Awards 2018 Mar.Appointed as a Chair Professor of Yonsan (POSTECH)2017 Sep.Severo Ochoa Visiting Fellowship (IBEC, Spain)2017 Apr.Academic Excellence Award by Korean Chemical Society2016 Dec.The Postechian Scientist of the Year by POSTECH2016 Oct.The Scientist of the Month by National Research Foundation (NRF)2014 Oct.The year of Best 100 Scientific Achievement (Nation Research Fund)2008 Dec.Excellence Service in Project Evaluation (Korean Science & Engineering Fund)2007 Oct.The year of Best 100 Scientific Achievement (Korean Science & Engineering Fund)2007 Apr.The Year of Scientist (Deajeon City)2005 Nov.Best Researcher (Chungnam National Univ.)1988 May.Memorial Award for Prof. Daniel Swern (Temple Univ)