Zakir Ullah

Mr. Zakir Ullah joins us a Ph.D. student from the Chemistry department at KAIST. He will be studying theoretical and experimental chemistry of diamino malononitrile derivatives for sensing and catalysis.

Ph. D. Student
June 2019 - present

Education
M.Phil. in Chemistry, University of Peshawar (UOP), Pakistan
M.S. in Chemistry, Kohat Unversity of Science and Technology (KUST), Pakistan
B.S. in Biological Science, University of Peshawar (UOP), Pakistan

Email: zakir@kaist.ac.kr
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Wonki Lim

Mr. Wonki 임원기 Lim joins us as a Masters degree student from the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) department of KAIST. He will be working on catalyst development for cyclic carbonate formation from CO2 and epoxides.

MS Student
March 2019 - present

Education
BS in CBE, KAIST, Korea

Email: wonki0123@kaist.ac.kr
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Intizar Tashov

Mr. Intizar Tashov joins us as an Undergraduate Intern while studying for his degree in Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST. He will be picking up the Friedel-Crafts based porous polymer project and develop more materials with suitable functionalities towards gas capture and conversion.

Undergraduate Intern
February 2019 - present

Education
High School degree from 57th Secondary School, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Email: intizar.tashov@kaist.ac.kr

Awards
2017 Bronze Medal in 49th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Kingdom of Thailand
2017 Bronze Medal in 50th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad, Kazakhstan
2017 Silver Medal in National Chemistry Olympiad, Turkmenistan
2016 Bronze Medal in 49th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Georgia
2016 Bronze Medal in 50th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad, Russia
2016 Gold Medal in National Chemistry Olympiad, Turkmenistan
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Dr. Sreerangappa Ramesh

Dr. Sreerangappa Ramesh joins us from Belgium as a Postdoctoral Scholar. He is an expert in heterogeneous catalysis and will be working on the nano-catalysis projects.

Postdoctoral Scholar
September 2018 - present

Education
PhD in Chemistry from Visveswaraya Technological University, India
MS in Chemistry from Bangalore University, India
BS in Chemistry from Bangalore University, India

Email: rameshs@kaist.ac.kr

Publications prior to joining ONE Lab:
1. Citric acid-assisted synthesis of nanoparticle copper catalyst supported on oxide system for the reduction of furfural to furfuryl alcohol in the vapor phase. N.J. Venkatesha and Sreerangappa Ramesh, Ind & Eng. Chem. Res, 2018, 57, 1506-1515.
2. Hydrotalcite promoted by NaAlO2 as strongly basic catalysts with record activity in glycerol carbonate synthesis Sreerangappa Ramesh, François Devred, Ludivine van den Biggelaar and Damien P. Debecker Chem Cat Chem, Article in press
3. Sodium aluminate nano spheres made by aerosol processing catalyse the room temperature synthesis of glycerol carbonate Sreerangappa Ramesh, Damien P. Debecker Catalysis communications, 2017, 97,102-105.
4. Template free synthesis of Ni-Pervoskite: an efficient catalyst for hydrogen production by steam reforming of Bio-glycerol S. Ramesh, Venkatesh ACS sustainable chemistry and Engineering, 2017, 5, 1339-1346.
5. Copper decorated Pervoskite an efficient catalyst for low temperature hydrogen production by steam reforming of glycerol S. Ramesh, Eun-Hyeok Yang, Jae-Sun Jung, Dong Ju Moon International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40, 11428- 11435.
6. The effect of promoters in La0.9M0.1Ni0.5Fe0.5O3(M= Sr, Ca) perovskite catalysts on dry reforming of methane Eun-Hyeok Yang, Young Su Nho, S. Ramesh, Sung Soo Lim, Dong Ju Moon , Fuel Processing Technology, 2015, 134,404-413.
7. Nanoporous montmorillonite catalysed condensation reactions under microwave irradiation: A Green approach S. Ramesh, B.S. Jai Prakash, Y.S. Bhat Current Organo Catalysis, 2015, 2, 51-57.
8. Microstructure of FTS over spherical Co/γ-Al2O3 Jae-Sun Jung, Garam Choi, Jae-Suk Lee, S. Ramesh, Dong Ju Moon Catalysis Today, 2014, 250,102-114.
9. The Characterization of microstructure of Co on γ-Al2O3 for FTS: Effect of pretreatment on Ru- Co/γ-Al2O3 Jae-Sun Jung, Garam Choi, Jae-Suk Lee, S. Ramesh, Dong Ju Moon Fuel, 2014, 149,118-129.
10. Microwave activated p-TSA dealuminated montmorillonite - a new material with improved catalytic activity S. Ramesh, B.S. Jai Prakash, Y.S. Bhat Clay minerals 47,231-242. 2012.
11. Highly active and selective C-alkylation of p-cresol with cyclohexanol using p-TSA treated clays under microwave irradiation. S. Ramesh, B.S. Jai Prakash, Y.S. Bhat Applied Catalysis, A, 2012, 414-415,157-161
12. Synthesis of p-cresylpropionate over Mn+- montmorillonite catalysts: aspect of catalyst solvent interactions by DRIFTS study C. Ravindra Reddy, S. Ramesh, Y. S. Bhat, G. Nagendrappa, B. S. Jai Prakash, Reaction kinetics, Mechanism and Catalysis.2010, 100,289-30
13. Enhancing Brønsted acid site activity of ion exchanged montmorillonite by microwave irradiation for ester synthesis S. Ramesh, B.S. Jai Prakash, Y.S. Bhat Applied Clay Science, 2010, 48, 159-163.
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Sirinapa Wongwilawan

