Choong Eui Song
 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (June 2021) |
Choong Eui Song | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1955 Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater | BS. 1980 Chemistry, Chung-Ang University Diplom. 1985 Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Ph.D. 1988 Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University |
| Known for | enantioselective synthesis |
| Awards | 1998, the Korean 52 Research Scientists 2001, Scientist of the Month Award of Korea 2004, the distinguished contribution award for new drug development 2013, KCS Academic Excellence Grand Prize 2017, Academic Excellence Grand Prize 2018, Korean Academy of Science and Technology member |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | 1989-2004 Korea Institute of Science and Technology 2004- Sungkyunkwan University |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfgang Kläui |
| Choong Eui Song | |
| Hangul | 송충의 |
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| Hanja | 宋忠儀[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Song Chung-ui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Song Ch'ung'ŭi |
Choong Eui Song (Korean: 송충의; born January 15, 1955) is a South Korean organic chemist.
Biography
[edit]Song was born and raised in Seoul. He received his B.S. degree from Chung-Ang University in 1980, and received a diploma (1985) and a Ph.D. (1988) at RWTH Aachen University in Germany.
After completing his Ph.D., he worked as Principal Research Scientist at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). In 2001, he was appointed as a head of the National Research Laboratory for Green Chirotechnology in Korea. In 2004, he moved to Sungkyunkwan University (Department of Chemistry) as a full professor. In 2005, he was elected as the vice-president of Korean Chemical Society. From 2006 to 2014 he worked as a director at the Research Institute of Advanced Nanomaterials (University-centered Lab, Korea Research Foundation). In 2016 he was appointed as a director of National Research Laboratory for Chiral Organic Molecular Materials in Korea.
He has been visiting professors for several universities/institutes in the worlds, including:
- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany, 2010
- University of Southampton, England, 2015
He served as a technical advisor to the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Dongwoo Fine-Chem and Hansol Chemical. He has been a board member of Kyongbo Pharmaceuticals s since 2015.
His research has been focused on asymmetric organocatalysis, biomimetic catalysis, artificial enzyme, on-water catalysis and on-droplet catalysis. His current research also focuses on prebiotic chemistry, specifically, the origin of homochirality (chirality amplification process).[2][3]
Honors and awards
[edit]He has received several scientific awards including:
- The Korean 52 Research Scientists (Ministry of Science and Technology (South Korea), 1998)
- The Scientist of the Month Award[4] (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 2000)
- The Scientist of the Month Award of Korea[5] (Ministry of Science and Technology (South Korea), 2001)
- The distinguished contribution award for new drug development (Korea Drug Research Association, 2004)
- Academic Excellence Grand Prize[6] (Korean Chemical Society, 2013)
- Academic Excellence Grand Prize Korean Society of Organic Synthesis, 2017)
In 2018, he was elected to the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "이달의 과학기술자상에 송충의 박사 선정" [Dr. Song Choong-eui chosen for Scientist of the Month Award]. JoongAng Ilbo. 2002-01-21. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "Choong Eui Song's Lab homepage".
- ^ "Choong Eui Song at ResearchGate".
- ^ KIST. "The Scientist of the Month Award of KIST". www.kist.re.kr (in Korean).
- ^ Seoul Economic Daily. "The Scientist of the Month Award of Korea" (in Korean).
- ^ Korean Chemical Society (9 May 2013). "Academic Excellence Grand Prize".
- ^ "Korean Academy of Science and Technology".
