Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon functionalizations

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  • Sungwoo Hong
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     Prof. Sungwoo Hong (홍승우 교수) 

 

   Contact Information

E-mail : hongorg@kaist.ac.kr
Tel : +82-42-350-2811
Office : Room 4103, Department of Chemistry (Bldg E6-4), KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu,

           Daejeon 305-701,Korea
Lab : Room 4118, (+82-42-350-2851, 5811)

   Education & Experience

Professor, KAIST, Department of Chemistry (2018~ )

Group Leader, Associate Director, Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations (2014.06~ )

Assistant-, Associate Professor, tenured, KAIST, Department of Chemistry (2009~2017)

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 (1992~1996)

 

   Research Interests

Development of New Reaction & Synthesis
Advanced Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Computer-aided Drug Design

   Awards & Honors

Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Award, Singapore & Taiwan (2018)

Shim Sang Cheol Academic Award, Korean Chemical Society (2018)

Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship 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) Lectureship 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) Lectureship Award, Taiwan & Malaysia (2013)
1st Young Organic Chemist Award, Korean Chemical Society - Organic Chemistry Division (2012)
Best Researcher Award, Department of Chemistry, KAIST (2012)
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, Thieme Publishers (2012)
Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Award, Japan (2011)
Distinguished Lecturer Award, College of Natural Science, KAIST (2011)
Distinguished Lecturer Award, Department of Chemistry, KAIST (2010)