Minjoong Yoon

Minjoong Yoon
Born	October 10, 1948(1948-10-10) Seoul, South Korea
Residence	Daejon, South Korea
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Research Institute of Materials Chemistry Laboratory for Molecular-Nano Photochemistry and Photonics Chungnam National University
Doctoral advisor	Pill-Soon Song
Doctoral students	Kee Hwan Lee Dae Won Cho Ok-Keun Song Su Young Ryu Yanghee Kim Ho-Cheol Kang Yong Hee Kim Tae Sook Park Koliyat Parayil Sreenivasan Noah Lee Jooran Lee

Minjoong Yoon (born September 8, 1948) is a South Korean chemist and professor.

Chemistry

Yoon specializes in nano and molecular scale photochemistry and photonics. He is well known for the studies of space and time resolved fluorescence/Raman spectroscopy that has been conducted at the Laboratory for Molecular-Nano Photochemistry and Photonics in Chungnam National University.^[1] Acknowledging his contribution to chemistry, he was elected the 43rd president of The Korean Chemical Society in 2007 and he will serve until 2009. Yoon is also the vice president of Asia-Oceania Photochemistry Association. In 2009, Yoon was elected the president of The Korean Union of Chemical Science and Technology Societies. He serves as an associate editor of the journal, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences and an editorial board member of both Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C-Photochemistry Review and Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry.

Life and Education

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Yoon studied chemistry education (Bachelor of Science, 1971) at Seoul National University. Instead of becoming a highschool teacher, his research interest in chemistry led him to pursue postgraduate studies (Master of Science, 1974) at Sogang University. Yoon continued the graduate study under Dr. Pill-soon Song and received Ph.D in chemistry from Texas Tech University in 1981. After the post-doctoral research fellowships at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Harvard Medical School from 1981 to 1982, Yoon returned to Korea to join the faculty member of Department of Chemistry of Chungnam National University.

Awards and honors

Among Yoon's awards and honors are:

• Excellent Exemplary Student Award (Minister of Education of Republic of Korea) (1970)
• International Scientist Exchange Award (Canada National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)) (1987)
• Excellent Research Professor Award (Chungnam National University) (2002)
• IPJAE Physical Chemistry Award (Korean Chemical Society) (2003)
• Scientific Research Award (Korean Society of Photosciences) (2003)
• APA (Asia-Oceania Photochemistry Association) Award for Distinguished Achievements (2008)

Footnotes

1. ^ Publications.

External links

• The Korean Chemical Society
• Laboratory for Molecular-Nano PhotoChemistry and Photonics
• Asia-Oceania Photochemistry Association
• Korean Union of Chemical Science and Technology Societies

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Name	Yoon, Minjoong
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Date of birth	October 10, 1948
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
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