, H.-J.; Park, J.-M.; Han, W.; Zhang, H.; Aebersold, R.; Hwang, D.; Lee, S.-W.; Yu, M.-H.; Noh, D.-Y. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 2011 10:M111.011023.
이석중

Suk Joong Lee

Nano Materials Laboratory LINK

  • slee1@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 315, +82-2-3290-3145
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 340, +82-2-3290-3608
  • Nano & materials, Polymer, Energy, Inorganic
Education
  • 2003 Ph.D., Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1997 M.S., Inorganic Chemistry. Yonsei University,
  • 1994 B.S., Chemistry, Yonsei University
Careers
  • 2009.3 – Present : Associate Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Korea University
  • 2008.2 – 2009.2 : Res. Asst. Professor, Northwestern University
  • 2006.2 – 2008.1 : Research Associate, Northwestern University
  • 2003.7 – 2006.1 : Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University (with Prof. Joseph T. Hupp and SonBinh T. Nguyen )
Research Areas

Functional nano hybrid materials for catalysis, sensing, switch and solar cell. Transistors, organic semiconductors and 3rd generation OLED dopants

Representative Publications
  1. H.-C. Kim, Y. S. Lee, S. Huh, S. J. Lee, and Y. Kim. "CO2 selective 1D double chain dipyridyl-porphyrin based porous coordination polymers", Dalton Trans, 2014, 43, 5680-5686. Selected as 'Inside Cover Article'.
  2. K. Y. Lee, Y. S. Lee, S. Kim, H. M. Ha, S.-E. Bae, S. Huh, H. G. Jang, and S. J. Lee, "Morphological Diversity of Mn(III) Metalloporphyrin-based Nano- and Microsize CPAs Assembled via Kinetic and Thermodynamic Controls and Their Application in Heterogeneous Catalysis", CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 9360-9363. Selected as Hot Paper.
  3. S. Choi, S. H. Chae, J. Shin, Y. Kim, S.-J. Kim, D. H. Choi, and S. J. Lee, "Dramatic Enhancement of Carrier Mobility via Effective Secondary Structural Arrangement Resulted from the Substituents on Porphyrin Transistor" Chem. Comm. 2013, 49, 3994-3997.
  4. M. H. Hoang, Y. Kim, M. Kim, K. H. Kim,T. W. Lee, D. N. Nguyen, S.-J. Kim, K. Lee, and S. J. Lee, “Unusually High-Performing Organic Field-Effect transistors Based on p-Extended Semiconducting Porphyrins", Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 5363-5367.
  5. D. H. Lee, S. Kim, M. Y. Hyun, J.-Y. Hong, S. Huh, C. Kim, and S. J. Lee, “Controlled Growth of Narrowly Dispersed Nanosize Hexagonal MOF Rods with Mn(III)-Porphyrin and In(NO3)3 and Their Application in Oxidation”, Chem. Comm. 2012, 48, 5512-5514.
윤효재

Hyo Jae Yoon

Organic Molecular Materials Laboratory LINK

  • hyoon@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 307, +82-2-3290-3149
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 545, +82-2-3290-3542
  • Organic, Inorganic, Polymer, Nano & materials
Education
  • 1999.3 – 2005.2 : Sogang University, B. S., Chemistry
  • 2006.9 – 2010.8 : Northwestern University, Ph. D., Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Chad A. Mirkin)
Careers
  • 2014.3 – Present : Assistant Professor at Korea University
  • 2010.10 – 2014.2 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University (Research Advisor: Professor George M. Whitesides)
  • 2000.1 – 2002.7 : Mandatory Military Service
Research Areas

Functional molecular materials for applications in catalysis, electronics, and sensing

Representative Publications
  1. Yoon, Hyo Jae; ; Liao, Kung-Ching; Lockett, Matthew R.; Kwok, Sen Wai; Baghbanzadeh, Mostafa; Whitesides, George M. Rectification in Tunneling Junctions: 2,2'-Bipyridyl-terminated n-Alkanethiolates. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 17155.
  2. Barber, Jabulani R.; Yoon, Hyo Jae; Bowers, Carleen M.; Thuo, Martin M.; Breiten, Benjamin; Gooding, Diana M.; Whitesides, George M. Influence of Environment on the Measurement of Rates of Charge Transport across AgTS/SAM//Ga2O3/EGaIn Junctions. Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26, 3938.
  3. Yoon, Hyo Jae; Bowers, Carleen M.; Baghbanzadeh, Mostafa.; Whitesides, George M. The Rate of Charge Tunneling Is Insensitive to Polar Terminal Groups in SAMs in AgTSS(CH2)nM(CH2)mT//Ga2O3/EGaIn Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 16.
정광섭

