Cheon Jinwoo
Cheon Jinwoo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 63–64) |
| Alma mater | Yonsei University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Known for | Nanoscience and nanomedicine |
| Awards | 2010 Inchon Award (Inchon Memorial Foundation) 2012 Korea's 100 Most Influential Person for Next 10 Years (DongA Daily News) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, nanoscience, nanocrystals |
| Institutions | Yonsei University, Institute for Basic Science, Center for Nanomedicine |
| Theses | |
| Doctoral advisors | Gregory S. Girolami |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 천진우 |
| RR | Cheon Jinu |
| MR | Ch'ŏn Chinu |
| Website | cheongroup |
Cheon Jinwoo is a South Korean chemist and nanomedicine researcher. He is the H. G. Underwood Professor of Chemistry at Yonsei University, the founding director of the Center for Nanomedicine at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and the director of the Max Planck–Yonsei IBS Center for Nanomedicine Deep Tissue Control (MPYIC).
Cheon is recognized for his contributions to inorganic materials chemistry and nanomedicine. His research focuses on developing chemical principles for the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles and nanoprobes, and on their application to imaging, sensing, and controlling cellular functions in deep tissues of living systems.
Cheon is a fellow of the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. He serves as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society(JACS) and previously served as a senior editor of Accounts of Chemical Research(ACR). He is also a member of the editorial advisory boards of several leading scientific journals, including C&EN.
Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards, including the Inchon Award, the POSCO TJ Park Prize, and the Ho-Am Prize in Science. He has also been named a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher and received the Glenn T. Seaborg Memorial Lectureship in Chemistry.