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Jongwoo Son (손종우), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

Dong-A University

Busan, South Korea

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Email: sonorganic@dau.ac.kr

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Curriculum Vitae (CV) 

Education

2012 - 2018: University of Illinois at Chicago (Ph.D. in Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Laura L. Anderson)

2009 - 2011: Chungnam National University  (M.Sc. in Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Eul-Kgun Yum)

2002 - 2009: Chungnam National University (B.Sc. in Chemistry, including 28 months of military service)

Experience

2020.09 - present: Dong-A University, Assistant Professor in Chemistry

2019 - 2020: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Postdoc in School of Pharmacy, Advisor: Prof. Jennifer E. Golden)

2018 - 2019: University of Göttingen (Postdoc in Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Lutz Ackermann)

2012 - 2018: University of Illinois at Chicago (Chemistry, Teaching Assistant)

2011 - 2012: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Researcher)

Awards

-  Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, 2023
-  BRIC (Biological Research Information Center) '한빛사(한국을 빛내는 사람들)' 선정(인터뷰), 2021
-  KASBP-IsuAbxis(Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals; 재미한인제약인협회) Fellowship, NJ, 2020
-  Graduate College Student Presenters Award (with GSC Travel Award), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2017 
-  AbbVie Scholar Symposium, North Chicago, IL, 2016

Selected Publications

  1. ​Bae, H.; Park, J.; Yoon, R.; Lee, S.; Son, J. 'Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Primary Amides Through Reductive N-O Bond Cleavage of Dioxazolones' RSC Adv. 2024, 14, 9440-9444.

  2. Park, J.; Krishnapriya, A. U.; Park, Y.; Kim, M.; Reidl, T. W.; Kuniyil, R.; Son, J. 'Copper(I)-Catalyzed Decarboxylative N-Phosphorylation: Modular Preparation of N-Acyl Iminophosphoranes Using Dioxazolones and Phosphines' Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 4495-4501.

  3. Park, J.; Jang, D.; An, J.; Park, Y.; Bae, H.; Kim, M.; Lee, J.; Son, J. 'Copper(I)-Mediated Decarboxylative N-Arylation of Dioxazolones: Synthesis of N-Aryl Amides' Synlett 2023, 34, 983-989. 

  4. Adegboyega, A. K.; Son, J. 'Reaction of Dioxazolones with Boronic Acids: Copper-Mediated Synthesis of N-Aryl Amides via N-Acyl Nitrenes' Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 4925-4929. 

  5. Son, J. 'Sustainable Manganese Catalysis for Late-Stage C–H Functionalization of Bioactive Structural Motifs' Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1733-1751.

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