People
Professor

Kyo Han Ahn, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry
· Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
77Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyungbuk, Republic of Korea(37673)
· Home page URL: http://www.ahn-postech.com
· E-mail address: ahn@postech.ac.kr
· Phone number: +82-54-279-2105
· Fax number: +82-54-279-5877
■ Education
· B.S., Chemistry, Department of Chemical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, 1980
· M.S., Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Seoul, 1982
· Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Seoul, 1985
■ Employment/Experience
· 1985. 03 – 1986. 06: Group Leader, Central Research Institute, Yuhan Pharmaceutical Co.
· 1986. 07 – present: Assistant Professor, Associate, Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, POSTECH
· 1988. 01 – 1988. 12: Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania (Prof. K. C. Nicolaou)
· 1995. 08 – 1996. 08: Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University (Prof. E. J. Corey)
· 2002. 08 – 2003. 08: Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSD (Prof. Michael J. Sailor)
· 2008. 09 – 2015. 02: Director, the Center for Electro-Photo Behaviors in Advanced Molecular Systems
· 2008. 12 – 2014. 12: Representative of the POSTECH–Tohoku Graduate Student Exchange Program
· 2009. 01 – 2009. 12: President of the Daegu-Gyungbuk Branch of the Korean Chemical Society
· 2009. 01 – 2012. 12: Representative of the Asian Core Program on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry
· 2010. 01 – 2011. 12: The Bulletin Korean Chemical Society (KCS), Associate Editor
· 2011. 11 – 2015. 12: Representative of the Campus Asia Program among China, Japan, and Korea
· 2012. 03 – present: Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (Wiley-VCH), International Advisory Board
· 2012. 03 – present: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (RSC), International Advisory Board
· 2014. 03 – 2015. 02: President of the Korean Chemosensor Society
· 2015. 01 – 2015. 12: President of the Organic Chemistry Division, Korean Chemical Society
· 2015. 01 – 2015. 12: Vice President of the Korean Chemical Society
· 2015. 09 – 2019. 08: Director, Basic Science Research Institute at POSTECH
· 2018. 01 – 2018. 12: President of the Korean Society of Organic Synthesis
· 2016. 03 – 2019. 03: Seokcheon Chair Professor, POSTECH
· 2019. 01 – present: Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
■ Awards
· 1999. 10. Service Award for Chemistry Olympiad Education, Korean Chemical Society
· 2002. 02. Service Award, Organic Chemistry Division, Korean Chemical Society
· 2003. 10. ‘Jang Sehi’ Award for Excellent Research, Organic Chemistry Division, Korean Chemical Society
· 2006. 10. Lectureship Award, 1st International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia by Japan
· 2008. 10. Lectureship Award, 3rd International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia by Taiwan
· 2010. 10. Lectureship Award, 5th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-5) by China and Singapore
· 2013. 04. 18. Academic Excellence Prize, Korean Chemical Society
· 2015. 10. 26. Academic Excellence Prize, Korean Society of Organic Synthesis
· 2018. 04. 20. Oder of Science and Technological Merit, Republic of Korea
■ Research Interests
· Molecular recognition/sensing
· Molecular and nano-probes for diagnosis/imaging of disease biomarkers
· Luminescent (two-photon absorbing) materials for biomedical applications
Research Assistant

2013.06. : B.S., RKMRC Narendrapur (University of Calcutta), India. 2015.06. : M.S., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India 2020.02. : Ph.D., POSTECH 2020.02 ~ : Post Doctor, Dept. of Chem., POSTECH
Graduated Students

2018. 08 : BS. Dept. of Chem. Sookmyung women's University 2018. 08 ~ : Intergrated course, Dept. of Chem. POSTECH yjyang11@postech.ac.kr

2015. 07. : B.S. University of Gour Banga, India 2017. 07. : M.S., University of Gour Banga, India 2019. 08 ~ : Master course, Dept. of Chem. POSTECH anushree@postech.ac.kr
Yun Jae Yang
Integrated 6th year
Anushree Shil
Integrated 5th year
Staffs

Staff of Global Research Lab. polaris0808@postech.ac.kr
Yeonseo Nam
Staff