Principle Investigator
Seung Hwan Cho (조승환, 曺昇煥), Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Room #234, Department of Chemistry, POSTECH, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
Email: seunghwan@postech.ac.kr
Tel : +82-54-279-2340 (office),
+82-54-279-8041 (Lab),
Fax : +82-54-279-3399
Seung Hwan was born in Gwangju, South Korea. He received BS in 2006 from Korea Advanced Instituted Science and Technology (KAIST). Seung Hwan earned his Ph.D. degree in 2011 at Korea Advanced Instituted Science and Technology (KAIST) under the guidance of Prof. Sukbok Chang. During his Ph.D. studies, he focused on two different research topics: (1) copper-catalyzed three-component couplings with terminal alkynes, sulfonyl azides, and nucleophiles, and (2) transition-metal-free or transition-metal-catalyzed C–C and C–N bond formation reactions via a C–H functionalization strategy. After spending one more year at KAIST, Seung Hwan conducted postdoctoral work with Prof. John F. Hartwig at the University of California, Berkeley (USA) as a Cheongam postdoctoral fellow (2012–2014). There, he was engaged in research to develop silane-directed secondary C–H borylation reactions. Seung Hwan joined the faculty of Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in the summer of 2014 as an assistant professor and promoted to associate professor in 2018 in the Department of Chemistry. His research involves chemo- and stereoselective transformations using 1,1-diborylalkanes as coupling reagents. He also interests in the design and synthesis of multiorganometallic reagents and their application to the metal-catalyzed asymmetric reactions.
Education
2006 – 2011 Ph.D. in Chemistry KAIST (Prof. Sukbok Chang)
2001 – 2005 B.S. in Chemistry KAIST
Professional Experiences (chemistry tree)
2018/09 – present Associate Professor (with tenure), Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH
2014/07 – 2018/08 Assistant Professor Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH
2012/05 – 2014/05 PostDoc at UC Berkeley (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
2011/03 – 2012/04 PostDoc at KAIST (Prof. Sukbok Chang)
2005/03 – 2006/02 Researcher at KAIST
Awards and Honors
2022 Young Scientist Award Korean Society of Organic Synthesis
2022 Toray Research Grant for Young Investigator Korea Toray Science Foundation
2022 Hanseong Science Award Hanseong Foundation
2021 Young Organic Cheimist Award Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
2020 KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award KCS-Wiley
2019 ACP Lectureship Award Asian Core Program (Taiwan and China)
2018 Best Teaching Award (Spring) Department of Chemistry, POSTECH
2018 Elected Member of Young KAST The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)
2018 ACP Lectureship Award Asian Core Program (Japan)
2017 Thieme Journal Award Thieme (Synlett/Synthesis/Synfact)
2017 ACP Lectureship Award Asian Core Program (Hong Kong and Singapore)
2017 Cheongam Science Fellowship for Young Investigator Cheongam Foundation
2012 S-Oil Best Thesis Award The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), S-Oil
2012 Cheongam Science Fellowship for PostDoc Cheongam Foundation
2011 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
2011 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award KAIST
2010 Thieme Synstar Award for Graduate Studnent Thieme (Synlett/Synthesis/Synfact)
Editorial Board
Early Career Advisory Board, ACS Catalysis (2019-2020)
Editorial Board Member, Green Synthesis and Catalysis (2022-present)