Kwang Seob Jeong

Nanospectroelectrochemistry Lab LINK

  • kwangsjeong@korea.ac.kr
  • Office: Asan Science Bldg. RM 318. +82-2-3290-3127
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 325
  • Physical, Analytical, Nano & materials, Energy
Education
  • 2013.7 : The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry (Research Advisor: Prof. John Asbury)
  • 2007.2 : Korea University, B.S., Chemistry
Careers
  • 2015.9 - Present : Assistant Professor at Korea University
  • 2013.8 - 2015.7 Post-Doctoral Scholar, The University of Chicago (Research Advisor: Prof. Philippe Guyot-Sionnest)
Research Areas
  1. Infrared semiconducting nanomaterials and opto-electronic applications
  2. Synthesis of novel low-dimensional semiconducting nanomaterials
Representative Publications
  1. Air-Stable n-Doped Colloidal HgS Quantum Dots Jeong, K.S.; Deng, Z.; Keuleyan, S.; Liu, H.; Guyot-Sionnest, P. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 1139.
  2. Colloidal Quantum Dots Intraband Photodetectors Deng, Z.; Jeong, K.S.; Guyot-Sionnest, P. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 11707.
  3. Enhanced mobility-lifetime products in PbS colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics Jeong, K.S.; Tang, J.; Liu. H.; Kim, J.; Schaefer, A.W.; Kemp, K.; Levina, L.; Wang, X. Hoogland, S.; Debnath, R.; Brzozowski, L.; Sargent, E.H.; Asbury, J.B. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 89.
  4. Collodial-quantum-dot photovoltaics using atomic-ligand passivation Tang,J.; Kemp,K.W.; Hoogland, S.; Jeong, K.S.; Liu, H.; Levina, L.; Furukawa, M.; Wang, X.; Debnath, R.; Cha, D.; Chou, K.W.; Fischer, A.; Amassian, A.; Asbury, J. B.; Sargent, E. H. Nature Mater. 2011, 10, 765.
  5. Tuning the dielectric properties of organic semiconductors via salt doping Liu, X.?;Jeong, K.S.?;Williams, B.P.; Vakhshouri, K.; Guo, C.; Han, K.; Gomez, E.D.; Wang, Q.; Asbury, J.B. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 15866.
  6. Vibrational spectroscopy of electronic processes in emerging photovoltaic materials Jeong, K.S.; Pensack, R.D.; Asbury, J.B. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 1538.
정낙철

Nakcheol Jung

Organic & Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory LINK

  • njeong@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 310, +82-2-3290-3136
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 341, +82-2-3290-3551
  • Organic, Inorganic, Catalysis
Education
  • 1976.2 B.S. Dept. of Chemistry, Seoul National University
  • 1978.2 M.S. Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University (Prof. K Kim)
  • 1987.5 Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Princeton University (Prof. M. F. Semmelhack)
Careers
  • 1978 – 1982 : Instructor in Chemistry, Korea Air Force Academy
  • 1987 – 1988 : Post-doc Fellow, Harvard University (Prof. E.J. Corey)
  • 1988 – 1989 : Research Associates. The Univ. of Michigan (Prof. P. Knochel)
  • 1989 – 1991 : Senior Research Scientist, Korea research Institute of Chemical Technology
  • 1992 – 1997 : Head of Organic Division, Hanhyo Institutes of Technology
  • 1998 – 2000 : Associate Professor of Chemistry, Korea University
  • 2001- present : Professor of Chemistry, Korea University
  • 2001.3 -2003.2 : Chairman of Chemistry Department
Research Areas

Synthetic Methodology; Crystal Engineering; Heterogeneous Catalysts based on MOF; Natural Product Synthesis

