Leading Scientists
Chemistry
Kimoon Kim
Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry, POSTECH
Education
- Research Fellow: Chemistry, Northwestern University, USA
- PhD: Chemistry, Stanford University, USA
- MSc: Chemistry, KAIST, Republic of Korea
- BSc: Chemistry, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Professional Experience
- 2024-Present. Distinguished Professor, POSTECH, Republic of Korea
- 2012-2022. Director, Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Republic of Korea
- 2009-2022. Distinguished University Professor (POSTECH Fellow), POSTECH, Republic of Korea
- 2007-2009. Chong Yeol Hong Chair Professor, POSTECH, Republic of Korea
- 1997-2012. Director, Center for Smart Supramolecules, POSTECH, Republic of Korea
Honors and Awards
- 2026 Fred Basolo Medal, ACS
- 2025 National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea, Member elected
- 2023 Zen-Ichi Yoshida Lectureship Award, IOCF, Japan
- 2022 Mendel Lectureship, Czech Republic
- 2012 Honorary Professor, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- 2012 Izatt-Christensen Award, ISMSC
- 2011 E. Muetterties Memorial Lectureship Award, UC Berkeley
- 2009 POSTECH Fellow, Elected
- 2008 Best Scientist and Engineer Award
- 2006 Hoam prize, Hoam Foundation (Samsung)
- 2002 TWAS Award, Third World Academy of Sciences, UNESCO
- 2002 Korea Science Prize
- 2001 Doyak Medal, the Order of Science & Technology Merit
- 2000 Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Member elected
Research Interests
- self-assembly, molecular recognition, nanoporous materials, polymeric nanomaterials, biological applications
Publications (Max 5)
- J.-S. Seo, D. Whang, H. Lee, S. I. Jun, J. Oh, Y. J. Jeon, K. Kim, “A homochiral metal-organic porous material for enantioselective separation and catalysis”, Nature 2000, 404, 982–986.
- J. Kim, I.-S. Jung, S.-Y. Kim, E. Lee, J.-K. Kang, S. Sakamoto, K. Yamaguchi, K. Kim, “New Cucurbituril Homologues: Syntheses, Isolation, Characterization, and X-ray Crystal Structures of Cucurbit[n]uril (n = 5, 7, and 8)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 540–541.
- I. Hwang, R. D. Mukhopadhyay, P. Dhasaiyan, S. Choi, S. -Y. Kim, Y. H. Ko, K. Baek, K. Kim, “Audible sound-controlled spatiotemporal patterns in out-of-equilibrium systems”, Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 808–813.
- J. An, S. Kim, A. Shrinidhi, J. Kim, H. Banna, G. Sung, K. M. Park, K. Kim, “Purification of protein therapeutics via high-affinity supramolecular host-guest interactions”, Nat. Biomed. Eng. 2020, 4, 1044–1052.
- Y. Lee, M. Choi, I. Park, I.-C. Hwang, Sk. A. Rahaman, H. J. Shin, P. Giri, M.-H. Jo, K. Baek, I. Hwang, J. H. Shim, J. S. Kim, K. Kim, “Observation of ultrafast electrons in pendant-embedded conducting two-dimensional polymers”, Chem 2024, 10, 1160-1174.
