Awards

2023 NSF CAREER Award
2021 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2018 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
 

Education

• Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013
• A.M. in Chemistry and A.B. in Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University, 2007

Research

Prof. Kim’s research group is interested in using the tools of organic chemistry to develop new reactions that further applications in organic synthesis, chemical biology, and materials science. The group take a bottom-up approach to molecular challenges in each of these fields. Basic chemical research – exploration of novel synthetic strategies, discovery of new molecular reactivity, and synthesis of complex molecular architectures – is foundational to our efforts in accessing useful molecules and reactions for the study and manipulation of biologically relevant systems. We have projects in bioorthogonal reaction development, chemoproteomics-based target discovery, drug discovery, and functionally adaptive biomaterials.

Research Keywords

Organic chemistry; Chemical biology; Bioorthogonal chemistry; Drug target identification; Functional materials for drug deliveryarget identification; Functional materials for drug delivery