Kwang Soo Kim Explained

Kwang Soo Kim
Native Name:김광수 (金光洙)
Native Name Lang:kor
Birth Date:6 February 1950
Nationality:South Korean

Kwang Soo Kim is a South Korean professor in chemistry, an adjunct professor in physics, and the director of Center for Superfunctional Materials (CSM),[1] of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea.

Kim was named a National Scientist of the Republic of Korea by South Korea's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in 2010.[2]

Education

Kim received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Applied Chemistry from Seoul National University (1971, 1973) and also an M.S. degree in Physics from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (1975). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from University of California, Berkeley (1982).[3] His research fields include Theoretical/Computational Chemistry/Physics and Experimental Nanosciences.

Professional experience

He spent a few years as an IBM Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He worked as a Professor in POSTECH[4] from 1988 to 2014, and he is currently a Distinguished Professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST).[5]

Research

Kim and his research group are interested in both theoretical/computational chemistry/physics and experimental nanosciences. Specifically, the fields of research that they contribute to include investigation of ab initio theory, molecular dynamics simulation, nonequilibrium thermodynamics and entanglement perturbation to provide understanding of intermolecular interactions, clusters, molecular recognition, drug design and nanomaterials.Furthermore, his team is developing functional molecules/materials for molecular sensing and engineering, nanodevices, green chemistry, DNA sequencing and energy storage.[6]

Positions

Awards and honors

Publications

Kim published over 400 papers in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Chemical Reviews, Chemical Reviews Society, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, Accounts of Chemical Research, Physical Review Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry - A European Journal, Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Physical Review, The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, etc.[10]

Books and chapters

Selected publications

J. Y. Lee, et al.

W. Y. Kim and K. S. Kim

K. S. Kim, Y. Zhao, H. Jang, S. Y. Lee, J. M. Kim, K. S. Kim, J.-H. Ahn, P. Kim, J.-Y. Choi and B. H. Hong

Y. Chun, N. J. Singh, I.-C. Hwang, J. W. Lee, S. U. Yu, and K. S. Kim

J. N. Tiwari, K. Nath, S. Kumar, R. N. Tiwari, K.C. Kemp, N. H. Le, D. H. Youn, J. S. Lee, K. S. Kim

K. S. Kim, P. Tarakeshwar, J. Y. Lee

V. Georgakilas, M. Otyepka, A. B. Bourlinos, V. Chandra, N. Kim, K. C. Kemp, P. Hobza, R. Zboril, and K. S. Kim

J. Yoon, S. K. Kim, N. J. Singh and K. S. Kim

A. C. Rajan, M. R. Rezapour, J. Yun, Y. Cho, W. J. Cho, S. K. Min, G. Lee, and K. S. Kim

B. H. Hong, J. Y. Lee, C.-W. Lee, J. C. Kim, S. C. Bae, and K. S. Kim

Editor and board memberships of international journals

Patents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CSM - Center for Superfunctional Materials . Csm.unist.ac.kr . 2015-11-08.
  2. Web site: 김빛내리씨 등 5명 '국가과학자' 선정 . 한겨레신문 . 2010 . 2015-11-19.
  3. Web site: CSM - Center for Superfunctional Materials .
  4. Web site: Kwang S. Kim (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang) on ResearchGate - Expertise: Theoretical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Green Chemistry . 2015-06-30 . 2015-11-08.
  5. Web site: Faculty Members . Chemistry.unist.ac.kr . 2015-11-08.
  6. Web site: CSM - Center for Superfunctional Materials. unist.ac.kr.
  7. Web site: Accredited Degree Programmes.
  8. Web site: AWARDS. apatcc.org.
  9. Web site: International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. iaqms.org.
  10. Web site: CSM - Center for Superfunctional Materials .