■ Education

Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry, Seoul National University (3/2006 - 2/2011)     Advisor: Professor Eun Lee

            Thesis: “Total Syntheses of (+)-Neopeltolide and (-)-Polycavernoside A”

B.S. in Chemistry, Yeungnam University (3/1999 - 2/2006)

■ Academic Career

Associate Professor, Pusan National University (3/2024 ? present)

Head of Chemistry Department, University of Ulsan (8/2021 ? 7/2023)

Professor, University of Ulsan (3/2023 ? 2/2024)

Associate Professor, University of Ulsan (4/2018 ? 2/2023)

Assistant Professor, University of Ulsan (3/2013 - 3/2018)

Post-Doc in Organic Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (3/2011 ? 2/2013)

Advisor: Professor Michael J. Krische  

Total Synthesis of Natural Products, Transition-Metal Catalyzed C-C Bond Formation

Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin- Madison (8/2019 ? 4/2020)

■ Research Interests

1. Development New Methodologies

  - Visible-light Photoredox Catalysis

  - Eco-friendly Synthetic Methods

2. Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds

- Total Synthesis of Natural Products

- Carbohydrate Chemistry

■ Selected Publication

1. Photoredox-Catalyzed Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols: Hydroxymethylation of Imines with α-Silyl Ether as Hydroxymethyl Radical Precursor. Gontala, A.; Huh, H.; Woo, S. K.*, Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 21-26

2. Weak Base-Promoted Selective Rearrangement of Oxaziridines to Amides via Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis. Park, J., Park, S., Jang, G. S., Kim, R. H., Jung, J.* and Woo, S.K.*, Chem. Comm. , 57, 9995-9998

3. Controllable One-Pot Synthesis for Scaffold Diversity via Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Giese Reaction and Further Transformation. Nam, S. B.; Khatun, N.; Kang, Y. W.; Park, B. Y.*; Woo, S. K.*, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 2873.

4. Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Hydroalkoxymethylation of Activated Alkenes Using α-Silyl Ethers as Alkoxymethyl Radical Equivalents. Khatun, N.; Kim, M. J.; Woo, S. K.*, Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 6239.

5. Synthesis of 4-Isoxazolines via Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Oxaziridines with Alkynes. Jang, G. S.; Lee, J.; Seo, J.; Woo, S. K.*, Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 6448.