• Assistant Professor, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
2023.03 - present
• Assistant Professor, Dong-A University, Republic of Korea
2022.03 - 2023.02
• Postdoctoral Research, University of Chicago, United States
2020.10 - 2022.01
Advisor: Guangbin Dong
• Postdoctoral Research, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
2020.03 - 2020.09
Advisor: Jaesook Yun
• Discharged as Sergeant, The 61th Infantry Division
2012.06 - 2014.03
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
2015.03 - 2020.02
Advisor: Jaesook Yun
• B.S. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
2009.03 - 2015.02
– The Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Korean Chemical Society, Korea, 2020.
– Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Nurturing Next-generation Researchers), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 2020 - 2021.
– Brain Korea 21 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ministry of Education, 2020.
– The Best Publication Award, Brain Korea 21 HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Science, 2020.
– Korea Dow Outstanding Paper Award, DOW Chemical Korea & Korean Chemical Society, 2019.
– The Best Poster Award, Korean Chemical Society, Korea, 2019.
– The Best Publication Award, Brain Korea 21 HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Science, 2019.
– Daejungchem-ACP Best Oral Presentation Award, Korea Chemical Society - Organic Chemistry Division, Korea, 2018.
– The Best Publication Award, Brain Korea 21 HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Science, 2018.
– The Best Publication Award, Brain Korea 21 HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Science, 2017.
– The Best Poster Award, Korean Chemical Society, Korea, 2016.
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[3] Jang, W. J.; Yun, J. Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of a Borylalkyl Copper Complex for Chiral Organoboronate Synthesis. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18131.
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[5] Jang, W. J.; Song, S. M.; Moon, J. H.; Lee, J. Y.; Yun, J. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroboration of Unactivated 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13660.
[6] Han, J. T.†; Jang, W. J.†; Kim, N.; Yun, J. Asymmetric Synthesis of Borylalkanes via Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroallylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15146. (†Co-first authors)