Ms. Srinapa "Mai" Wongwilawan joins our lab from Thailand as a Ph.D. student. She will be studying Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity and their applications in gas capture and separations.

PhD Student
September 2018 - present

Education
MS in Polymer Science from Chulalongkorn University
BS in Chemistry from Naresuan University

Email: sirinapa.w@kaist.ac.kr


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Dr. Thien S. Nguyen

Dr. Thien S. Nguyen joins our lab as a Postdoctoral Scholar. He received his PhD from the University of Houston at Jeremy May's lab. He is an expert on synthetic organic chemistry and will take responsibility in our Porous Polymers projects.

Postdoctoral Scholar
January 2018 - present

Education:
PhD University of Houston, Houston, TX
BSc University of Science, Vietnam
Email: thiensnguyen@kaist.ac.kr

Publications before joining ONE Lab:
1. Nguyen, T.S.; Le, P.Q.; May, J.A., “A general method for the enantioselective synthesis of α-chiral heterocycles”, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 6104—6107
2. Nguyen, T.S.; Yang, M.S.; May, J.A., “Experimental mechanistic insight into the BINOL-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of boronates to enones”, Tetrahedron Letters 2015, 56, 3337—3341.
3. Shih, J-L; Nguyen, T.S.; May, J. A., “Organocatalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Heteroaryl & Aryl Trifluoroborates: a Synthetic Strategy for Discoipyrrole D”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9931—9935.
4. Shih, J-L; Nguyen, T.S.; May, J.A., “Asymmetric Organocatalytic Conjugate Addition of Trifluoroborates”, Synfacts 2015, 11, 1102.
5. May, J.A.; Shih, J-L; Nguyen, T.S.; Le, P.; Vallakati, R.; Huynh, C.; Tran, T.; Jansone-Popova, S.; Lundy, B.J., “Synthetic Discoveries from Polycyclic Natural Products”, Planta Med 2015, 81, IL6.
6. Nguyen, T.N.; Nguyen, T.S.; May, J.A., “Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Homoconjugate Addition of Organotrifluoroborates to Arylated Cyclopropyl Ketones”, Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 3786—3789
7. Nguyen, T.N.; Nguyen, T.S.; May, J.A., “Addition of Organotrifluoroborates to Arylated Cyclopropyl Ketones”, Synfacts 2016, 12, 1069.





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Dr. Mousumi Garai

Dr. Mousumi Garai joins our lab as a BK21 Plus Postdoctoral Scholar. She received her PhD from IIT Kharagpur at Prof. Kumar Biradha's lab. She is an expert on crystalline porous materials and will take responsibility of our Metal Organic Frameworks and Covalent Organic Framework projects.

