Education:

• Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (Prof. Robert H. Grubbs, Nobel Laureate in Chemisry, 2005), 2007

• B.S. & M.S. Seoul National University (Prof. Young Keun Chung), 1996 & 1999

Professional Experience:

• Full, Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2019-present

• Visiting Professor, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California (Prof. Surya Prakash), 2023-present

• Associate, Assistant Professor, Seoul National University, 2011-2019

• Nanyang Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, 2008–2011

• National Research Foundation Fellow, Singapore, 2008–2011

• Research Scientist, Materia, Inc., 2008

• Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, Prof. Sir. J. Fraser Stoddart, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry,  2016), 2007

• Principal & Teacher, Smyrna Korean School, Los Angeles, USA, 2005-2008

• Full-time Instructor & First Lieutenant, Department of Chemistry, Korea Air Force Academy, Military Service, 1999–2002

Honors and Awards:

• Impact Research Awards (for highly cited impactful papers), KAIST, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

• Excellent Research Award (2020), Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 2021

• Principal Investigator, Samsung Science & Technology Foundation, 2006–2021

• Student Invited Seminar, Postech, 2020

• Outstanding Teaching Award (2019), College of Natural Sciences, KAIST, 2020

• Sehi Jang Award, KCS Organic Chemistry Division, 2019

• Scientific Advisory Lectures, Catalysis Research Center, LG Chem, 2019

• Outstanding Teaching Award (2017), College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, 2018

• SUSTech Chemical Sciences Lectureship Award, 2017

• Asian Core Program/Advanced Research Network Lectureship Award (Japan), 2016

• Asian Core Program/Advanced Research Network Lectureship Award (China, Hong Kong), 2015

• Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2011

• Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Taiwan) 2010

• National Research Foundation Fellow, Singapore, 2008

• Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Fellow, 2004

• Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Fellow, 2003

• Rotary Foundation Ambassador Scholar, 2002

• Summa Cum Laude, Ranked Top, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1996

Contact Information:

Professor Office: E6-6 #203 (Student Office: E6-4 #5113) 

Department of Chemistry

291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea

E-mail: soonhyeok.hong@kaist.ac.kr