Jeong-Mo Choi (최정모)
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Pusan National University
Email: jmchoi [at] pusan.ac.kr
CV (as of March 31, 2023)
Education
- 2016, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Harvard University (Advisor: Eugene I. Shakhnovich) [dissertation]
- 2015, A.M. in History of Science, Harvard University (Advisor: Naomi Oreskes)
- 2011, B.S. summa cum laude in Chemistry and Physics, KAIST (Advisor: Yoon Sup Lee)
Employment
- 2020-, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University
- 2019-2020, Research Assistant Professor, Natural Science Research Institute, KAIST
- 2016-2019, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (Mentor: Rohit V. Pappu)
Research Interests
- Physical chemistry of living systems
- Biological applications of statistical physics
- Molecular modeling and computational chemistry
- Protein interactions and collective behaviors
- Protein evolution and design
Honors and Awards
- 2023-2024, POSCO Science Fellowship, POSCO TJ Park Foundation
- Oct 2022, KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award, Korean Chemical Society and John Wiley & Sons.
- Feb 2022, Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University
- Mar 2019, 2019 Travel Award, Biophysical Society
- Feb 2018, Postdoctoral Research Award, IDP Subgroup of the Biophysical Society
- 2013 Fall, Harvard University Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Derek Bok Center
- 2012-2013, Smith Family Graduate Science and Engineering Fellowship, Harvard University
- 2011-2016, Overseas Fellowship for Graduate Study, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies
- 2003-2006, National Undergraduate S&T Scholarship, Korea Research Foundation
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