Representative Publications
  1. Jeong, K. S.; Lee, B.; Kim, J.; Jeong, N. “Guest Dependent Self-Assembly of (R,R)-2,3-Diphenylsuccinic Acids: Formation of a Cyclotetrameric Chiral Square.” CrystEngComm. 2009, 11, 549 – 552.
  2. Kim, D. E.; Kwak, J. S.; Kim, I. S.; Jeong, N. “Kinetic Resolutions by Enantioselective Pauson-Khand Type Reaction.” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 97-102.
  3. Kim, D. E.; Lee, B. H.; Rajagopalasarma, M.; Genêt, J.-P.; Ratovelomanana-Vidal, V.; Jeong, N. “Asymmetric Desymmetrization of the Diallyl Acetals of Alkynals by the Enantioselective Pauson–Khand-type Reaction Catalysts” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 2695-2700.
  4. Kim, D. E.; Kim, I. S.; Ratovelomanana-Vidal, V.; Genêt, J.-P.; Jeong, N. “Asymmetric Pauson-Khand type Reaction Mediated by Rh(I) Catalyst at Ambient Temperature.” J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 7985-7989.
  5. Kim, D. E.; Choi, C.; Kim, I. S.; Jeulin, S.; Ratovelomanana-Vidal, V.; Genêt, J. P.; Jeong, N. “Electronic and Steric Effects of Atropisomeric Ligands SYNPHOS®, and DIFLUORPHOS® vs BINAPs in Rh(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Pauson-Khand Reaction” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007, 349, 1999-2006.
  6. Jeong, K. S.; Kim, S. Y.; Oh, Y.; Min, D. W.; Kim, J.; Jeong, N. “A Chiral Trianglular Coordination Complex Derived from (S,S)-1,2-Dimethoxy-di-4-(2′-carboxyl-5′-pyridyl)phenyl ethane and Cu(II) by Self-assembly.” CrystEngComm. 2007, 203-207.
  7. Jeong, K. S.; Kim, Y. S.; Kim, Y. J.; Lee, E.; Yoon, J. H.; Park, W. H.; Park, Y. W.; Jeon, S. –J.; Kim, Z. H.; Kim, J.; Jeong, N. “Lanthanitin; A Chiral Nanoball Encapsulating 18 Lanthanum Ions through Ferritin-like Assembly” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 8134-8138.
조민행

Minhaeng Cho

Center for Multidimensional Spectroscopy LINK

  • mcho@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 320, +82-2-3290-3133
  • Lab 1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 248, +82-2-3290-3886
  • Lab 2 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 548, +82-2-3290-3615
  • Physical, Biological, Theoretical
Education
  • 1983.3 – 1987.2 : Seoul National University, B. S., Chemistry
  • 1987.3 – 1989.2 : Seoul National University, M. S., Organic Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Junghun Suh)
  • 1989.9 – 1993.12 : University of Chicago, Ph. D., Physical Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Graham R. Fleming)
Careers
  • 1996.3 – Present : Professor at Korea University
  • 1994.1 – 1996.2 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, MIT, USA (Research Advisor: Professor Robert J. Silbey)
  • 1997.6 – 1997.8 : Visiting Professor, IMS, Japan
  • 1999.12 – 2000.2 : Visiting Professor, University of Oxford, UK
  • 2004.2 – 2004.6 : Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Research Areas
  1. Physical Chemistry
  2. Theoretical Chemistry and Computation
  3. Spectroscopy
  4. Biophysics
  5. Chemical Physics
Representative Publications
  1. Cho, Minhaeng. Two-Dimensional Optical Spectroscopy, CRC Press, USA, 2009.
  2. Rhee, H.; June, Y.-G.; Lee, J.-S.; Lee, K.-K.; Ha, J.-H.; Kim, Z.-H.; Jeon, S.-J.; Cho, Minhaeng. Femtosecond characterization of vibrational optical activity of chiral molecules. Nature, 2009, 458, 310.
  3. Cho, Minhaeng. Coherent two-dimensional optical spectroscopy. Chem. Rev., 2008, 108, 1331.
  4. Eom, I.; Ahn, S.; Rhee, H.; Cho, Minhaeng. Single-shot electronic optical activity interferometry: Power and phase fluctuation-free measurement. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2012, 108, 103901.
  5. Kim, H.; Cho, Minhaeng. IR probes for studying structure and dynamics of biomolecules. Chem. Rev., 2013, 113, 5817.
천철홍

