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Chair Prof. Wonwoo Nam
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    Ewha Womans University Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience
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Award-winning achievements

Chair Professor Wonwoo Nam is a global leader who significantly contributed to developing dioxygen chemistry and enzyme mimetics in bioinorganic chemistry through biomimetic research using enzyme mimics and raised domestic research.

In particular, he proved that it is possible to control the structure of intermediates and reactivity due to changes in the coordinate environment in the chemical reaction of oxygenase by determining the presence and shape of intermediates that appear for a short time in the chemical reaction of enzymes and then disappear. He also helped develop an understanding of life phenomena and laid the foundation for developing an artificial enzyme system that mimics vital reactions.

Recently, he published unrivaled research results in dioxygen chemistry, e.g., devoting himself to research on metal-oxygen intermediates using Late Transition Metal and research on the generation of oxygen-oxygen bonds that occur in the photosystem, thereby contributing to enhancing the level and awareness of Korean science and technology.

Education and career

  • 1985 B.S. in Chemistry, California State University (CSU, LA)
  • 1990 Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of California, USA (UCLA)
  • 1994 ~ 2004 Professor, Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University
  • 2003 ~ Head of Creative Research Promotion Project, Ministry of Science and ICT
  • 2005 ~ Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University
  • 2007 ~ 2020 Global COE Invited Professor, Osaka University, Japan
  • 2007 ~ Professor Emeritus, University of Hong Kong

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He paved the way for a realm of endless possibilities in the field of organic semiconductors His contributions to organic electronic materials and optoelectronic materials have brought innovation to both fields