Literature Seminar A (Young Chemist Colloquium) is an introductory course that outlines an English seminar program to host doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers from Department of Chemistry to share their excellent research results. This will promote the culture of joint research within the department and help career development as next-generation chemists.

This special lecture series aims to provide graduate students and young researchers an access to cultivate international communication skills through active discussions. This will also encourage scientific interaction and facilitate the flow of ideas among graduate students and speakers to develop their skill sets required to build future professional relationships and new research opportunities.

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Through this course, you will be given top-notch research talks by peer students and postdoctoral scientists. In an informal setting, you are encouraged to interact with speakers and develop skill sets required to comprehend research far off from your own and communicate with peers to create new research opportunities. This course aims at cultivating the communication and evalation skills for the students by listening to the presentation given by other students. The students are encouraged to raise questions and comments.

No prerequisites. Note that this course can be a one-time substitute for CHEM809 course: the Colloquium (초청세미나). In case you cannot enroll because of the enrollment cap (20 students), please talk to Prof. Kim by email.

A few more details of the course are as follows:
1. Course Name: Literature Seminar A & B (Young Chemist Colloquium), 문헌세미나 A & B (차세대 화학자 콜로키움).
2. Literature Seminar B will be given in the fall semester.
3. Speakers for Literature Seminar A and B
- Literature Seminar A: 15 groups of Kyung Hwan Kim, Sungjee Kim, Sunmin Ryu, Moon Jeong Park, Sarah Park, Soojin Park, Joon Won Park, Jongcheol Seo, Chang Yun Son, Seung Koo Shin, Jihoon Shim, In Su Lee, Taiha Joo, Hee Cheul Choi, Jong Hoon Hahn
- Literature Seminar B: 12 groups of Kimoon Kim, Wonjong Kim, Jaiwook Park, Changill Ban, Kyo Han Ahn, Young Ho Rhee, Eunsung Lee, Hyun-suk Lim, Young-Tae Chang, Seung Hwan Cho, Hyung Min Chi, Seung Jun Hwang

Participation is important. All students are required to give at least 1 question within the first half and the second half of the semester each.

Abstracts of presentations will be provided in advance.

One invited talk per week as follows:

2.23 Dr. Haneul Kang (Prof. Sunmin Ryu Group) Interfacial Charge Transfer and Molecular Diffusion in Two-Dimensional (2D) van der Waals Space
3.02 Taecheon Lyu (Prof.Taiha Joo Group) Temperature-Dependent Fluorescence of mPlum Fluorescent Protein From 295 K to 20 K
3.16 Boram Kim (Prof. Moon Jeong Park Group) Dendrite-free lithium metal batteries based on single-ion conducting polymers
3.23 Youngkwan Yoon (Prof. Hee Cheul Choi Group) Growth control of molecular crystals by physical vapor transport method
3.30 Dayeong Kim (Prof. In Su Lee Group) Silica Jar-with-Lid as Chemo-Enzymatic Nano-Compartment for Enantioselective Synthesis inside Living Cells
4.06 Hye Bin Son (Prof. Soojin Park Group) Application of polymer materials for the development of high-safety, high-energy-density batteries
4.20 Haesol Kim (Prof. Chang Hyuck Choi Group) Operando investigation of the role of the solid-liquid interface towards the electrocatalyst stability
4.27 Dr. Kyeong-jun Jeong (Prof. Chang Yun Son Group) Effective Lithium Ion Transport Mechanisms by End-Group Chemistry in Polymer Electrolytes
5.04 Jiyeon Lee (Prof. Jongcheol Seo Group) Distinguishing Protein Topologies in the Gas Phase Using Supercharging Ion Mobiliy Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry
5.11 Hyeyeon Cho (Prof. Hee Cheul Choi Group) Synthesis of bilayer graphene via chemical vapor deposition and mechanism study on the determination of stacking angle
5.18 Sang Gu Ji (Prof. Chang Hyuck Choi Group) Tuning the oxygen reduction reaction by tailoring the electrode/electrolyte interface

Covid-19 policy: As this course is formatted as an expanded group meeting that can be found in a typical chemistry research lab, the seminar will be given in a traditional on-site meeting at Room 400 in combination with on-line mode via Zoom meeting. To promote live discussion and exchange of ideas, students are encouraged to participate in on-site meeting. All participants are required to observe personal Covid-19 mitigation measures including wearing a mask.
Until 2022. 4. 11: On-line mode via Zoom meeting.
From 2022. 4. 11: On-site meeting at Room 400.


This course will be run by three co-instructors: Dr. Kyeong-jun Jeong (Postdoctoral Researcher, Email: kjeong@postech.ac.kr), Ms. Ina Park (PhD Candidate, Email: ina1209@postech.ac.kr), and Prof. Kyung Hwan Kim. Each seminar session will be chaired by Dr. Jeong or Ms. Park. Light lunch box will be provided before each session. Please feel free to contact the instructors for any inquiry.