Cheol-Hong Cheon

Organic Synthesis Laboratory LINK

  • cheon@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 319, +82-2-3290-3147
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 326, +82-2-3290-3840
  • Organic, Catalysis, Nano & materials
Education
  • 1994.3 – 2001.2 : Korea University, B. S., Chemistry
  • 2001.3 – 2002.2 : Korea University, M. S., Organic Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Jung-Il Jin)
  • 2005.9 – 2010.6 : The University of Chicago, Ph. D., Chemistry (Research Advisor: Professor Hisashi Yamamoto)
Careers
  • 2011.9 – Present : Assistant Professor at Korea University
  • 2010.8 – 2011.8 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (Research Advisor: Professor F. Dean Toste)
  • 2010.6 – 2010.7 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Chicago (Research Advisor: Professor Hisashi Yamamoto)
  • 1995.3 – 1997.5 : Mandatory Military Service
Research Areas
  1. Green Chemistry
  2. Oxidation Chemistry
  3. Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Natural and Unnatural Products
  4. Asymmetric Catalysis
  5. Total Synthesis
Representative Publications
  1. Kim, Yoo-Jin; Kim, Na Yeun; Cheon, Cheol-Hong. Beyond Benzoin Condensation: Trimerization of Aldehydes via Metal-Free Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Benzoin Products in the Presence of Cyanide. Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 2514.
  2. Ahn, Su-Jin; Lee, Chun-Young; Cheon, Cheol-Hong. Genenal Methods for Synthesis of N-Methylimidodiacetate Boronates from Unstable ortho-Phenolboronic acid. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2014, 356, 1767.
  3. Lee, Chun-Young; Ahn, Su-Jin; Cheon, Cheol-Hong. Protodeboronation of ortho- and para-Phenol Boronic Acids and Application to ortho and meta Functionalization of Phenols Using Boronic Acids as Blocking and Directing Groups. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 78, 12154.
  4. Lee, Chun-Young; Cheon, Cheol-Hong. A Practical Method for Synthesis of Both (R)- and (S)-3,3′-Diaryl BINOL Derivatives via Diastereomeric Resolution of rac-BINOL Boronic Acid with a Chiral Ligand. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 78, 7086.
  5. Cho, Yeon-Ho; Lee, Chun-Young; Ha, Deok-Chan; Cheon, Cheol-Hong. Cyanide as a Powerful Catalyst for Facile Preparation of 2-Substituted Benzoxazoles via Aerobic Oxidation. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2012, 354, 2992.
최기항

KiHang Choi

Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory LINK

  • kchoi@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 302, +82-2-3290-3141
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 551, +82-2-3290-3610
  • Organic, Biological
Education
  • 1987 – 1991 : KAIST, B. S., Chemistry
  • 1991 – 1993 : KAIST, M. S., Biophysical Chemistry
  • 1998 – 2003 : Yale University, Ph. D., Organic Chemistry
Careers
  • 1993 – 1998 : Research Scientist, Hanhyo Institute of Technology
  • 2003 – 2005 : Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
  • 2005 – 2013 : Assistant/Associate Professor, Korea University
  • 2013 – present : Professor, Korea University
  • 2012 : Director for Public Relations, Korean Chemical Society
  • 2013 – 2015 : Associate Vice President, Office of Planning & Budget, Korea University
Research Areas
  1. Development of organic compounds for the molecular-level study of biological phenomena (real-time monitoring of biomolecular processes; enzyme activity control)
  2. Development of spectroscopic methods for the determination of molecular structures
Representative Publications
  1. Park, M.; Kim, S.-M.; Choi, K. Aminoindanol-based chiral derivatizing agents for the determination of the absolute configuration of carboxylic acids. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 8051-8054.
  2. Kim, S.-M.; Choi, K. A practical solvating agent for the chiral NMR discrimination of carboxylic acids. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 4747-4750.
  3. Han, S.-Y.; Choi, K. N-Arylcarbonylpseudoprolines as tunable chiral derivatizing agents for the determination of the absolute configuration of secondary alcohols. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 2920-2923.
  4. Shim, Y.-J.; Choi, K. Cyclic ketals of tartaric acid: Simple and tunable reagents for the determination of the absolute configuration of primary amines. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 880-882.
  5. Khosla, C.; Watts, R. E.; Siegel, M. J.; Choi, K. Transglutaminase inhibitors and methods of use thereof. U. S. Patent 8,871,718, 2014.
최동훈

