Soyoung An

Postdoctoral Associate

Education

Jan 2017-Feb 2022 Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry)
Supervisor: Dwight Seferos
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

May 2015-Dec 2016 Master of Science (Chemistry)
Supervisor: Jung Kwon Oh
Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Sep 2008-May 2012 Bachelor of Science
Major in Biochemistry          
McGill University, Montreal, QC      

Research

Feb 2022-Present Postdoctoral Research

Advisor: Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski – Carnegie Mellon University

• Ionic conductive polymers for lithium-ion batteries

Jan 2017-Feb 2022 Ph. D. Research

Advisor: Prof. Dwight Seferos – University of Toronto

• Design and synthesis of organic electrode materials for inexpensive and environmentally benign batteries (i.e., lithium-ion batteries)

May 2015-Dec 2016 M.Sc Research

Advisor: Prof. Jung Kwon Oh – Concordia University

• Development of self-healing polymers and UV-curable coating materials

Publications

1. S. Y. An, B. T. McAllister, E. Grignon, S. Evariste, D. S. Seferos. Increasing ionic conductivity in polymer electrodes using oxanorbornene. EcoMat, 2022, 4, 12178
2. B. T. McAllister, E. Grignon, T. B. Schon, S. Y. An, C. H. Yim, Y. Abu-Lebdeh, D. S. Seferos. High-rate activation of organic superlithiation anodes. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 6659
3. P. Pahlavanlu, S. Y. An, J. R. Panchuck, A. A. Polit, D. S. Seferos. Anion-radical polymerization of sulfur- and selenium-substituted N-type conjugated polymers. Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 3130
4. M. B. Miltenburg, S. Y. An, N. K. Obhi, E. Grignon, B. T. McAllister, D. S. Seferos. Ambipolar PEDOT-pendant tetrachlorinated perylene diimide for symmetric supercapacitors. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2020, 12, 5574
5. S. Y. An, T. B. Schon, B. T. McAllister, D. S. Seferos. Design strategies for organic carbonyl materials for energy storage: small molecules, oligomers, polymers, and supramolecular structures. EcoMat, 2020, 2, 12055
6. S. Y. An, T. B. Schon, D. S. Seferos. Stable, dual redox unit organic electrodes. ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 1134
7. T. B. Schon, S. Y. An, A. J. Tilley, D. S. Seferos. Unusual capacity increases with cycling for ladder-type microporous polymers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 2, 1739
8. D. Biswas, S. Y. An, Y. Li, X. Wang, J. K. Oh. Intracellulardeliverycolloidally-stable core-crosslinkedtriblockcopolymer micelles with glutathione-responsive enhanced drug release for cancer therapy. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14, 1518
9. S. Y. An, S. M. Noh, J. K. Oh. Multiblock copolymer-based dual dynamic disulfide and supramolecular crosslinked self-healing networks. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2017, 38, 1600777
10. F. Ren, B. Rosal, S. Y. An, F. Yang, E. Carrasco, A. Benayas, J. K. Oh, D. Jaque, A. J. Fuente, F. Vetrone, D. Ma. Development and investigation of ultrastable PbS/CdS/ZnS quantum dots for Near-Infrared tumor imaging, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2016, 34, 1600242
11. D. G. Lee, S. Y. An, H. W. Jung, J. K. Oh. Photo-induced thiol-ene crosslinked polymethacrylate networks reinforced with Al2O3 nanoparticles. Polymer, 2016, 101, 119
12. S. Y. An, S. W. Hong, J. K. Oh. Rosin-based block copolymer intracellular delivery nanocarriers with reduction-respon- sive sheddable coronas for cancer therapy. Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 7, 4751
13. S. Y. An, S. Sun, J. K. Oh. Reduction-responsive sheddable carbon nanotubes dispersed in aqueous solution. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2016, 37, 705
14. S. Y. An, D. Arunbabu, S. M. Noh, Y. K. Song, J. K. Oh. Recent strategies to develop self-healable crosslinked networks. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 13058
15. S. Y. An, S. M. Noh, J. H. Nam, J. K. Oh. Dual sulfide-disulfide crosslinked networks with rapid and room temperature self-healability. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2015, 36, 1255 (Back cover)
16. N. Chan, N. Yee, S. Y. An, J. K. Oh. Tuning amphiphilic and thermoresponsive self-assembly and in situ disulfide crosslinking of reduction-responsive block copolymers. Journal of Polymer Science. Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2014, 52, 2057
17. N. Chan, S. Y. An, N. Yee, J. K. Oh. Dual redox and thermo-responsive double hydrophilic block copolymers with tunable thermoresponsive properties and self-assembly behavior. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2014, 34, 752
18. S. Y. An, J. W. Hwang, K. N. Kim, H. W. Jung, S.M. Noh, J. K. Oh. Multifunctional linear methacrylate copolymer polyenes having pendant vinyl groups: synthesis and photo-induced thiol-ene crosslinking polyaddition. Journal of Polymer Science. Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2014, 52, 572
19. N. Chan, S. Y. An, J. K. Oh. Dual location disulfide degradable interlayer-crosslinked micelles with extended sheddable coronas exhibiting enhanced colloidal stability and rapid release. Polymer Chemistry 2014, 5, 1637

Patents

• D. S. Seferos, T. B. Schon, G. I. Ingram, S. Y. An. B. T. McAllister. Metallated catechol derivative useful for lithium-ion battery electrodes. UofT provisional patent application No. 10003872. Filed Oct. 29, 2019
• D. S. Seferos, T. B. Schon, S. Y. An, A. J. Tilley. Organic triptycene-based frameworks useful for lithium-ion battery electrodes. US provisional patent application No. 62/599,461. Filed Dec. 15, 2017
• S. Y. An, J. K. Oh. Self-healable copolymers and methods for the preparation thereof. Invention disclosure/61991832 (2014)

Selected awards and fellowship

• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022-2023)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) (2020-2021)
• Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (NSERC CGS-D) (2017-2020)
• Faculty of Arts & Science Talent (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto (2017-2020)
• CQMF | 8th Annual CQMF Symposium - poster and oral presentation awards 2015
• Concordia Merit Scholarship (2015-2016)