Professor

Daewon Sohn, PhD

Education:       

Feb. 1984       B.S., Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Feb. 1986       M.S., Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea 

Dec. 1994       Ph.D., Chemistry, Louisiana State University, USA

                  (Advisor: Professor Paul S. Russo)

Professional Experience:

Jun. 1987 - Jul. 1989       Research Scientist, Cheil Synthetic, Inc. (Samsung), Korea

Dec. 1994 - Nov. 1996       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, USA

                    (Advisor: Prof. Hyuk Yu)

Dec. 1996 - Feb. 1997       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada

                    (Advisor: Prof. Eugenia Kumacheva)

Mar. 1997 - Feb. 2002       Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 2002 - Feb. 2007       Associate Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 2007 - present    Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Jun. 1997 - Aug. 1997       Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto, Canada

         (Host: Professor Eugenia Kumacheva)

Aug. 2001 - June. 2004       Director of Nanoenics, Inc.

Feb. 2004 - Feb. 2005       Guest Researcher, NIST-Gaithersburg, USA

          (Host: Dr. Michael Fasolka)

Jun. 2008 – Aug. 2008       JSPS Scholar, Kyushu University (Host: Prof. A. Takahara)

Mar. 2006 - Feb. 2008        Chair in the Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University 

Aug. 2011 - Dec. 2012        Chair of the Association of General Education in Korea

Sep. 2008 - Jul. 2012        Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, Hanyang University

Aug. 2012 - Jul. 2013        Dean of Academic Affairs, Hanyang University

Jan. 2014 - Mar. 2014       Visiting Professor, Kyushu Univ., Japan (Host: Prof. A. Takahara)

Aug. 2014 - Sep. 2014       Visiting Professor, Georgia Tech., USA (Host: Prof. P. S. Russo)

Sep. 2014 – Oct. 2014        Visiting Professor, RIKEN-Wako, Japan (Host: Dr. Mizuo Maeda)

Nov. 2014 – Dec. 2014       Visiting Professor, USTC-Hefei, China (Host: Prof. Chi Wu)

Jan. 2015 – Feb. 2015       Visiting Professor, CUHK-Hong Kong (Host: Prof. Chi Wu)

Jul. 2016 – Jun. 2020       Dean, College of Natural Science, Hanyang University

Professional Activities:

Jan. 2008 – present       Editor, Polymer Bulletin, Springer

Jun. 2022 – present    Director, Core-Facility Center for Polymers & Composite Materials

Mar. 2020 – present       Director, Research Institute for Convergence of Basic Science

Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2020       Chair, Polymer Chemistry Div. in the Korean Chemical Society

Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2019       Vice president, Polymer Society of Korea

Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2016       Secretary General, IUPAC-PSK40, the Polymer Society of Korea

Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2015       Conference Chair, KJF-ICOMEP 2015

Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2006       Director of General Affairs in the Korea Chemical Society

Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2003        Director in the Polymer Society of Korea

Jan. 2002 – Dec. 2002       Director of Academic Affair in the Korean Chemical Society

Jan. 2001 – Dec. 2002        Secretary of Polymer Div. in the Korean Chemical Society,

Members of Korean Chemical Soc. Polymer Soc. of Korea, ACS, and APS

Award

1. HYU Chemistry Proud Alumni Award, Nov. 17, 2023.

2. Fellow, Polymer Society of Korea, Oct.21, 2021.

3. LG Chem. Polymer Research Award, Polymer Society of Korea, Apr. 8, 2021. 

4. Scientific Best Publication Award, 18th KOFST, Korea, 2008