Biography

9th President Seong Keun Kim

9th President Seong Keun Kim
Education 1980 Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (B.Sc. in Chemistry, 1980, Advisor: Yung Sik Kim)
1982 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (A.M. in Physics, 1982)
1987 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, 1987)
Ph.D. Thesis: “Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Solvation”
Advisor: Dudley R. Herschbach (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 1986)
Professional Appointments 1987–1989 Postdoctoral research associate, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (Advisor: Robert Gomer)
1989–2022 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2011–2015 Board Member, National Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Korea
2013–2016 Member, Board of Directors, Samsung Science and Technology Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2014–2018 Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2016–2023 Member of Governing Board and Chair of Science Committee, KAOS Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2019–2023 Chair, Board of Directors, Samsung Science and Technology Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2022–Present Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2023 – Present President, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Professional Experiences 2008−2012 Member, Basic Science Research Promotion Committee, National Science and Technology Council
2008−2013 Member, Presidential Council for Future and Vision, Presidential Office, Korea
2010−2014 Member, Government Performance Evaluation Committee, Office of the Prime Minister, Korea
2006−Present Member, International steering committee, Asian Spectroscopy Conference
2013−Present Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC
2014−2018 President, National Association of the Colleges of Natural Sciences, Korea
2015–2018 Editor-in-Chief and Chair of the Editorial Board, PCCP (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics), Royal Society of Chemistry
Awards 2006 National Scholar Award, Ministry of Education, Korea
2013 National Order of Merit (Hongjo Civilian Medal for government service)
2018 Taikyue Ree Academic Prize, Korean Chemical Society (Highest award of the KCS)
Articles and Book Publications 195 papers in international journals, 18 international conferences organized, 150 invited/keynote lectures at international conferences/institutions
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