Professor

- Positions and Education

2019 ~ Department Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea

2016 ~ Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea

2014 ~ 2016 Associate Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea

2009 ~2013 Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea

2009 Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2007 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Advisor : Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

2000 M.S., Department of industrial chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul

1998 B.S., Department of industrial chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul

- Research Interests

Ⅰ. Synthesis of functional monomers and (co)polymers

Ⅱ. Controlled synthesis of polymers via controlled/living free radical polymerization techniques such as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and reversible addition-fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization.

Ⅲ. Synthesis and characterization of macromolecular brushes

Ⅳ. Synthesis and characterization of stimuli-responsive polymers

Ⅴ. Well-defined polymers and hybrids for optoelectronics, ceramics and biomedical applications