Dong Hoon Choi

Functional Polymer Laboratory LINK

  • dhchoi8803@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 303, +82-2-3290-3140
  • Lab 1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 338, +82-2-3290-3540
  • Lab 2 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 248, +82-2-3290-3593
  • Organic, Polymer, Nano & materials
Education
  • 1984.2 Seoul National University, B. S., Textile engineering
  • 1986.2 Seoul National University, M. S., Polymer Physics
  • 1991.5 The University of Michigan, Ph. D., Polymer Chemistry
Careers
  • 2005.3 – Present : Associate Professor and Professor at Korea University
  • 1995.3 – 2005.2 : Assistant/Associate/Full Professor at Kyoung Hee University
  • 1992.6 – 1995.2 : Senior Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
  • 1991.1 – 1992.5 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Photonics Research Laboratory, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.
Research Areas
  1. Organic Semiconducting Materials : Printed active display (PAD)
    • Organic Light Emitting Materials : OLED, PLED, DLED
    • Organic Field Effect Transistor, Organic Phototransistor, Organic Photovoltaic Cell
  2. Photonic Organic Materials
    • Linear and Nonlinear Optical Materials
    • Photorefractive Organic Materials
    • NIR sensitive Holographic Materials
  3. DNA electronics, Photonics, Magnetism etc.
    • BioLED, BioFET, Biospintronics, BIOTRONICS
  4. Biophotonics, Theranostics
    • Photodynamic therapy, NIR-imaging, Biocompatible Fluorescence Nanoparticles
Representative Publications
  1. Kaur, Matinder; Choi, Dong Hoon. Diketopyrrolopyrrole: brilliant red pigment dye-​based fluorescent probes and their applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 2015, 44, 58.
  2. Shin, Jicheol; Hong, Tae Ryang; Lee, Tae Wan; Kim, Aryeon; Kim, Yun Ho; Cho, Min Ju; Choi, Dong Hoon. Template-Guided Solution-Shearing Method for Enhanced Charge Carrier Mobility in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymer Field-Effect Transistors. Advance Materials, 2014, 26, 6031.
  3. Park, Gi Eun; Shin, Jicheol; Lee, Dae Hee; Lee, Tae Wan; Shim, Hyunseok; Cho, Min Ju; Pyo, Seungmoon; Choi, Dong Hoon. Acene-Containing Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers: Correlation between the Structure of Donor Moiety, Charge Carrier Mobility, and Charge Transport Dynamics in Electronic Devices, Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 3747.
  4. Kim, Ji Ho; Lee, Dae Hee; Yang, Da Seul; Heo, Dong Uk; Kim, Kyung Hwan; Shin, Jicheol; Kim, Hyun-Ji; Baek, Kyung-Youl; Lee, Kwangyeol; Baik, Hionsuck; Cho, Min Ju; Choi, Dong Hoon. Novel Polymer Nanowire Crystals of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Copolymer with Excellent Charge Transport Properties, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25, 4102.
  5. Kim, Kyung Hwan; Bae, Suk Young; Kim, Youn Sun; Hur, Jung A; Hoang, Mai Ha; Lee, Tae Wan; Cho, Min Ju; Kim, Youngmee; Kim, Minsik; Jin, Jung-Il; Kim, Sung-Jin; Lee, Kwangyeol; Lee, Suk Joong; Choi, Dong Hoon. Highly Photosensitive J-aggregated Single-Crystalline Organic Transistors Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 3095
  6. Ha, Jae Seung; Kim, Kyung Hwan; Choi, Dong Hoon. 2,5-Bis(2-octyldodecyl)pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H,5H)-dione-based Donor-Acceptor Alternating Copolymer Bearing 5,5'-Di(thiophen-2-yl)-2,2'-biselenophene Exhibiting 1.5 cm2 V-1 s-1 Hole Mobility in Thin-Film Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 10364.
최종호

