Sangwoo Park - Matyjaszewski Polymer Group - Carnegie Mellon University

Sangwoo Park

Address:
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Office: MI-810
Phone: (412) 268-4391
Email: sangwoop@andrew.cmu.edu

Education

  • 2008/03-2010/02       M.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University (Korea) 

                                              Advisor: Prof. Hyun-jong Paik

  • 2001/03-2008/02       B.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University (Korea)

Publications

Publications 

  1. S. Park, H. Cho, J. Yoon, Y. Kwak, A. Srinivasan, J. Hollinger, H. Paik, K. Matyjaszewski, Photo-Cross-Linkable Thermoresponsive Star Polymers Designed for Control of Cell-Surface Interactions, Biomacromolecules, 2010, 11(10), 2647.

Patents

  1. Dispersion of carbon nanotubes using gradient copolymer and fabrication of carbon nanotubes solution. Jong Hun Han; Kwonwoo Shin; Hyun-jong Paik; Sangwoo Park; Keon Woo Kim; Bong-soo Kim; Somi Jung. KR Pat. 10-2009-0053954.

  2. Dispersion of carbon nanotubes using poly(styrenre-co-dimethly 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) and fabrication of carbon nanotubes solution. Jong Hun Han; Kwonwoo Shin; Hyun-jong Paik; Sangwoo Park; Keon Woo Kim; Bong-soo Kim. KR Pat. 10-2010-0023161.

Presentations

  1. Poster Presentation, "Photocrosslinkable Thermoresponsive Star Polymers Designed for Control of Cell-Surface Interactions." JSPS/NRF 3rd Joint Seminar for nanomaterials, Busan, Korea, Jun, 2010.
  2. Poster Presentation, "Growth of Gold Nanoparticles on the Surface of the Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes functionalized N,N'-Bis(2-pyridylmethyl) 2-hydroxyethylamine ligand."  KCS. 102nd National meeting, Jeju, Korea, Oct, 2008.
  3. Poster Presentation, "GROWTH OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES ON THE SURFACE OF THE SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES FUNCTIONALIZED WITH N,N'-BIS(2-PYRIDYLMETHYL) 2-HYDROXYETHYLAMINE LIGAND." 7th International Conference on Advanced Functional Polymers and Self-Organized Materials 2008 (IC-PSM 2008), Busan, Korea, Sep, 2008.
  4. Poster Presentation, "Sidewall functionalization of carbon nanotubes using benzoyl peroxides", Korea-Japan Joint Workshop on Nanostructured Hybrid Materials(NANOHYBRID 2007), Busan, Korea, May, 2007.

Experience

  • 2011                                  Teaching assistant, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2009/02-2010/01           Visiting scientist, Matyjaszewski's group, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2008                                  Teaching assistant, "Polymer Chemistry", Pusan National University
  • 2002/04-2004/10           Military service  

Awards and Honors

  • 2008                 University Scholarship for graduate school, Pusan National University
  • 2005-2007       University Scholarship, Pusan National University (Korea)
  • 2001                 University Scholarship, Pusan National University (Korea)