Education B.S. Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea, 1980 A.M. Physics, Harvard University, USA, 1982 Ph.D. Chemical Physics, Harvard University, USA, 1987

Research Experiences Research Associate, The University of Chicago, USA, 1987-1989

PHYS/NANO/MATER

Current Research Interests We use spectroscopic, microscopic, and computational methods to investigate a wide range of subjects from molecular physics to nanoscience to cell biology. We study small molecules of biological interest and their clusters, anion clusters of materials importance, electron-initiated surface chemistry, ultrafast control and detection of molecular processes, single molecule probing of biomolecular interactions and genetic assay, and optical and force microscopy for cellular systems. Our research goal is to elucidate the underlying principles of biological processes and nanomaterials applications in the language of chemistry, especially in terms of molecular interactions.

Young Jong Lee, Sung Haeng Cho, Nam Joon Kim, and Seong Keun Kim, "Experimental Determination of the Ratio of Partial Photoionization Cross Sections from Na 3p 2P3/2 by Polarization Anisotropy Quantum Beats" , Mol.Phys., Vol. 110, pp. 1781-1785, 2012 K. Y. Baek, Y. Fujimura, M. Hayashi, S. H. Lin, and S. K. Kim, "Density Functional Theory Study of Conformation-dependent Properties of Neutral and Radical Cationic L-Tyrosine and L-Tryptophan" , J.Phys.Chem.A, Vol. 115, pp. 9658-9668, 2011 K. Y. Baek, M. Hayashi, Y. Fujimura, S. H. Lin and S. K. Kim, "Investigation of Conformation-Dependent Properties of L-Phenylalanine in Neutral and Radical Cations by Using a Density Functional Taking into Account Noncovalent Interactions" , J.Phys.Chem.A, Vol. 114, pp. 7583-7589, 2010 Kang Taek Lee, Kyu Young Han, Insun Oh and Seong Keun Kim, "Barrierless Pathways in the Neutral–zwitterion Transition of Amino Acid: Glycine-(H2O)9" , Chem.Phys.Lett., Vol. 495, pp. 14-16, 2010 Nam Ki Lee and Seong Keun Kim, "Ab initio-based Intermolecular Carbon-Carbon Pair Potentials for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Clusters" , J.Chem.Phys., Vol. 122, pp. 031102, 2005 Nam Ki Lee, Soonyong Park, and Seong Keun Kim, "Ab Initio Studies on the van der Waals Complexes of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. II. Naphthalene Dimer and Naphthalene-Anthracene Complex" , J.Chem.Phys., Vol. 116, pp. 7910-7917, 2002 Nam Ki Lee, Soonyong Park, and Seong Keun Kim, "Ab Initio Studies on the van der Waals Complexes of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. I. Benzene-Naphthalene Complex" , J.Chem.Phys., Vol. 116, pp. 7902-7909, 2002 Young Jong Lee, Sung Haeng Cho, Nam Joon Kim, and Seong Keun Kim, "Anisotropy Quantum Beat in Two-Photon Ionization of Coherently Excited Hyperfine States of Na" , J.Chem.Phys., Vol. 115, pp. 739-742, 2001 Yung Sik Kim, Seong Keun Kim, and Won Don Lee, "Dependence of the Closed-shell Repulsive Interaction on the Overlap of the Electron Densities" , Chem.Phys.Lett., Vol. 80, pp. 574-575, 1981 Ilseung Yang, Eunha Kim, Junhee Kang, Hyouksoo Han, Soohwan Sul, Seung Bum Park, and Seong Keun Kim, "Photochemical Generation of a New, Highly Fluorescent Compound from Non-fluorescent Resveratrol" , Chem.Comm., Vol. 48, pp. 3839-3841, 2012 Nam Ki Lee, Soonyong Park, Myung-Han Yoon, Zee Hwan Kim, and Seong Keun Kim, "Effect of Ring Torsion on Intramolecular Vibraional Redistribution Dynamics of 1,1’-binaphthyl and 2,2’-binaphthyl" , Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., Vol. 14, pp. 840-848, 2012 Ilseung Yang, Seung Min Jin, Junhee Kang, Venkatnarayan Ramanathan, Hyung Min Kim, Yung Doug Suh, and Seong Keun Kim, "Excited State Dynamics of Curcumin and Solvent Hydrogen Bonding" , Bull.Kor.Chem.Soc., Vol. 32, pp. 3090-3093, 2011 Seung Min Jin, Young Jong Lee, Jongwan Yu, and Seong Keun Kim, "Development of Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: Stimulated Raman Gain via Elimination of Cross Phase Modulation" , Bull.Kor.Chem.Soc., Vol. 25, pp. 1829-1832, 2004 S.Joo, D.R.Worsnop, C.E.Kolb, S.K.Kim, and D.R.Herschbach, "Observation of the A 2Σ+ ←X 2ΠElectronic Transition of NaO" , J.Phys.Chem.A, Vol. 103, pp. 3193-3199, 1999 Yong-Tae Park, Nam Woong Song, Young-Hee Kim, Chul-Gyun Hwang, Seong Keun Kim, and Dongho Kim, "Flash Photolysis Observation of Aryl, 2,3-Dihydrocyclohexadienyl, and Halogen Anion Radicals in Aqueous Solution: Photohomolytic Radical Cyclization of Aryl Halide" , J.Am.Chem.Soc., Vol. 118, pp. 11399-11405, 1996 Y.-T.Park, Y.-H.Kim, S.K.Kim, and N.W.Song, "Transient Absorption Spectra from the Photolysis of N-(2-Bromophenyl)-alkylpyridinium Bromides: Detection of Phenyl, 2,3-dihydropyridinium, and Bromine Anion Radicals" , Bull. Kor.Chem.Soc., Vol. 15, pp. 607-608, 1994 Sang Joon Hahn and Seong Keun Kim, "Dynamics of Rare-Gas Atom-Diatom Reactions" , J.Phys.Chem., Vol. 97, pp. 2072-2077, 1993 Sung-Seen Choi, Dae-Gon Oh, Seong Keun Kim, and Kyung-Hoon Jung, "Photolysis of Ethyl Chloride at 121.6 nm" , J.Photochem.Photobiol.A: Chem., Vol. 64, pp. 135-143, 1992 Mino Yang, Sangyoub Lee, Seong Keun Kim, Kook Joe Shin, Moon Hee Ryu, Song Hi Lee, and Dong J. Lee, "A Nonlinear Theory for the Lotka-Volterra Model with an External Input" , Bull.Korean Chem.Soc., Vol. 13, pp. 560-565, 1992

Seong Keun Kim, Sae Chae Jeoung, Agnes Lay-Choo Tan, and Dudley R. Herschbach, "Vibrational and Rotational Inhibition of the H + Li2 Bimolecular Exchange Reaction" , J.Chem.Phys., Vol. 95, pp. 3854-3856, 1991