Careers

 

2017–present Editorial Advisory Board, Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS, USA)

 

2013–present  Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC, UK) 

 

2013–present Editorial Board Member, 2D Materials, Institute of Physics (IOP, UK)

 

2014–present  Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Lemonex, Inc.

 

2016–present  Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Seoul National University

 

2011–2016    Associate Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Seoul National University

 

2007–2011    Associate/Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemistry, KAIST

 

2005–2007    Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept of Electrical Engineering, MIT, Advisor: Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia

 

 

 

Awards & Academic Activities

 

2019  Order of Science and Technology Merit, Doyak Medal (Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea)

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2015  BRIC Top 5's Applied Research Accomplishment (BRIC, Korea)

 

2014  Korea L’Oreal UNESCO Fellowship Award for Women in Science (L’Oreal, UNESCO) 

 

2013  Distinguished Lectureship Award (Chemical Society of Japan, Japan)

 

2012  KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award (KCS-Wiley, Korea)

 

2011  Top 100 Excellent Research Accomplishment Award (National Science & Technology Commission, Korea) 

 

2010  Outstanding Teaching Award – Introduction to Chemical Biology (Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Korea)

 

2010  The Ewon Professorship (KAIST, Korea)

 

 

 

Education

 

2000–2005 Ph.D. Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Advisor: Prof. Milan Mrksich

 

1997–1999 M.S. Chemistry, Seoul National University

 

1993–1997 B.S. Chemistry, Seoul National University

 

 

 

Selected Publications

 

1. “Dual-wavelength irradiation and Dox delivery for cancer cell ablation with photocatalytic Pr doped TiO2@NGO hybrid nanocomposite” 

      Adv. Health. Mater. 2015, 4(12), 1833-1840.

2. “Spherically-Clustered Porous Au-Ag Alloy Nanoparticle Prepared by Partial Inhibition of Galvanic Replacement and Its Application for

      Efficient Multi-Modal Therapy.” ACS Nano, 2015, 9(3), 2696.

3. “Direct Cellular Delivery of Human Proteasomes to Delay Tau” Nat. Commun. 2014, 5(5), 5633. 

4. “Highly Biocompatible Carbon Nanodots for Simultaneous Bioimaging and Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in Vitro and in Vivo” 

      Adv. Funct. Mater. 2014, 24, 5781

5. “Facile synthesis and intraparticle self-oxidation of dextran-coated hollow au-ag nanoshell and its application for chemo-thermotherapy” 

      ACS Nano, 2014, 8(1), 467.

6. “Discovery of hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase inhibitors by a multiplexed, high-throughput helicase activity assay based on graphene

      oxide” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2340.

7. “Biomedical Applications of Graphene and Graphene Oxide” Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46(10), 2211.

8. “Quantitative and multiplexed microRNA sensing in living cells based on peptide nucleic acid and nano graphene oxide (PANGO)” 

      ACS Nano, 2013, 7(7), 5882.

9. “Discovery of hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase inhibitors by a multiplexed, high-throughput helicase activity assay based on graphene

      oxide” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2340.

10. "Efficient functional delivery of siRNA using mesoporous silica nanoparticles with ultra large pores" Small, 2012, 8(11), 1752.