Ryong
Ryoo, IBS Director and KAIST Professor, selected by Thomson Reuters as a
contender for the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry September 30th, 2014 First Korean ever to be selected, Dr. Ryoo was recognized
for the significance of his research in the design of functional mesoporous
materials. The Institute for Basic Science (IBS), the
Republic of Korea, has announced on September 25th that Ryong Ryoo, Director
of the Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions at IBS, and Distinguished
Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology (KAIST), was selected for the 2014 Thomson Reuters
Citation Laureates as a possible winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Director
Ryoo is the first Korean researcher ever to be listed on the Thomson Reuters
Citation Laureates. The Thomson Reuters IP&S analysts have named
Director Ryoo in one of the three subjects that they have selected in the field
of chemistry. He is recognized for his contributions to the design of
functional mesoporous materials, along with Charles T. Kresge from Saudi Arabia
and Galen D. Stucky from the USA. Director Ryoo is known as a pioneer in the field
of functional mesoporous materials and zeolite. This has a great significance
as he carved out a new research area despite the difficult research
environment, by studying inorganic chemistry independently after returning to
his home country with a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Stanford
University, the US. Director Ryoo’s research has focused on the
synthesis of mesoporous and the design of mesoporous zeolite for catalytic
application. He was the first to develop a nanocasting method, which
synthesizes novel nanostructured materials using nanoporous materials (e.g., ordered mesoporous silica) with a
pore diameter of 2-50 nm (nanometers) as a hard template. This method made him
internationally known when he implemented it to first synthesize an ordered
mesoporous activated carbon in 1999. This ordered mesoporous carbon is now
widely used and is known as “CMK” which stands for “Carbon Mesostructured by
KAIST,” the best example of how influential his creative research is. From 2006, he has been also pioneering and
leading the development of the synthesis method for the mesoporous materials
built by zeolite frameworks using new designed molecules which can direct
hierarchical structure of micropores and mesopores. The outcomes of his recent study
have been published in both Nature
and Science. His creative research on
the design of functional mesoporous materials has possible applications for
highly efficient and environmentally friendly catalysts in chemistry, and
therefore is expected to impact the development of basic science that would
raise the quality of human life. He was named as one of the “Top 100
Chemists, 2000-2010”, which was published in support of the International Year
of Chemistry in 2011, proclaimed by the United National Education, Science and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC). In December of 2011, Science highlighted his research, “Directing Zeolite Structures
into Hierarchically Nanoporous Architectures,” as one of the top ten
breakthroughs of the year 2011. His creative research outcomes on the design of
functional mesoporous materials have garnered 21,141 citations. Three representative
papers concerning this research have each received more than 1,000 citations.
His h-index, an index which measures
both the productivity and impact of a scientist’s published work, is 69. These
statistical figures demonstrate to what extent he has led the development of
his field and how big of an impact his work has had on the field of chemistry. Notes for editors -
This press release is
based on Thomson Reuter’s official press release. For the full text of the
release, please see the below: September
25, 2014 “Thomson Reuters Predicts 2014 Nobel
Laureates, Researchers Forecast for Nobel Recognition” http://thomsonreuters.com/press-releases/092014/2014-nobel-laureates-predictions
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For further
information about Director Ryong Ryoo’s profile, please visit http://cncr.ibs.re.kr/html/cncr_en/people/people_0201.html.
Profile of Ryong Ryoo, KAIST Distinguished Professor: http://rryoo.kaist.ac.kr/sub_01_01.php?pN=1&sN=1 -
For further
information or to request media assistance, please contact: Ms. Mi Kyung Ryu,
IBS Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions
(+82-42-350-8138; mkryu@ibs.re.kr)
or Mr. Han Bin Oh, Overseas Public Relations Officer, IBS Public Relations Team
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Institute for Basic
Science (IBS) was founded in 2011 by the government of the Republic of Korea.
With the sole purpose of driving forward the development of basic science in
Korea, IBS will be comprised of a total of 50 research centers in all fields of
basic science, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, life science, earth
science and interdisciplinary science. IBS has launched 21 research centers as
of September 2014.
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The
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) was established in
1971 by the Korean government as the first Korean research university
specializing in science and technology. Over the past 43 years, KAIST has
played a critical role in Korea’s rapid economic growth, conducting the
majority of the nation’s strategic research and development (R&D) projects
and training highly skilled researchers and engineers necessary to the
expansion of Korean industry.
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