Jong Ho Choi

Nano and Environmental Science Laboratory LINK

  • jhc@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 316, +82-2-3290-3135
  • Lab 1 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 324, +82-2-3290-3550
  • Lab 2 : Asan Science Bldg. RM 550, +82-2-3290-3617
  • Physical, Analytical, Nano & materials, Environmental
Education
  • 1989 - 1994 : California Institute of Technology, Ph. D., Physical Chemistry Research Advisor: Prof. M. Okumura
  • 1985 - 1987 : Korea Univeristy, M. S., Physical Chemistry
  • 1981 - 1985 : Korea Univeristy, B. S., Chemistry
Careers
  • 2012.12 - 2013.11 : Visiting Professor, University of Virginia
  • 2009.2 - 2013.2 : Chairman of BK21 Division of Chemistry
  • 2006.8 - 2008.7 : Vice dean, College of Science
  • 2005.4 - 2010.3 : Director of National Research Lab.
  • 2003.2 - 2005.1 : Chairman of BK21 Division of Chemistry
  • 1999.6 – 2000.2 : Japan IMS Visiting Professor
  • 1997.3 - present : Professor of Chemistry
  • 1995.3 - 1997.2 : Postdoctoral Research Associate at USC (with Prof. H. Reisler)
Research Areas

Reaction dynamics of transient species. Fabrication and characterization of high-performance organic-based electronic devices

Representative Recent Publications
  1. S.-C. Jang and J.-H. Choi*, "Probing the kinetic energy-release dynamics of H-atom products from the gas-phase reaction of O(3P) with vinyl radical C2H3", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 23679-23685.
  2. D.-K. Kim, J.-D. Oh, E.-S. Sin, H.-S. Seo, and J.-H. Choi*, "Study on copper phthalocyanine and perylene-based ambipolar organic light-emitting field-effect transistors produced using neutral beam deposition method", J. Appl. Phys. 2014, 115, 164503.
  3. J.-D. Oh, H.-S. Seo, E.-S. Sin, D.-K. Kim, Y.-G. Ha, and J.-H. Choi*, "ZrO2 dielectric-based low-voltage organic thin-film inverters", Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 103, 063304 .
  4. H.-S. Seo, J.-D. Oh, and J.-H. Choi*, “Organic Electronics: emerging concepts and technology. chapter 16. organic-based thin-film devices produced using the neutral cluster beam deposition method", Wiley VCH (Editor: Fabio Cicoira, Clara Santato, November 21, 2013).
  5. J.-H. Choi*, “Radical-radical reaction dynamics: a combined crossed-beam and theoretical study", Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. (Review, invited) 2006, 25, 613.
홍창섭

Chang Seop Hong

Inorganic Molecular Materials Laboratory LINK

  • cshong@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 322, +82-2-3290-3138
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 336, +82-2-3290-3616
  • Inorganic, Nano & materials, Environmental, Energy
Education
  • 1989 – 1993 : KAIST, B. S., Chemistry
  • 1993 – 1995 : KAIST, M. S., Inorganic Chemistry
  • 1995 – 1999 : KAIST, Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry
Careers
  • 2010.3-present : Professor at Korea University
  • 2009.7-2010.7 : Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  • 2006.3-2010.2 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea University
  • 2003.3 – 2006.2 : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea University
  • 2002.3 – 2003.2 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1999.3 – 2002.3 : Researcher, Korea Research Institute of Standards & Science
Research Areas
  1. Metal-organic frameworks for gas storage, sensing, and catalysis
  2. Molecule-based magnets with single and multi-functionality
Representative Publications
  1. Lee, W. R.; Jo, H; Yang, L.-M.; Lee, H.; Ryu, D. W.; Lim, K. S.; Song, J. H.; Min, D. Y.; Han, S. S.; Seo, J. G.; Park, Y. K.; Moon, D.; Hong C. S. “Exceptional CO2 working capacity in a heterodiamine-grafted metal-organic framework”, Chem. Sci. 2015, in press.
  2. Phang, W. J.; Jo, H.; Lee, W. R.; Song, J. H.; Yoo, K.; Kim, B.; Hong, C. S. “Superprotonic Conductivity of UiO-66 Doubly Ornamented with Sulfonic Acid via a Facile Post-Oxidation Method”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5142.
  3. Phang, W. J.; Lee, W. R.; Yoo, K.; Ryu, D. W.; Kim, B.; Hong, C. S. “pH-Dependent Proton-Conducting Behavior in a Metal-Organic Framework Material”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8383
  4. Lee, W. R.; Hwang, S. Y; Ryu, D. W.; Lim, K. S.; Han, S. S.; Moon, D.; Choi, J.; Hong, C. S.* “Diamine-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework: Exceptionally High CO2 Capacities from Ambient Air and Flue Gas, Ultrafast CO2 Uptake Rate, and Adsorption Mechanism”,Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7, 744
  5. Jeong, E.; Lee, W. R.; Ryu,D. W.; Kim,Y.; Phang,W. J.; Koh,E. K.; Hong, C. S.* “Reversible structural transformation and selective gas adsorption in a unique aqua-bridged Mn(II) metal-organic framework”, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 2329 - 2331.
  6. McDonald, T. M.; Lee, W. R.; Mason, J. A.; Weirs, B. M.; Hong, C. S.*; Long, J. R.* “Capture of Carbon Dioxide from Air and Flue Gas in the Alkylamine-Appended Metal-Organic Framework mmen-Mg2(dobpdc)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7056–7065.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

