Hyun-Woo Rhee

Hyun-Woo Rhee, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Seoul National University, Korea

Adjunct Professor

School of Biological Sciences

Seoul National University, Korea

Email: rheehw@snu.ac.kr

Office: BLG 503- Room 124 (Tel: +82-2-880-4390)

Lab: BLG 503 - Room 103

Department webpage: http://chem.snu.ac.kr

Lab webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/rheesnu

<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>

2018-current Associate Professor, SNU Chemistry, Korea

2017-2018 Associate Professor, UNIST Chemistry, Korea

2013-2017 Assistant Professor, UNIST Chemistry, Korea


<Honors and Awards>

2022 Samsung Science & Technology Foundation (SSTF) Investigator

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

2018 Selected in JACS Young Investigators (2018)

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

2010 POSCO TJ Park Postdoctoral Fellowship


<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