Education Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University, 1986 M.S. Chemistry, KAIST, 1978 B.S. Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1976 Memberships 2008–presentAngewandte Chemie, International Advisory Board member 2006–present Nano, Editorial Board member 2006–2012 ChemComm, Editorial Advisory Board member 2006–present Chemistry-An Asian Journal, Editorial Advisory Board member 2006–2009 CrystEngComm, Editorial Advisory Board member 2002–present Supramolecular Chemistry, Editorial Advisory Board member 2002–2009 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, Associate Editor 2000–present Korean Academy of Science and Technology, member 2000–2004 Dalton Transactions, International Advisory Editorial Board member 1998–2004 Crystal Engineering, Editorial Advisory Board member 1988–present Korean Chemical Society, Member 1983–present American Chemical Society, Member Awards / Honors 2014 Knowledge Creation Award in 2014, Minist Creation Award in 2014, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning 2012 Honorary Professor, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2012 Izatt-Christensen Award 2011 E. Muetterties Memorial Lectureship Award, University of California, Berkeley 2009 POSTECH Fellow, elected 2009 Proud Postechian Award, POSTECH 2008 Best Scientist and Engineer Award, Korean Government 2007 Prime Minister Prize, Science Innovation Section, NANO KOREA Awards 2007 Named as an Outstanding Scientist in 2008, Ministry of Science and Technology 2006 Named as a Role Model Scientist, Ministry of Science and Technology 2006 Hoam prize, Hoam Foundation (Samsung) 2005 Visiting Professorship, University of Strasbourg 2003 Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Fellow elected 2002 TWAS Award, Third World Academy of Sciences 2002 Korea Science Prize, Korean Government 2001 Doyak Medal, the Order of Science & Technology Merit, Korean Government 2000 Korean Academy of Science and Technology, member elected 2000 Scientist of the Month, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation 1999 Distinguished Research Award, Korean Chemical Society (KCS) 1998 Outstanding Research Award, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, KCS 1997 Best Paper Award, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies 1995 Yonam Fellowship, Yonam Foundation

Supramolecular chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry and nanochemistry