전승준

Seung Joon Jeon

Biomolecular Spectroscopy Laboratory LINK

  • sjjeon@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 314, +822-3290-3130
  • Physical, Biological, Theoretical
Education
  • 1978.2 Seoul National University, B. S., Chemistry
  • 1987.1 Cornell University, Ph. D., Chemistry
Careers
  • 1998 : Visiting Scientist, UC Berkeley
  • 1989 – present : Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Korea University
  • 1987 – 1988 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University
Research Areas

Theoretical Studies on chemical and physical changes in cell

Representative Publications
  1. A Strategy for Searching a Rare Event 2: Probability Distribution of Bindings” Seung-Joon Jeon, Bull Kor. Chem. Soc. 2014, 35, 701-702.
  2. “A Strategy for Searching a Rare Event: Interpretation by Bayes’ Theorem” Seung-Joon Jeon, Bull. Kor. Chem. Soc. 2012, 33, 31-32.
  3. "Femtosecond characterization of vibrational optical activity of chiral molecules" Hanju Rhee, Young-Gun June, Jang-Soo Lee, Kyung-Koo Lee, Jeong-Hyon Ha, Zee Hwan Kim, Seung-Joon Jeon, and Minhaeng Cho, Nature 2009, 458, 310-313
  4. "Femtosecond spectral interferometry of optical activity: Theory" Hanju Rhee, Jeong-Hyon Ha, Seung-Joon Jeon, and Minhaeng Cho, J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 129, 094507
  5. “A Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe for Lipid Raft Imaging: C-Laurdan” Hwan Myung Kim, Hyo-Jung Choo, Soon-Young Jung, Young-Gyu Ko, Won-Hwa Park, Seung-Joon Jeon, Chul Hoon Kim, Taiha Joo, and Bong Rae Cho, ChemBioChem 2007, 8, 553-559
  6. "First Hyperpolarizabilities of 1,3,5-Tricyanobenzene Derivatives. Origin of Larger for the Octupoles than Dipoles" Sang Hae Lee, Jo Ryoung Park, Mi-Yun Jeong, Hwan Myung Kim, Shaojun Li, Jongwon Song, Sihyun Ham, Seung-Joon Jeon, and Bong Rae Cho, ChemPhysChem 2006, 7, 206-212
하덕찬

Deok Chan Ha

Organic Synthesis Laboratory

  • dechha@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 308, +82-2-3290-3131
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 339, +82-2-3290-3546
  • Organic, Catalysis
Education
  • 1982 - 1986 : Ohio State University, Ph. D., Chemistry Research Advisor: Prof. David J. Hart
  • 1980 - 1982 : Korea University, M. S., Organic Chemistry
  • 1976 - 1980 : Korea University, B. S., Chemistry
Careers
  • 1999.3 - present : Professor at Korea University
  • 1994.3 - 1999.2 : Associate Professor at Korea University
  • 1992.3 - 1994.2 : Assistant Professor at Korea University
  • 1989.3 - 1992.2 : Senior Research Scientist, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
  • 1987.1-1989.2 : Postdoctoral Research Associate at Harvard University, Chemistry Department (with Prof. Elias J. Corey)
Research Areas

Designing organic molecules for organocatalysis for reactions like asymmetric aldol, nitroso-aldol, Michael addition, cycloaddition, anhydride desymmetrization to provide chiral molecules and the use of the products to the synthesis of biologically important small natural products.

