(1) Supramolecular chemistry: Molecular recognition
using synthetic receptors; Synthesis and Applications of
topologically interesting molecules such as rotaxanes,
polyrotaxanes and molecular necklaces;
(2) Materials chemistry: Nonlinear optical materials
(NLO) materials; Liquid crystalline materials; micro- and
meso porous materials and open-framework .materials
(3) Bioinorganic chemistry: model study of the active
sites of metalloenymes
(4) Early transition metal porphyrin
chemistry/Organometallic chemistry and catalysis

1997~present Director, Center for Smart
Supramolecules (CSS)
1997~present Professor, POSTECH
1995~1995 Visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
1992~1997 Associate Professor, POSTECH
1988~1992 Assistant Professor, POSTECH
1986~1988 Research Fellow, Northwestern University
1978~1981 Instructor, Chonnam National University,
Kwangju, Korea

2002 Korea Science Prize, Korea Science & Engineering
Foundation
2001 Third World Academy of Sciences Award, Third
World Academy of Sciences
2001 Doyak Medal, The Order of Science & Technology
Merit
2000 Scientist of the Month Award : Korea Science &
Engineering Foundation
2000 Korean Academy of Science and Technology,
member, elected
1999 Distingnished Research Award (Haksool sang) :
Korean Chemical Society
1998 Outstanding Research Award : Division of Inorgnic
Chemistry Korean Chemical Society
1997 Outstanding Research Award : POSTECH
1997 Best Paper Award : Korean Federation of Science
and Technology Societies
1995 Yonam Fellowship :Yonam Foundation