Jisook Kim
Assistant Professor
Office: Grote 311
Department of Chemistry
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Phone: 423-425-5101
Email: jisook-kim@utc.edu
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Engineering and Toxicology, MIT, Boston, 2004. Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2003. Ph.D., Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 2001. M.S., Chemistry, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea, 1995. B.S., Chemistry, Chung Ang University, Seoul, Korea, 1993.
Classes Taught
CHEM 3010 & 3010L: Organic Chemistry 1 Lecture and Lab CHEM 3020L: Organic Chemistry 2 Lab CHEM 3820: Chemical Literature CHEM 4510: Biochemistry CHEM 4830: Chemistry Seminar
Research Interests
My research area is multidisciplinary encompassing biochemistry, organic synthesis, chemical biology, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, and bioanalytical chemistry. The primary interests are summarized as follows: |
- Design and development of nucleic acid binding dyes.
- Investigate the interactions of various environmental toxins with proteins and/or nucleic acids.
- Design and development of biologically active small molecules exhibiting anticancer or antiviral activity
Other Information:
Conan O'Brien's Commencement Address to Darthmouth College Graduates Protein Data Bank ACS NCBI PubMed link http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/gel/: Useful Biochemistry Animation Link Protein Factory Autumn in Korea