
Il Kim
Chair Professor, Director of BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology
Pusan National University
Republic of Korea
Biography
Professor Il Kim, polymer chemist, graduated from chemical engineering department, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Engineering in 1990. He worked for University of Ulsan 1990-2000, Pusan National University (PNU), 2000 to date. Since 2013, he became the director of the Brain Korea 21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology supported by the Ministry of Education and the chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering・Polymer Science and Engineering in PNU. He has published more than 350 SCI papers and got more than 20 items of awards for the science and technology success. He played important roles in organizing lots of international scientific meetings related with polymer science and advanced materials and has been editorial board members of 9 international journals.
Research Interest
In recent year he focused on the designing synthetic polymer bioconjugate hybrid materials for tissue engineering applications, therapeutic delivery, surgical sealants, and antimicrobial polypeptides for treatment against infectious diseases. He is also expanding variety of chemistry based on sustainable feedstocks.