Department of Energy Engineering Environmental and Climate Technology Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH) Naju 58330, South Korea

Email: [email protected] Tel: +82-61-320-9273 (Korea)

Education

Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea Thesis Title: Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclization of Alkynes (Advisor: Prof. Chulbom Lee)

September 2013 – February 2019

B.S., Summa cum laude, Department of Chemistry Education, Seoul National University, Korea

March 2010 – August 2013

Research Experience

Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH) Assistant Professor

• Transition metal catalysis for carbon valorization and degradation

Naju, South Korea August 2025 – present

Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) Senior Research Scientist, Therapeutics & Biotechnology Division

• Targeted protein degradation for pharmaceuticals and Synthesis of DNA-encoded library

Daejeon, South Korea March 2023 – August 2025

University of California, Berkeley Postdoctoral Fellow; Advisor: Prof. John F. Hartwig

• *Development of dialkylaryl phosphine ligands for cross-coupling reactions
• Palladium-catalyzed arylation of aryldifluoromethyl(trimethyl)silanes and parent nitrogen nucleophiles*

CA, United States January 2020 – January 2023

Seoul National University Postdoctoral Fellow; Advisor: Prof. Chulbom Lee

• *Nickel-catalyzed tandem addition–cyclization–rearrangement of alkynylhydrazones
• Ruthenium-catalyzed reconstitutive amide synthesis from terminal alkynes*

Seoul, South Korea March 2019 – December 2019

Graduate Research Assistant; Advisor: Prof. Chulbom Lee

• Rhodium-catalyzed tandem addition–cyclization of alkynes with C=N bonds

September 2013 – February 2019

Undergraduate Research Assistant; Advisor: Prof. Chulbom Lee

• Rhodium-catalyzed carbocyclization of alkynylenamines

June 2011 – August 2013

Teaching Experience

Korea Institute of Energy Technology Instructor, General Chemistry 1 Instructor, General Chemistry 2

Naju, South Korea 2025 - present 2025 - present

Seoul National University Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry Instructor, Organic Chemistry Lab Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Instructor, General Chemistry Lab

Seoul, South Korea 2017 – 2018 2014 – 2015 2015 2013 – 2014

Honors and Awards

Grand Prize Korea Institute of Human Resources Development in Science and Technology

2024

Best Presentation Award (1st Prize) California Research Alliance Center by BASF

2022

Outstanding Poster Prize Organic Chemistry Division of Korean Chemical Society

2019

SNU Fellowship for Fundamental Academic Fields Seoul National University

2017 – 2018

Outstanding Presentation Award Organic Chemistry Division of Korean Chemical Society