Professor Jiwon Seo

EDUCATION 

2001-2006: Ph.D. Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry (Academic advisor: Prof. Richard B. Silverman, major: medicinal chemistry)

1993-1999: B.S. Seoul National University, Department of Chemical Technology

ACADEMIC TRAINING 

09/2007 – 01/2010: Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Supervisor: Prof. Annelise E. Barron)

Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford, CA, USA

11/2006 – 01/2008: Visiting Scientist (Research Supervisor: Dr. Ronald N. Zuckermann)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Foundry, NanoBio facility, Berkeley, CA, USA

09/2006 – 08/2007: Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Supervisor: Prof. Annelise E. Barron)

Northwestern University, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Evanston, IL, USA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

03/2016 – present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

03/2023 – present: Editorial Advisory Board Member, Peptide Science

08/2018 – present: Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Chemical Biology)

02/2010 – 02/2016: Assistant and Associate Professor, Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences, GIST, Gwangju, Korea

RESEARCH INTEREST

- Biomimetic chemistry & engineering: Protein & peptide mimetics, Enzymatic function mimic, Catalysis

- Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry: Anti-infective drug discovery, Macrocyclics, Peptoids, Delivery

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Korean Chemical Society (KCS) (2012-present), Korean Peptide Protein Society (KPPS) (2012-present), The Polymer Society of Korea (2011-present), The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC) (2016-present)