Education

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2000
M.A., Chemistry Education
Dissertation: Photosyntheses and physical properties of acenaphthelene derivatives as potent materials for the solar energy storaging

Publications

1. Yoon, J. A.; Chakicherla, G.; Gil, R .G.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K. "Comparison of the Thermoresponsive Deswelling Kinetics of Poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate) Hydrogels Prepared by ATRP and FRP" Macromolecules, ASAP.
2. Nese, A,; Mosnacek, J.; Juhari, A.; Yoon, J. A.; Koynov, K.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K. "Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Star-Like PBA-b-PMMA Block Copolymers" Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 1227.
3. Mosnacek, J.; Yoon, J. A.; Juhari, A.; Koynov, K.; Matyjaszewski, K., "Synthesis, morphology and mechanical properties of linear triblock copolymers based on poly(alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone)" Polymer 2009, 50, 2087.
4. Min, K.; Gao, H.; Yoon, J. A.; Wu, W.; Kowalewski, T.; Matyjaszewski, K., "One-Pot Synthesis of Hairy Nanoparticles by Emulsion ATRP" Macromolecules 2009, 42, 1597.
5. Dong, H. C.; Zhu, M. Z.; Yoon, J. A.; Gao, H. F.; Jin, R. C.; Matyjaszewski, K., "One-pot synthesis of robust core/shell gold nanoparticles" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12852.
6. Matyjaszewski, K.; Tsarevsky, N. V.; Braunecker, W. A.; Dong, H.; Huang, J.; Jakubowski, W.; Kwak, Y.; Nicolay, R.; Tang, W.; Yoon, J. A., "Role of Cu-0 in controlled/"living" radical polymerization" Macromolecules 2007, 40, 7795.
7. Noh, T.; Yoon, J.; Lee, Y.; Cha, J. H., [2+2] "Cyclodimers of 1-cyanoacenaphthylene and benzene" Bull. Kor. Chem. Soc. 2001, 22, 445-446.
8. Noh, T.; Jeon, K.; Yoon, J.; Jeong, Y., "Photocycloaddition of cyclo-1,3-dienes to 9-cyanophenanthrene" Bull. Kor. Chem. Soc. 1999, 20, 1351-1354.

Awards

Experience

• 2006-Present Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2000-2006 Senior research scientist, LG Chem research park, Daejeon, Korea
Development of negative type photoresists for color filters of LCDs.

Presentations

• The 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA. August 17-21, 2008.

Skills

• Organic synthesis, polymer synthesis, photosynthesis.
• Instrumentation and analysis: NMR, AFM, SEM and several others.