Hyeon, Taeghwan

Biography

Educational Background B. S., Seoul National University, Chemistry, 1987 M. S., Seoul National University, Chemistry, 1989 Ph. D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Inorganic Chemistry, 1996 Thesis: Nanostructured Catalytic and Magnetic Materials: Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterization; Advisor: Kenneth S. Suslick Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University, Catalysis Center, June 1996-July 1997, Advisor: Wolfgang M. H. Sachtler Professional Experience 2012. 06 - Director, Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institue for Basic Science 2010 - Associate Editor, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011 - SNU Distinguished Fellow (University Distinguished Professor) 2002 - 2010 Director, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Oxide Nanocrystalline Materials 1997. 09 - Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University 1996 - 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Catalysis Center 1990 - 1991 Coordinate for General chemistry laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University 1989 - 1990 Coordinate for General chemistry laboratory, Department of Chemistry, POSTECH Honors and Awards IUVSTA* Prize for Technology, Aug, 2016 (*International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications) Korea Best Scientist Award (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning; Korean Federation of Science and technology Societies), July, 2016 Ho-Am Prize (Samsung Hoam Foundation), June, 2012 SNU Distinguished Fellow (only 3 Professors in SNU), February, 2010 Top 100 Chemists of the decade (2000-2010) by UNESCO&IUPAC(ranked at 37th in chemistry area; 19th in Materials Science) POSCO-T J Park Award, POSCO-ChungAm Foundation, March, 2008 The 4th DuPont Science and Technology Award, DuPont Korea, April, 2005 5th Korean Young Scientist Award, Awarded to one researcher in a given field per every other year by the President of Korea, March, 2002 Scientist of the Month Award, Ministry of Science and Technology,Korea, August, 2002 Shinyang Science Award, Shinyang Foundation, December, 2007 Excellent Researcher Award, Division of Inorganic Chemistry of the Korean Chemical Society, April, 2005 The first Korean Chemical Society-Wiley Young Chemist Award, Korean Chemical Society, October, 2001 T. S. Piper Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Inorganic Chemistry, 1996 (Best thesis award in the Inorganic Chemistry Division of UIUC) Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK,since September, 2006 University of Illinois Chemistry Department Fellowship,1993-1996 Korean Government Oversea Fellowship,1991-1996 Peer reviewer for Nature Materials, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chemi., Adv. Mater., J. Phys. Chem., Chem. Mater., Small, and Chem Commun. Editorial Board Associate Editor, J. Am. Chem. Soc. Since September 2010 Advanced Materials (Wiley-VCH), since August 2005 Chemical Communications (RSC), since March 2006-Aug. 2010 Chemistry of Materials (American Chemical Society), since January 2009 Small (Wiley-VCH), Founding Editorial Board Member, since 2004 International Journal of Nanotechnology, Founding Editorial Board Member since 2003 Nanoscale (Royal Society of Chemistry), Founding Editorial Board Member since 2009 Nano Today (Elsevier), Since 2009

Research Interest

Inorganic Chemistry, ï¿­ Solid-State Chemistry, ï¿­ Physical Chemistry I (Thermodynamics), ï¿­ Physical Chemistry II (Kinetics), ï¿­ Advanced Materials Chemistry (Sol-gel chemistry and Nanostructured materials), ï¿­ Chemical Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials