1980: B.S. Seoul National University
1982: M.S. Seoul National University
1988: Ph.D. Stanford University
1988-1990: Post-Doc. Columbia University
1990-1994: Senior Research Chemist, Merck Research Labs.
1994-Present: Professor, KAIST
Brief Introduction
Research topics
Development of new reactions and synthetic strategies
Total synthesis of natural products
Tools for chemical biology
Medicinal chemistry
Representative publications
“Tandem cycloaddition reactions of allenyl diazo compounds forming triquinanes via trimethylenemethane (TMM) diyls.", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18050.
"Novel oxidative modifications in redox- active cysteine residues.” Mol. Cell. Proteom. 2011, 10, 1-13.
“Angularly Fused Triquinanes from Linear Substrates through Trimethylenemethane Diyl [2+3] Cycloaddition Reaction.” Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2672
“Total Synthesis of (-)-13- Acetoxymodhephene and (+)-14- Acetoxymodhephene.” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5028
“Triquinanes from linear alkylidene carbenes via trimethylenemethane diyls.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003,125,10156.