Representative Publications
  1. Kim, K. H.; Jeong, C.-K.; Kim, D.-H.; Ha, D.-C. "Synthesis of homologated binaphthyl N,P-ligands for Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allyic alkylation" Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2006, 17, 1688-1692.
  2. [Kim, K. H.; Lee, S.; Lee, D.-W.; Ko, D.-H.; Ha, D.-C. "Organocatalysis Using Protonated 1,2-Diamino-1,2-diphenylethane for Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction" Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 5991-5994.
  3. Kim, K. H.; Lee, D.-W.;, Lee, Y.-S.; Ko, D.-H.; Ha, D.-C. "Enantioselective Oxidative Coupling of Methyl 3-Hydroxy-2-naphthoate Using Mono-N-alkylated Octahydrobinaphthyl-2,2-diamine Ligand" Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 9037-9042.
  4. Kang, S.-W.; Ko, D.-H.; Kim, K. H.; Ha, D.-C. "Highly Enantioselective Additions of Diethylzinc to Aldehydes using 2-Triflamidomethyl-2-hydroxy-1,1-binaphthyl" Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 4517-4519.
  5. Ko, D.-H.; Kim, K. H.; Ha, D.-C. "Enantioselective Additions of Diethylzinc and Diphenylzinc to Aldehydes using 2-Dialkylaminomethyl-2-hydroxy-1,1-binaphthyls" Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 3759-3762.
한호규

Hogyu Han

Bioorganic Laboratory LINK

  • hogyuhan@korea.ac.kr
  • Office : Asan Science Bldg. RM 311, +82-2-3290-3134
  • Lab : Asan Science Bldg. RM 345, +82-2-3290-3549
  • Organic, Biological
Education
  • 1987 - 1995 : California Institute of Technology, Ph. D., Chemistry Research Advisor: Prof. Peter B. Dervan
  • 1988 - 1992 : Seoul national university, B. S., Chemistry
Careers
  • 2005.9 - present : Professor at Korea University
  • 2000.3 - 2005.2 : Associate Professor at Korea University
  • 1997.3 - 2000.2 : Assistant Professor at Korea University
  • 1994.4 - 1997.2 : Postdoctoral Research Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Areas

Synthetic and biochemical study of protein foldly probes and triggers, and DNA nanostructure

Representative Publications
  1. K-K. Lee, E. Kim, C. Joo, J. Song, H. Han, M. Cho, “Site-selective Intramolecular Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions in Phosphorylated Serine and Threonine Dipeptides” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2008, 112, 16782-16787.
  2. K-I.Oh, J-H. Lee, C. Joo, H. Han, M. Cho, “β-Azidoalanine as an IR Probe: Application to Amyloid Aβ (16-22)” J. Phys. Chem. 2008, 112, 10352–10357.
  3. H. Rhee, J-S. Lee, J. Lee, C. Joo, H. Han, M. Cho, “Photolytic Control and Infrared Probing of Amide I Mode in the Dipeptide Backbone-Caged with the 4,5-Dimethoxy-2-nitrobenzyl Group” J. Phys. Chem. 2008, 112, 2128-2135.
  4. K-K. Lee, K-I. Oh, H. Lee, G. C. Joo, H. Han, M. Cho, "Dipeptide Structure Determination by Vibrational Circular Dichroism Combined with Quantum Chemistry Calculations" ChemPhysChem 2007, 8, 2218-2226.
  5. K-K. Lee, C. Joo, S. Yang, H. Han, M. Cho, “Phosphorylation effect on the GSSS peptide conformation in water: Infrared, vibrational circular dichroism, and circular dichroism experiments and comparisons with molecular dynamics simulations” J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 126, 235102.