| LCI News |
July 9, 2008 |
On July 1, Dr. Chanjoong Kim joined the Liquid Crystal Institute/Chemical
Physics Interdisciplinary Program as an assistant professor. Kim comes
to Kent State after holding a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department
of Physics and SEAS at Harvard University. His main area of interest
is soft matter physics.
Kim earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2000. His doctoral work focused on Langmuir monolayers. He is familiar with the Northeast Ohio area as he previously attended the Department of Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron before transferring to the University of Wisconsin. His undergraduate and masters degrees in polymer science were earned in Korea at Seoul National University.
Kim is excited to be joining the LCI and helping to expand its research of soft matter. Because of his background in Physical Chemistry, he feels that the LCI is a perfect fit for him. Initially, his research will focus on three main areas: (1) the study of the microscopic dynamics of colloidal suspensions with construction of a confocal rheometer, (2) the microscopic study of dynamic response of biological systems to mechanical stresses, and (3) the study of dynamics of lipid monolayer systems on biopolymers.
He plans to hire a postdoctoral fellow and advise a CPIP student within the year and is currently organizing a lab space in Room 356 of the LCM building. He hopes to begin teaching classes in soft matter with a focus on biomaterials and related biology in the 2009-2010 academic year.
His office at the Liquid Crystal Institute is located in Room 307. He can be reached by phone at (330) 672-9319 or Email: ckim@lci.kent.edu.