■ Experience

'82. 3 - '86. 2 Seoul National University, B.S. in Chemistry

'86. 3 - '88. 2 Seoul National University, M.S. in Chemistry

'89. 9 - '95. 6 Harvard University, Ph.D. in Chemistry

'95. 6 - '98. 8 University of Pennsylvania, Research Associate

'98. 8 - present Professor in Chemistry at Pusan National University

■ Research Interests

The relationships of Protein structure, function and dynamics

Reaction dynamics in condensed phase

Single molecule spectroscopy and its application to imaging

Development and application of new time-resolved spectroscopy

■ Selected Publications

1. “Unraveling Excited-Singlet-State Aromaticity via Vibrational Analysis.” Oh, Juwon; Sung, Young Mo; Mori, Hirotaka; Park, Seongchul; Jorner, Kjell; Ottosson, Henrik; Lim, Manho; Osuka, Atsuhiro; Kim, Dongho. Chem (2017), 3(5), 870-880.

2. “Insilico direct folding of thrombin-binding aptamer G-quadruplex at all-atom level".” Yang Changwon; Kulkarni Mandar; Lim Manho; Pak Youngshang. Nucleic Acids Research (2017), 45(22), 12648-12656.

3. “Vibrational Energy Transfer Dynamics of HCO2CH3 in CH3CN Solution” Kim, Seongheun; Shin, Juhyang; Park, Seongchul; Pak, Youngshang; Lim, Manho. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2017), 38(7), 693-695.

4. “Symmetry-breaking charge transfer in the excited state of directly linked push-pull porphyrin arrays” Kim, Taeyeon; Kim, Jinseok; Mori, Hirotaka; Park, Seongchul; Lim, Manho; Osuka, Atsuhiro; Kim, Dongho. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2017), 19(21), 13970-13977.

5. “Heterostructured WS2-MoS2 Ultrathin Nanosheets Integrated on CdS Nanorods to Promote Charge Separation and Migration and Improve Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.” Reddy, D. Amaranatha; Park, Hanbit; Ma, Rory; Kumar, D. Praveen; Lim, Manho; Kim, Tae Kyu. ChemSusChem (2017), 10(7), 1563-1570.

6. “Vibrational population dynamics of methyl formate in CCl4 solution.” Kim, Seongheun; Park, Seongchul; Lee, Sang Kuk; Lim, Manho. Chemical physics (2017), 487(), 37-44.

7. “Hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol at room temperature: Boosting palladium nanocrystals efficiency by coupling with copper via liquid phase pulsed laser ablation.” Park, Hanbit; Reddy, D. Amaranatha; Kim, Yujin; Lee, Seunghee; Ma, Rory; Lim, Manho; Kim, Tae Kyu. Applied Surface Science (2017), 401(1), 341-322.

8. “Predicting RNA Structures via a Simple van der Waals Correction to an All-Atom Force Field.” Yang, Changwon; Lim, Manho; Kim, Eunae; Pak, Youngshang. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2016), 13(2), 395-399.

9. “Spectroscopic evidence of α,α-dimethylbenzyl radicals in the gas phase” Chae, Sang Youl; Lim, Manho; Lee, Sang Kuk. Chemical Physics Letters (2016), 665(1), 36-39.

10. “Displacement of Cl substituent in chlorofluorotoluene in corona discharge” Chae, Sang Youl; Lim, Manho; Lee, Sang Kuk. Chemical Physics Letters (2016), 664(1), 242-245

11. “A Description of Vibrational Modes in Hexaphyrins: Understanding the Aromaticity Reversal in the Lowest Triplet State” Sung, Young Mo; Oh, Juwon; Naoda, Koji; Lee, Taegon; Kim, Woojae; Lim, Manho; Osuka, Atsuhiro; Kim, Dongho. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2016), 55(39), 11930-11934.

12. “Photoexcitation Dynamics of Thymine in Acetonitrile and an Ionic Liquid Probed by Time-resolved Infrared Spectroscopy” Manna, Arpan; Park, Seongchul; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2016), 37(7), 1064-1070.

13. “Ultrafast and Efficient Transport of Hot Plasmonic Electrons by Graphene for Pt Free, Highly Efficient Visible-Light Responsive Photocatalyst” Kumar, Dinesh; Lee, Ahreum; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho; Lim, Dong-Kwon. Nano Letters (2016), 16(3), 1760-1767.

14. “Rebinding dynamics of NO to microperoxidase-8 probed by time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy” Lee, Taegon; Kim, Jooyoung; Park, Jaeheung; Pak, Youngshang; Kim, Hyojoon; Lim, Manho. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2016), 18(7), 5192-5202.

15. “A very rapid electronic relaxation process in a highly conjugated Zn(II)porphyrin-[26]hexaphyrin-Zn(II)porphyrin hybrid tape” Lee, Sangsu; Mori, Hirotaka; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho; Osuka, Atsuhiro; Kim, Dongho. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2016), 18(4), 3244-3249.

16. “Substituent effects on the croconate dyes in dye sensitized solar cell applications: a density functional theory study” Chitumalla, Ramesh Kumar; Lim, Manho; Gao, Xingfa; Jang, Joonkyung. Journal of Molecular Modeling (2015), 21(11), 1-8.

17. “Photoexcitation Dynamics of Cyanate-ligated Ferric Heme Proteins Probed by Femtosecond Vibrational Spectroscopy” Park, Seongchul; Park, Jaeheung; Jang, Joonkyung; Lim, Manho. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2015), 36(3), 843-849.

