Great talk by Alex W. Schuppe (Vanderbilt University) at Seoul National University today! Insightful science, engaging presentation, and plenty of thought-provoking discussions. Thank you for visiting SNU and sharing your exciting research with us. #Chemistry#SNU
A truly inspiring seminar at SNU by Prof. Phil Ho Lee, former President of the Korean Chemical Society. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, experience, and passion for chemistry.
#SNU#Chemistry
Dean Toste, chair of the chemistry department and professor of chemistry, has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences.
https://t.co/AVBsBSdKoF
Congratulations to Prof. Seokmin Shin in our department on being appointed as the new President of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)! Wishing him great success and inspiring leadership for the advancement of chemistry and science in Korea.
Prof. David Sarlah (Rice University @SarlahLab) delivered a truly inspiring lecture titled “Empowering Synthesis: From Unique Methods to Complex Natural Products.” An excellent opportunity to explore cutting-edge advances in synthetic chemistry! Thank you for visiting us.
Congrats to Prof. Dongwhan Lee (https://t.co/M5DQLxkk9m)(SNU Chemistry) on being named a “Yumi Distinguished Teaching Scholar”! Recognized for leading core curriculum innovation and advancing interdisciplinary education at SNU. #SNU#Chemistry#EducationInnovation
Great to host Prof. Pat Holland (Yale) at SNU— “Breaking it and fixing it: new chemistry with nitrogen.” Inspiring insights into N2 activation and beyond!
🎓𝐒𝐍𝐔 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫
For decades, SNU has been recognized as a world-class institution known for solving complex problems. The Grand Quest Initiative marks a new chapter: SNU now steps forward as an agenda setter—proactively posing the hard questions that academia has yet to confront.
A Grand Quest is not a research topic. It's a question that disrupts entrenched assumptions, confronts the limits of existing knowledge, and embraces the risk of failure in pursuit of something genuinely new.
📢 𝐒𝐍𝐔 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋
📅 Submission period: March 17 – April 17, 2026
📣 Results announced: June 5, 2026
🏆 Award: KRW 5,000,000 per selected question
🔍 Evaluation: Fully blind review
All SNU members are invited to submit their boldest, most transformative questions.
What question have you been afraid to ask?
Now is the time to ask it.
🔗 Details & submission: https://t.co/5BmBkBxDqN
Read more about the Grand Quest Initiative:
https://t.co/OZqWVqmQ5X
#SNU #SeoulNationalUniversity #GrandQuest #ResearchInnovation #SNUGrandQuest
Celebrating the retirement of Prof. Seonghoon Lee with a seminar, dinner, and a small party. Thank you for your tremendous contributions to chemistry and to generations of students. Wishing you continued health and happiness!
Glad to host Prof. Jia Xie from Huazhong University of Science and Technology at SNU Chemistry. An expert in electrolyte design and battery safety, he trained with Barry Trost at Stanford and now leads impactful research on next-generation batteries.
New paper out in JOC in our group.
We report a heterogeneous iron-catalyzed borylation of aryl fluorides using FeCl3 and HBpin. A practical route to arylboronates under mild conditions. https://t.co/jTBgnXiaW2
#IronCatalysis#CFActivation#Borylation#SustainableChemistry
A rising star in our department, Prof. Seung Youn Hong reports a unified strategy to access cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes from alkenes via photocatalytically generated 1,3-dielectrophiles in JACS. A fresh way to rethink small-carbocycle retrosynthesis. https://t.co/ft65gKLuPT
Registration for the OM&CAT-7 conference in Korea is now open! Early registration & poster abstract by Mar 31, 2026. Check out our official webpage: https://t.co/N4pdxZqhv2
The Lee group (https://t.co/exGEpqHrtr) reports pH-switchable amphiphiles enabling fluorescence turn-on detection of hydrophobic anions in water. https://t.co/Ze46Rg9zt3
Macrocycles enable drugging tough targets like PPIs. Inspired by pyritides, Prof. Park et al. built 27 diverse macrocycles via a build/couple/pair strategy, uncovering a ferroptosis inhibitor (6paW) and validating diversity-oriented macrocycle design. https://t.co/5GyJy9Y0Ac
Prof. Barry Sharpless—one of only two scientists in history to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice—gave an unforgettable and inspiring lecture at SNU today. His passion for discovery and vision for the future of chemistry moved everyone in the audience. Truly remarkable.