Hyun-Woo Rhee

<Education and Training>

2000-2004 B.S. Biology and Chemistry (Double Major), Seoul National University, Korea.

2004-2009 Ph.D. Organic Chemistry  (Advisor: Prof. Jong-In Hong), Seoul National University, Korea.

2010-2012 Postdoc, Chemical Biology (Advisor: Prof. Alice Y. Ting), MIT, USA

 <Career>

2025-current   Professor, SNU Chemistry, Korea

2018-2025        Associate Professor, SNU Chemistry, Korea

2017-2018         Associate Professor, UNIST Chemistry, Korea

2013-2017         Assistant Professor, UNIST Chemistry, Korea

<Honors and Awards>

2024  Fulbright Scholar (2024-2025)

2022  Samsung Science & Technology Foundation (SSTF) Investigator

2022  Outstanding Research Award, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea

2021   Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST) member

2014  Samsung Science & Technology Foundation (SSTF) Investigator (2014-2019)

<Selected Publication in Education and Training>

  1. Rhee HW†, Zou P†, Udeshi ND, Martell JD, Mootha VK,  Carr SA, Ting AY*, Proteomic mapping of mitochondria in living cells via spatially restricted enzymatic tagging. Science, 2013, 339, 1328-1331 († equally contributed).

  2. Rhee HW, Lee SH, Park HH, Han K, Park TH*, Hong JI*, Detection of kinase activity using versatile fluorescence quencher probes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2010, 49, 4919-4923.

  3. Rhee HW, Choi SJ, Yoo SH, Jang YO, Park HH, Pinto RM, Cameselle JC, Sandoval FJ, Roje S, Han K, Chung DS, Suh J*, Hong JI*, A bifunctional molecule as an artificial flavin mononucleotide cyclase and a chemosensor for selective fluorescent detection of flavins, J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2009, 131, 10107-10112.

  4. Rhee HW, Lee CR, Cho SH, Song MR, Cashel M, Choy HE, Seok YJ, Hong JI*, Selective fluorescent chemosensor for the bacterial alarmone (p)ppGpp, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 784-785.

  5. Rhee HW, Choi HY, Han K, Hong JI*, Selective fluorescent detection of flavin adenine dinucleotide in human eosinophils by using bis(Zn2+-dipicolylamine) complex,  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2007, 129, 4524-4525