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B. Moon Kim

Professor

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Department of Chemistry, College Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

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Office 503-625

Lab 503-608

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Phone +82-2-880-6644

Fax +82-2-872-7505

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Email kimbm@snu.ac.kr

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology                                             Ph.D.

          Department of Chemistry

          1983, 9 - 1988, 2.

          Adviser: Satoru Masamune

          Thesis: Asymmetric Organic Synthesis Using Organoboron Compounds

Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University                       M.S.

          1980, 3 - 1982, 2. 

          Adviser: Eun Lee

Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University                       B.S.

          1975, 3 - 1980, 2. 

Experience

Seoul National University

          2019. 11. 1. – present: Vice Chair of the University Senate

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Seoul National University

          2014. 7. – 2016. 7. Vice President, Academic Affairs

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Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

          2006. 2. – 2012. 12: Department Chair

          2006. 2. – 2013. 8: Director of the Brain Korea 21 Division of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Seoul National University                                   

          2005. 4. – Present: Professor

          1999. 10 – 2005. 3: Associate Professor

          1995, 9 - 1999. 9: Assistant Professor

          Research Interest: Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry

          2003. 1. – 2006: Adjunct Investigator 

          Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry    

         

National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH

          2007. 1 – 2009. 2: Guest Researcher

          Laboratory of Chemical Biology    

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Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc. West Point, PA

          Medicinal Chemistry Department  

          1994, 12 - 1995, 8: Research Fellow

          1990, 6 - 1994, 11: Senior Research Chemist

          Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford University

          Department of Chemistry

          1989. 6 – 1989. 8  Visiting Scientist

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Cambridge, MA

          Department of Chemistry,

             1988, 2 - 1990, 5: Postdoctoral Fellow (Professor K. Barry Sharpless' Laboratory)

Awards

-Member of the Jung-Young Residence, Seoul National University (Presidential Residents Group)       

   1978. 3 - 1980. 2

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  • Room and Board Exemption Scholarship, Jung-Young Residence, Seoul National University           

     1978. 3 – 1980. 2

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  • Graduation with Honor                                                                                                               

      1980, Department of Chemistry, SNU

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  • Special Professional Agent Corps           

     1980, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Defense, Korea

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  • Top-Five-Percent Performance Award

     1994, Merck Research Laboratories

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  • SBS Fellow Scholarship Award 

     2002, the SBS Foundation, Korea

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  • Innovatec Guest Lectureship (DAAD)                                                                          

     2003, Regensburg University, Germany

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  • Best Teacher of the Year Award

     2005, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University

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  • Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (to Taiwan), 4th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia

     2009, Bangkok, Thailand

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  • Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (to Hong Kong), 5th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia

     2010, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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  • Outstanding Education Award

     2012, Seoul National University

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  • Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (to China), 7th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia

     December 14, 2012, Singapore

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  • Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (to Japan), 7th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia

     December 14, 2012, Singapore

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  • The 1st Organic Chemistry Division Award

     2013, Korean Chemical Society

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  • Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (to Thailand), 9th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia

     2014, Malaysia

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  • Korea Society of Organic Synthesis Award, Korea Society of Organic Synthesis Annual Meeting

     September 21, 2017, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea.

Societies & Other Activities

Societies

          Korean Chemical Society                1995 - present    Life-member

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2013  Vice President for Academic Affairs

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2016  Organic Division Chair

          American Chemical Society            1983 - present    Member

          American Peptide Society               1999 - present    Member

          Korean Peptide Society                   1997 - present    Member

          Korean Biochemical and Molecular Biology Society            

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1996 - Present    Life-member

          Korean Pharmaceutical Society       1999 - present    Member

          Korea Society of Organic Synthesis

                                                                2020 – Present   President

 

Other Activities

         Chief Scientific Officer, ProMediTech, Co., Korea                                     2001 – 2011

         Review Board of the National Research Foundation, Korea                     2010 – 2012

         Chief Review Board of the National Research Foundation, Korea            2012 – 2014

         Posco ChungAm Prize Nomination Committee Member                        2014

         Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society                        2014 – present                 

         Editor-in-Chief, the Journal of the Korean Chemical Society                  2014 – 2016

         President, Organic Chemistry Division of the Korean Chemical Society   2016

         International Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry          2013 – present

         Advisory Board, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry                                 2017 – present                 

         Advisory Board, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters                     2017 – present

         President-Elect, Korea Society of Organic Synthesis                              2020

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