Prof. Yoon

Current Position

• Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2003), Advisor: Prof. F. Fleming Crim

• M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Seoul National University (1996), Advisor: Prof. Seong Keun Kim

• B.S. in Chemistry, Seoul National University (1994)

Professional Experience

• Professor, Chung-Ang University (2016-Present)

• Fulbright Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego (2022-2023)

• Associate Professor, Dankook University (2012-2016)

• Visiting Professor, Northwestern University (2012-2013), Host: Prof. Richard P. Van Duyne

• Assistant Professor, Dankook University (2006-2012)

• Postdoc, University of California-Berkeley (2003-2006), Advisor: Prof. Richard A. Mathies

Awards

• Sigma-Aldrich Excellent Chemist Award, KCS / Sigma-Aldrich (2024)

• Kim Myung Soo Award, Korean Chemical Society (2023)

• Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (2022)

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Chemical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (2021)

• Young Physical Chemist Award, Korean Chemical Society (2016)

• Best Teaching Award, Dankook University (2007)

Professional Activities

• 2024.8 - 현재, 중앙대학교 화학과 BK21 교육연구팀장

• 2023 - 현재, 대한화학회 학술위원

• 2021, 11th Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC 2021) 조직위원

• 2021.1 - 2021.12 대한화학회 물리화학분과 총무간사

• 2019.2 - 2021.1, 중앙대학교 화학과 학과장

• 2016.4 - 2018.8, ICORS 2018 조직위원

• 2016.1 - 2016.12, 대한화학회 물리화학분과 간사

• 2013.1 - 2013.12, 대한화학회 물리화학분과 간사

• 2007.1 - 2007.12 화학세계 과학전문위원

Teaching

• Physical Chemistry (Thermodynamics, Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy, Kinetics)

• Nanomaterials Chemistry

• Photochemistry, Optics

• Graduate-Level Advanced Physical Chemistry

Research Interest

• Materials: Synthesis and assembly of nanoparticles

• Fundamentals: Plasmon coupling, quantum plasmonics, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), surface-enhanced fluorescence, photoreaction at nanoparticles

• Energy: Plasmonic photocatalysts, plasmonic water splitting, plasmonic solar cell

• Sensing and Biology: Plasmonic aptasensors, photothermal therapy, biological imaging