Biography
9th President Seong Keun Kim
| Education | 1980 | Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (B.Sc. in Chemistry, 1980, Advisor: Yung Sik Kim) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |