Taeghwan Hyeon
Primary Research Area
- Synthetic Bioengineering
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Education
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University, Catalysis Center, June 1996-July 1997, Advisor: Wolfgang M. H. Sachtler
- Thesis: Nanostructured Catalytic and Magnetic Materials: Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterization; Advisor: Kenneth S. Suslick
- Ph. D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Inorganic Chemistry, 1996
- M. S., Seoul National University, Chemistry, 1989
- B. S., Seoul National University, Chemistry, 1987
Other Professional Employment
- 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
Primary Research Area
- Synthetic Bioengineering
Honors
- 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.