Seung-gu Kang (강승구), PhD.

2024.3   – Present Associate Professor

SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology (SAINT) & Department of Nano Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

2014.4   – 2024.2 Research Staff Member

Computational Biology Center, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

2011.3   – 2014.4 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Computational Biology Center, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA (Prof. Ruhong Zhou)

2010.2   – 2011.3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (Prof. Jeffery G. Saven)

1998.10 – 2002.1 Full-time Instructor (Military Service, Discharged as First Lieutenant)

Department of Chemistry, Republic of Korea Air Force Academy, Cheongju, Korea

1997.10 – 1998.10 Research Assistant

Quantum Optics Group, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon, Korea

2002 – 2009      Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (Prof. Jeffery G. Saven)

“Probabilistic computational protein design: Advances in methodology and the incorporation of non-biological molecular components” 

1996 – 1998      M.S. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. Yong-Rok Kim)

“Electronic energy dynamics of photoexcited Zintl phase LiSbTe2” 

1992 – 1996      B.S. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. Kyu-Sung Jung) 

“Organic synthesis and host-guest chemistry of Calix[4]arene derivatives”

2023 – Present Associate Editor

  Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Frontiers

2021 – Present Board Member

  Korea Technology Advisory Group (K-TAG), Korea Institute for Advancement and Technology (KIAT) and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

2020 – Present Editorial Board Member

  Nano Convergence, Springer Nature

• Reviewer for research and review papers for Biomacromolecules, Journal of American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Physical Biology, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Scientific Reports, etc.

• Reviewer for research proposals for Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), International not-for-profit association for HPC in Europe. 

Outstanding Accomplishments, “Pioneering Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accelerated Discovery”, IBM, 2023.

Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (the highest technical achievement award of the Global IBM), “Molecular Modeling for Alzheimer’s Disease”, IBM, 2019.

Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “Novel Nanostructures from small-peptide self-assembly”, IBM, 2018.

Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “Linear Response Method for Drug Discovery”, IBM, 2018.

Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “Advances in Protein Science Powered by Blue Gene”, IBM, 2016.

Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “De novo Design of Nanomedicine: Implications from Nanotoxicity”, IBM, 2014.

Generative AI for Therapeutics Design (biologics and small molecule), Computational Protein Design, Computational drug discovery, Nano-Bio Interface, Nanomedicine, Nanotoxicity, Membrane Protein Dynamics and Mechanism, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, and High-Performance Computing