Education 1981 - 1986 : Ph.D., Chemistry, Stanford University 1976 - 1978 : M.S., Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science 1972 - 1976 : B.S., Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University Experience 2012–present : Director, Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), Institute for Basic Science (IBS) 2009 - present : Distinguished University Professor (POSTECH Fellow) 2007 - 2009 : Chong Yeol Hong Professor 2004 - 2005 : Visiting scholar, Harvard University 1997 - present : Director, Center for Smart Supramolecules (CSS) 1997 - present : Professor, POSTECH 1995 - 1995 : Visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1992 - 1997 : Associate Professor, POSTECH 1988 - 1992 : Assistant Professor, POSTECH 1986 - 1988 : Research Fellow, Northwestern University 1978 - 1981 : Instructor, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea

Research Interests (1) Supramolecular chemistry: Molecular recognition using synthetic receptors; Synthesis and Applications of topologically interesting molecules such as rotaxanes, polyrotaxanes and molecular necklaces; (2) Materials chemistry: Nonlinear optical materials(NLO) materials; Liquid crystalline materials; micro- and meso porous materials and open-framework materials (3) Bioinorganic chemistry: model study of the active sites of metalloenymes (4) Early transition metal porphyrin chemistry/Organometallic chemistry and catalysis

309, Seungjae Park, Hayoung Song, Nakeun Ko, Changhee Kim, Kimoon Kim*, and Eunsung Lee* "SuFEx in Metal-Organic Frameworks: a Versatile Postsynthetic Modification Tool " ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 33785. 새로운글 Soobin Lim, Dalnim Song, Seungwon Jeon, Youngsuk Kim, Hyunseok Kim, Sanghee Lee, Hyungdo Cho, Byung Chul Lee*, Sang Eun Kim, Kimoon Kim, and Eunsung Lee* "Cobalt-Catalyzed C–F Bond Borylation of Aryl Fluorides", Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 7249-7252. 새로운글 Rahul Dev Mukhopadhyay,+ Younghoon Kim,+ Jaehyoung Koo,+ and Kimoon Kim* "Porphyrin Boxes" Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 2730-2738. 새로운글 Younghoon Kim, Jaehyoung Koo, In-Chul Hwang, Rahul Dev Mukhopadhyay, Soonsang Hong, Jejoong Yoo, Ajaz Ahmad Dar, Ikjin Kim, Dohyun Moon, Tae Joo Shin, Young Ho Ko, and Kimoon Kim* "Rational Design and Construction of Hierarchical Superstructures Using Shape-Persistent Organic Cages: Porphyrin Box-Based Metallosupramolecular Assemblies" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14547−14551. 새로운글 Jaechul Lee, Chong Yang Chuah, Jaheon Kim, Youngsuk Kim, Nakeun Ko, Younggyu Seo, Kimoon Kim,* Tae Hyun Bae,* Eunsung Lee* "Separation of Acetylene from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene by a Water Stable Microporous Metal‐organic Framework with Aligned Imidazolium Groups inside the Channels" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7869-7873 새로운글 Pulakesh Aich,+ Jaeyeon An,+ Byeongseon Yang,+ Young Ho Ko, Junghyun Kim, James Murray, Hyung Joon Cha,* Joon Ho Roh,* Kyeng Min Park* and Kimoon Kim* "Self-assembled adhesive biomaterials formed by a genetically designed fusion protein" Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 12642-12645 새로운글 Youngsuk Kim, Kimoon Kim, Eunsung Lee* "Oxime Ether Radical Cations Stabilized by N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 262-265 새로운글 Peter T. Smith, Bahiru Punja Benke, Zhi Cao, Younghoon Kim, Eva M. Nichols, Kimoon Kim*, Christopher J. Chang* "Iron Porphyrins Embedded into a Supramolecular Porous Organic Cage for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in Water" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9684-9688 Kyung Lock Kim, Kyeng Min Park, James Murray, Kimoon Kim*, and Sung Ho Ryu*, “Direct Profiling the Post-Translational Modification Codes of a Single Protein Immobilized on a Surface Using Cu-free Click Chemistry” ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 614-623 Kyung Lock Kim+, Gihyun Sung+, Jaehwan Sim, James Murray, Meng Li, Ara Lee, Annadka Shrinidhi, Kyeng Min Park* & Kimoon Kim*, "Supramolecular latching system based on ultrastable synthetic binding pairs as versatile tools for protein imaging" Nature Commun.2018, 9, 1712 Kyeng Min Park,* Annadka Shrinidhi, James Murray and Kimoon Kim*, “Guest‐responsive, Non‐proteolytic Harvest of a Cell‐sheet using Controllable Host‐guest Chemistry” Isr. J. Chem. 2018, 3-4, 461-465 Nam Hoon Kim+, Wooseup Hwang+, Kangkyun Baek*, Md. Rumum Rohman, Jeehong Kim, Hyun Woo Kim, Jungho Mun, So Young Lee, Gyeongwon Yun, James Murray, Ji Won Ha, Junsuk Rho, Martin Moskovits*, and Kimoon Kim* “Smart SERS Hot Spots: Single Molecules Can Be Positioned in a Plasmonic Nanojunction Using Host–Guest Chemistry” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4705-4711 Kyeng Min Park*, Kangkyun Baek, Young Ho Ko, Annadka Shrinidhi, James Murray, Won Hyuk Jang, Ki Hean Kim, Jun‐Seok Lee, Jejoong Yoo, Sungwan Kim, Kimoon Kim*, " Mono-allyloxylated Cucurbit[7]uril Acts as an Unconventional Amphiphile To Form Light-Responsive Vesicles", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3132-3136 Meng Li+, Ara Lee+, Kyung Lock Kim, James Murray, Annadka Shrinidhi, Gihyun Sung, Kyeng Min Park*, Kimoon Kim*, "Autophagy Caught in the Act: A Supramolecular FRET Pair Based on an Ultrastable Synthetic Host–Guest Complex Visualizes Autophagosome–Lysosome Fusion", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2120-2125 Kyeng Min Park, Jeeyeon Kim, Young Ho Ko, Youngjoo Ahn, James Murray, Meng Li, Annadka Shrinidhi, and Kimoon Kim*, " Dye-Cucurbit[n]uril Complexes as Sensor Elements for Reliable Pattern Recognition of Biogenic Polyamines", Bull. Chem. Soc. Jap. 2018, 91, 95-99