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Education & Work Experience

2024–Present Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University

2023–2024 Postdoc. Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. 

(Advisor: Prof. Erik Alexanian)

2018–2023 Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, USA

(Advisor: Prof. Vincent Lindsay)

Thesis: Synthesis and Applications of 1-Sulfonylcyclopropanols as Modular Cyclopropanone Equivalents 

2014–2018 Researcher, New Drug Discovery team, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, South Korea.

2012–2014 M.S. College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, South Korea.

(Advisor: Prof. Hyeung-geun Park)

Thesis: Total synthesis of Psammaplin A and anticancer activity of its derivatives

2008–2012 B.S. College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, South Korea.

Research Interests

1. Development of new synthetic methodologies

2. Synthesis of small molecule libraries for new medicinal candidates

3. Synthesis and medicinal application of strain spiro compounds