Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon, from the Seoul National University, visited our lab today. He gave a Peiyang Lecture with the title “Chemistry for Nano, and Nano for Medicine & Energy”.

Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon is a faculty member of the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering of Seoul National University. He has been focused on the synthesis and applications of uniform-sized nanoparticles and related nanostructured materials, and published > 350 papers in prominent international journals (>41,000 citations and h-index of > 110). He is a SNU Distinguished Professor. In 2011, he was selected as “Top 100 Chemists” of the decade by UNESCO&IUPAC. Since 2012, he has been serving as a Director of Center for Nanoparticle Research of Institute for Basic Science (IBS). He is Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Materials Research Society (MRS). He received many awards including the Korea S&T Award from the Korean President (2016), Hoam Prize (2012, Samsung Hoam Foundation), POSCO-T. J. Park Award (2008), and the IUVSTA Prize for Technology (International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications, 2016). Since 2010, he has served as an Associate Editor of J. Am. Chem. Soc. He has been serving as editorial (advisory) board members of ACS Central Science, Advanced Materials, Nanoscale, Nano Today, and Small.

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