Education & Experience

• Full-, Associate-, Assistant Professor, KAIST, Department of Chemistry (2009.03 - present)
• Associate Director, Group Leader, Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations (2014.06 - present)
• Principal Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in USA
• Postdoc, Harvard University (Prof. E. J. Corey)
• Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (Prof. Steven M. Weinreb)
• M.S., Seoul National University (Prof. Deukjoon Kim)
• B.S., Seoul National University

Research Interests

• Development of New Reactions, Synthesis & Catalysis
• Advanced Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Awards & Honors

• Fellow of KAST (The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 한림원 정회원) (2024 - )
• College of Natural Sciences Best Teaching Award, KAIST (2023)
• Academic Excellence Award, KAIST (2022)
• Asian Core Program (ACP) Award, Singapore & Taiwan (2018)
• Shim Sang Cheol Academic Award, Korean Chemical Society (2018)
• Asian Core Program (ACP) Award, Japan (2017)
• The 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis "Lifetime Achievement Award"
• Distinguished Lecturer Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST (2017)
• Distinguished Lecturer Award, Department of Chemistry, KAIST (2017)
• Asian Core Program (ACP) Award, China & Hong Kong (2016)
• Organic Chemistry Frontier, Emerging Investigator Award (2016)
• Distinguished Lecturer Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST (2014)
• Asian Core Program (ACP) Award, Taiwan & Malaysia (2013)
• 1st Young Organic Chemist Award, Korean Chemical Society (2012)
• Best Researcher Award, Department of Chemistry, KAIST (2012)
• Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, Thieme Publishers (2012)
• Asian Core Program (ACP) Award, Japan (2011)
• Distinguished Lecturer Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST (2011)
• Distinguished Lecturer Award, Department of Chemistry, KAIST (2010)

Editorial Board Chair

• Co-Chair for Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (2020 - present)

Editorial Advisory Board Member of Journals

• Chemistry – An Asian Journal (2022 - present)
• European Journal of Organic Chemistry (2020 - present)
• Associate Editor of Archives of Pharmacal Research (2015 - 2016)