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: https://ahn.postech.ac.kr/
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 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