18. “Vibronic emission spectrum of 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzyl radical produced in corona discharge” Yoon, Young Wook; Chae, Sang Youl; Lim, Manho; Lee, Sang Kuk. Chemical Physics Letters (2015), 637, 148-152.

19. “Spectroscopic evidence of jet-cooled p-methyl-α-methylbenzyl radical” Chae, Sang Youl; Yoon, Young Wook; Lim, Manho; Lee, Sang Kuk. Chemical Physics Letters (2015), 634, 42-46.

20. “Spectroscopic evidence of α,α-dichlorobenzyl radical produced by corona discharge of benzotrichloride” Yoon, Young Wook; Chae, Sang Youl; Lim, Manho; Lee, Sang Kuk. Chemical Physics Letters (2015), 634, 118-121.

21. “Density Functional Theory Study on the Cross-Linking of Mussel Adhesive Proteins” Matin, Mohammad A.; Chitumalla, Ramesh Kumar; Lim, Manho; Gao, Xingfa; Jang, Joonkyung. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2015), 119(17), 5496-5504.

22. “Picosecond Dynamics of Photoexcited DNO-Bound Myoglobin Probed by Femtosecond Vibrational Spectroscopy” Lee, Taegon; Hwang, Sungu; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2015), 119(5), 1814-1822.

23. “Identification of an emitting molecular species by time-resolved fluorescence applied to the excited state dynamics of pigment yellow 101” Lee, Seung Noh; Park, Jaeheung; Lim, Manho; Joo, Taiha. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2014), 16(20), 9394-9402.

24. “Vibrational relaxation of cyanate or thiocyanate bound to ferric heme proteins studied by femtosecond infrared spectroscopy” Park, Seongchul; Park, Jaeheung; Lin, Han-Wei; Lim, Manho. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2014), 35(3), 758-764.

25 “Unidirectional photoinduced charge separation and thermal charge recombination of cofacially aligned donor-acceptor system probed by ultrafast visible-pump/mid-IR-probe spectroscopy” Kim, Hyeong-Mook; Park, Jaeheung; Noh, Hee Chang; Lim, Manho; Chung, Young Keun; Kang, Youn K. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2014), 35(2), 587-596.

26. “Direct observation of the low-spin Fe(III)-NO(radical) intermediate state during rebinding of NO to photodeligated ferric cytochrome c” Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2013), 117(40), 12039-12050.

27. “Geminate rebinding dynamics of nitric oxide to ferric hemoglobin in D2O solution” Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2013), 12(6), 1008-1015

28. “Dynamics of Geminate Rebinding of CO to Cytochrome c in Guanidine HCl Probed by Femtosecond Vibrational Spectroscopy” Kim, Jooyoung; Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Pak, Youngshang; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2013), 117(17), 4934-4944.

29. “Photoexcitation dynamics of NO-bound ferric myoglobin investigated by femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy” Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Park, Jaehun; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2013), 117(10), 2850-2863.

30. “Vibrational relaxation of NO stretching modes in ferrous NO and ferric NO in model heme” Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho. Chemical Physics (2013), 422, 107-114.

31. “Dynamics of geminate rebinding of NO with cytochrome c in aqueous solution using femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy” Kim, Jooyoung; Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2012), 116(46), 13663-13671.

32. “Direct Observation of Ligand Rebinding Pathways in Hemoglobin Using Femtosecond Mid-IR Spectroscopy” Kim, Seongheun; Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2012), 116(22), 6346-6355.

33. “Protein Conformation-Controlled Rebinding Barrier of NO and Its Binding Trajectories in Myoglobin and Hemoglobin at Room Temperature” Kim, Seongheun; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2012), 116(20), 5819-5830.

34. “Specific binding of Nile red to apomyoglobin” Chowdhury, Salina A.; Lim, Manho. Journal of the Korean Chemical Society (2011), 55(5), 746-750.

35. “Probing Ground-to-CT State Electronic Coupling for the System with No Apparent Charge Transfer Absorption Intensity by Ultrafast Visible-Pump/Mid-IR-Probe Spectroscopy” Kim, Hyeong-Mook; Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Young Tak; Lim, Manho; Chung, Young Keun; Kang, Youn K. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2011), 115(45), 22557-22562.

36. “Characterization of the surface contribution to fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements” Chowdhury, Salina A.; Lim, Manho. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2011), 32(2), 583-589.

37. “Excited-state energy relaxation dynamics of triply linked Zn(II) porphyrin arrays” Kim, Pyosang; Ikeda, Toshiaki; Lim, Jong Min; Park, Jaeheung; Lim, Manho; Aratani, Naoki; Osuka, Atsuhiro; Kim, Dongho. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom) (2011), 47(15), 4433-4435.

38. “Picosecond dynamics of CN--ligated ferric cytochrome c after photoexcitation using time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy” Kim, Jooyoung; Park, Jaeheung; Chowdhury, Salina A.; Lim, Manho. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2010), 31(12), 3771-3776.

39. “Viscosity-dependent dynamics of CO rebinding to microperoxidase-8 in glycerol/water solution” Park, Jaeheung; Lee, Taegon; Lim, Manho. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2010), 114(33), 10897-10904.

40. “Free energy landscape of the FBP28 WW domain by all-atom direct folding simulation” Kim, Eunae; Jang, Soonmin; Lim, Manho; Pak, Youngshang. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2010), 114(22), 7686-7691.