SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology - SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology

  • Associate Professor
  • KANG, SEUNGGU

Education

  • 2002 – 2009 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Prof. Jeffery G. Saven)
  • 1996 – 1998 M.S. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, Korea (Prof. Yong-Rok Kim)
  • 1992 – 1996 B.S. in Chemistry, Yonsei University, Korea

Experience

  • 2024.3 – Present Associate Professor, SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology (SAINT) & Department of Nano Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea
  • 2014.4 – 2024.2 Research Staff Member, Computational Biology Center, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
  • 2011.3 – 2014.4 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computational Biology Center, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA (Prof. Ruhong Zhou)
  • 2010.2 – 2011.3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Prof. Jeffery G. Saven)
  • 1998.10 – 2002.1 Full-time Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Republic of Korea Air Force Academy, Korea
  • 1997.10 – 1998.10 Research Assistant, Quantum Optics Group, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Korea

Honors / Awards

  • Outstanding Accomplishments, “Pioneering Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accelerated Discovery”, IBM, 2023.
  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (the highest technical achievement award of the Global IBM), “Molecular Modeling for Alzheimer’s Disease”, IBM, 2019.
  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “Novel Nanostructures from small-peptide self-assembly”, IBM, 2018.
  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “Linear Response Method for Drug Discovery”, IBM, 2018.
  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “Advances in Protein Science Powered by Blue Gene”, IBM, 2016.
  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, “De novo Design of Nanomedicine: Implications from Nanotoxicity”, IBM, 2014.