Biography
POSTECH 9th President Seong Keun Kim
A university open to the world in and out, POSTECH
Educations
| 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) |
Professional Appointments
| 1987 ~ 1989 | Postdoctoral research associate, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (Advisor: Robert Gomer) |
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| 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 |
| 2017 ~ 2023 | Member of the Governing Board and Chair of the 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) |
Academic Activities
| 2008 ~ 2012 | Member, Basic Science Research Promotion Committee, National Science and Technology Council |
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| 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 |
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| 2013 | National Order of Merit (Hongjo Civilian Medal for Government Service) |
| 2018 | Taikyue Ree Academic Prize, Korean Chemical Society (Highest Award of the KCS) |
Professional Societies
18 international conferences organized, 150 invited/keynote lectures at international conferences/institutions.
Papers
195 papers in international journals.
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