Postdoctoral Scholar
September 2017 - present

Education:
PhD Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
MSc Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
BSc The University of Burdwan, India
Email: mousumi@kaist.ac.kr

Publications before joining ONE Lab:
1. R. Santra, M. Garai, D. Mondal, K. Biradha, Anion Influence in Directing and Altering the Stereochemistry of the Double [2+2] Reaction of Bis-Pyridyl Dienes in their Silver Complexes: A Green Synthetic Route, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 489–493.
2. M. Garai, R. Santra, K. Biradha, Tunable Plastic Films of a Crystalline Polymer by Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerization of a Diene: Self-Templating and Shock-Absorbing Two-Dimensional Hydrogen-Bonding Layers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5548-5551.
3. M. Garai, K. Biradha, Coordination Polymers of Organic Polymers Synthesized via Photopolymerization of Single Crystals: Two-Dimensional Hydrogen Bonding Layers with Amazing Shock Absorbing Nature, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 3568-3570.
4. M. Garai, K. Biradha, Exploration and Exploitation of Homologues Series of Bis-(acrylamido)alkanes Containing Pyridyl and Phenyl Groups: β-sheet vs 2D-layers in Solid State Photo Chemical [2+2] Reactions, IUCrJ. 2015, 2, 523-533.
5. M. Garai, K. Maji, V. V. Chernyshev , K. Biradha, Interplay of Pyridine Substitution and Ag(I)···Ag(I) and Ag(I)···π Interactions in Templating Photochemical Solid State [2+2] Reactions of Unsymmetrical Olefins Containing Amides: Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformations of Coordination Polymers, Cryst. Growth Des., 2016, 16(2), 550-554.
6. M. Garai, Biradha, K. Water-Resistant and Transparent Plastic Films from Functionalizable Organic Polymers: Coordination Polymers as Templates for Solid State [2+2] Photopolymerization. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 23, 273-277.
7. M. Garai, Biradha, K. One-dimensional Coordination Polymers of Bis-(3-pyridyl-acrylamido)ethane: Influence of Anions and Metal Ions on Their Solid State [2+2] Photochemical Polymerization and Dimerization Reactions. Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 925-932.
8. R. Mandal, M. Garai, K. Biradha. Hydrogen-bonded Two-fold Interpenetrated Diamondoid Networks for Solid State [2+2] Polymerizations of Criss-crossed Olefins: Molecular Connections vs Supramolecular Connections. Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01114.

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Doyun Kim

DoYun joined ONE Lab as a Master's Student on September 1st, 2016. He comes from Kyungpook National University with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. He will be studying charged, quaternary ammonium featuring porous polymers for water treatment and catalytic applications. He can be contacted at doyun-kim@kaist.ac.kr.

Resume:
MS Student, Grad. School of EEWS, KAIST, September 2016 - present
BS Kyungpook National University
Major : Chemistry

Email: doyun-kim@kaist.ac.kr

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Uiseok Jeong

Uiseok joined ONE Lab as a Ph.D. Student on July 15, 2016. He has a Master's degree from Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, where he studied core-shell nanomaterials as recyclable catalysts and colorimetric sensors with Prof. Younghun Kim. In our lab, he will be taking on synthesis of metal oxide nanocrystals and their applications in catalysis and additives in industrial blends. He can be reached at jysvv@kaist.ac.kr.

Resume:
PhD Student, Grad. School of EEWS, KAIST, July 2016 - present
MS Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
BS Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Email: jysvv@kaist.ac.kr

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Joosung Jason Lee

MS Student

January 2015 - present

Education:
BS University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Major: Chemical Engineering
Minor: Sustainable Energy
Minor: Engineering Business
Email: wynter@kaist.ac.kr


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Nesibe Ayse Dogan

Ph. D. Student
September 2014 - present

Education:
MS Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
BS Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

Email: nesibeayse@kaist.ac.kr




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Yeongran Hong

Ph.D. Student

September 2016 - present

Education:
MS Graduate School of EEWS, KAIST, 2016
BS Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Email: yr123@kaist.ac.kr


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Young Dong Song

Ph. D. Student
March 2016 - present

Education:
MS Graduate School of EEWS, KAIST, 2016
BS Hanyang University ERICA, 2014
Major: Chemical Engineering

Email: ydsong88@kaist.ac.kr


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Prof. Cafer Tayyar Yavuz

Principal Investigator
June 2010 - present

Education:
PhD Rice University 2008
MA Rice University 2005
BS Middle East Technical University 2001

Work:
Associate Professor KAIST, 2013-present
Assistant Professor KAIST, 2010-2013
Consultant SEQ Energy LLC, San Francisco, CA 2010 - present
Postdoc University of California Santa Barbara, 2008-2010

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