Kwang Soo Kim
Kwang Soo Kim is a South Korean professor in chemistry, an adjunct professor in physics, and the director of Center for Superfunctional Materials (CSM), of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Applied Chemistry from Seoul National University (1971, 1973) and also an M.S. degree in Physics from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (1975). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from University of California, Berkeley (1982). His research fields include Theoretical/Computational Chemistry/Physics and Experimental Nanosciences. Kim was named a National Honor  Scientist by South Korea's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in 2010. Professional experience. He spent a few years as an IBM Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He worked as a Professor in POSTECH from 1988 to 2014, and he is currently a Distinguished Professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). Research. Kim and his research group are interested in both Theoretical/Computational Chemistry/Physics and Experimental Nanosciences. Specifically, the fields of research that they delve into include investigation of ab initio theory, Molecular dynamics simulation, Nonequilibrium thermodynamics and entanglement perturbation to  provide understanding of intermolecular interactions, clusters, molecular recognition, drug design and nanomaterials. Furthermore, his team is developing functional molecules/materials for molecular sensing and engineering, nanodevices, green chemistry, DNA sequencing and energy storage. Publications. Kim published over 400 papers in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Chemical Reviews, Chemical Reviews Society, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, Accounts of Chemical Research, Physical Review Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry - A European Journal, Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Physical Review, The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, etc . Selected publications. J. Y. Lee, et al. W. Y. Kim and K. S. Kim K. S. Kim, Y. Zhao, H. Jang, S. Y. Lee, J. M. Kim, K. S. Kim, J.-H. Ahn, P. Kim, J.-Y. Choi and B. H. Hong Y. Chun, N. J. Singh, I.-C. Hwang, J. W. Lee, S. U. Yu, and K. S. Kim J. N. Tiwari, K. Nath, S. Kumar, R. N. Tiwari, K.C. Kemp, N. H. Le, D. H. Youn, J. S. Lee, K. S. Kim K. S. Kim, P. Tarakeshwar, J. Y. Lee V. Georgakilas, M. Otyepka, A. B. Bourlinos, V. Chandra, N. Kim , K. C. Kemp, P. Hobza, R. Zboril, and K. S. Kim J. Yoon, S. K. Kim, N. J. Singh and K. S. Kim A. C. Rajan, M. R. Rezapour, J. Yun, Y. Cho, W. J. Cho, S. K. Min, G. Lee, and K. S. Kim B. H. Hong, J. Y. Lee, C.-W. Lee, J. C. Kim, S. C. Bae, and K. S. Kim