PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2018 – Present
Group leader, Research Fellow (Tenure-track), CSC, IBS
- 2014 – 2018
Team leader, Research Fellow (Tenure-track), CSC, IBS
- 2015 – 2018
Adj. Prof., Dept. of Nanometer. & Eng., Univ. of Sci. & Tech. (UST)
- 2012 – 2014
Senior Researcher, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics
EDUCATION & TRAINING
- 2010 – 2012
Postdoc., Dept. of Chem. & Chem. Biol., Harvard Univ.
- 2009 – 2010
Postdoc., Center for Smart Supramolecules, POSTECH
- 2003 – 2009
Ph.D. Dept. of Chem., POSTECH (MS/Ph.D. integrated program)
- 1995 – 2003
BS Dep. of ChemSysEng., Hongik Univ.
- 1997 – 1999
Obligatory military service in the Korean army
RESEARCH AREA
Synthesis of macrocyclic host molecules, Supramolecular chemistry, Host-guest chemistry, Chemical biology, Self-assembled soft materials, Biomaterials, Theranostics.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- 1. Kim, K. L.; Sung, G..; Sim, J.; Murray, J.; Li, M.; Lee, A.; Shrinidhi, A.; Park, K. M.*; Kim, K.* “Supramolecular Latching System Based on Ultrastable Synthetic Binding Pairs as Versatile Tools for Protein Imaging” Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 1712.
- 2. Park, K. M.*; Baek, K.; Ko, Y. H.; Shrinidhi, A.; Murray; Jang, W. H.; Kim, K. H.; Lee, J.-S., Yoo, J.; Kim, S.; Kim, K.* “Mono-allyloxylated Cucurbit[7]uril Acts as an Unconventional Amphiphile to Form Light-responsive Vesicles” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3132-3136.
- 3. Li, M.; Lee, A.; Kim, K. L.; Murray, J.; Shrnidhi, A.; Sung, G.; Park, K. M.*; Kim, K.* “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.
- 4. Park, K. M.; Murray, J.; Kim, K* “Ultrastable Artificial Binding Pairs as a Supramolecular Latching System: A Next Generation Chemical Tool for Proteomics” Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 644.
- 5. Kim, S.; Yun, G.; Khan, S.; Kim, J.; Murray, J.; Lee, Y. M.; Kim, W. J.; Lee, G.; Kim, S.; Shetty, D.; Kang, J. H.; Kim, J. Y.; Park, K. M.*; Kim, K * “Cucurbit[6]uril-based Polymer Nanocapsules as a Non-covalent and Modular Bioimaging Platform for Multimodal In Vivo Imaging” Mater. Horizons 2017, 4, 450.