About the Speaker:

Bio:

Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, USA 2007

M.A. Inorganic Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, USA 2003

B.S. Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, South Korea 2000

Research Interests:

The Lee Yunho group‘s research goal is to investigate fundamental inorganic and bioinorganic chemical principles by learning from nature and then adapt these concepts to future catalyst designs for energy-related industrial applications. We focus on understanding various biological catalytic reactions, particularly those based on the activation of energy-related small molecules (such as H2, CO2, and CO) and then seek to accomplish similar catalytic activation using a biomimetic methodology. We will incorporate a systematic approach based on the known active-site structures and design ligand architectures that accommodate the necessary steric and electronic environments to a metal site to achieve efficient and controllable synthetic catalysts.