Director
IBS QCR Yousoo Kim
Yousoo Kim
- Director, Center for Quantum Conversion Research (QCR), IBS
- 062-715-4770
- kim@ibs.re.kr
- GIST Building C (N6) 504-1, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju
Education
- 1999PhD. in Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo
- 1993M.S. in Chemistry, Seoul National University
- 1991B.S. in Chemistry, Seoul National University
- 2024 -Director, Center for Quantum Conversion Research, IBS
- 2024 -Professor, Department of Chemistry, GIST
- 2022 -Professor, The University of Tokyo
- 2019 -Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University
- 2018 - 2024Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, GIST
- 2015 - 2024Chief Scientist, RIKEN
- 2010 - 2015Associate Chief Scientist, RIKEN
- 2006 - 2009Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN
- 2002 - 2006Research Scientist, RIKEN
- 1999 - 2002Special Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN
- 2025Kyung-Ahm Prize (Kyung-Ahm Education & Culture Foundation)
- 2024The Samil Prize (The Samil Foundation)
- 2019Academic Award (Chemical Society of Japan)
- 2019Publication Award (Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science)
- 2018Nanoprobe Prize (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
- 2018Commendation for Science and Technology by the MEXT (MEXT)
- 2016International Academic Prize (Japan Society of Molecular Science)
- 2009Sir Martin Wood Prize (Millennium Science Forum)
- 2008Young Scientist Award (The Physical Society of Japan)
- 2003Publication Award (The Surface Science Society of Japan)
| Year | Title | Journal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Atomically precise signatures of native subsurface As monovacancy defect in GaAs studied by STM imaging and DFT calculations | SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS |
| 2025 | Dehydrogenation of a single acetylene molecule on the Cu(111) surface | Chemical Communications |
| 2025 | Single-Molecule Investigation of Plasmonic Near-Field Effects on a Dissociation Reaction | Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters |
| 2025 | Ultrafast on-demand exciton formation in a single-molecule junction by tailored terahertz pulses | SCIENCE |
| 2022 | Orbital-resolved visualization of single-molecule photocurrent channels | Nature |
| 2021 | Single-molecule laser nanospectroscopy with micro-electron volt energy resolution | Science |
| 2020 | Single-molecule resonance Raman effect in a plasmonic nanocavity | Nature Nanotechnology |
| 2019 | Selective triplet exciton formation in a single molecule | Nature |
| 2018 | Real-space and real-time observation of a plasmon-induced chemical reaction of a single molecule | Science |
| 2016 | Real-space investigation of energy transfer in heterogeneous molecular dimers | Nature |
| 2010 | State-selective dissociation of a single water molecule on an ultrathin MgO film | Nature Materials |
| 2009 | Substrate-induced array of quantum dots in a single-walled carbon nanotube | Nature Nanotechnology |
| 2007 | Reversible control of hydrogenation of a single molecule | Science |
| 2002 | Lateral hopping of molecules induced by excitation of internal vibration mode | Science |
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