Cheon Jinwoo

Cheon Jinwoo
Cheon Jinwoo
Born	1962
Nationality	South Korean
Alma mater	Yonsei University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Known for	Nanoscience and nanomedicine
Awards	2010 Inchon Award (Inchon Memorial Foundation); 2012 Korea's 100 Most Influential Person for Next 10 Years (DongA Daily News); 2012 POSCO TJ Park Prize (POSCO TJ Park Foundation) 2015 Ho-Am Prize in Science (Ho-Am Foundation)
	Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, nanoscience, nanocrystals
Institutions	Yonsei University, Institute for Basic Science, Center for Nanomedicine
Theses	Ethylenediamine-N, N'-di-S-α-Isohexanoic acid 및 관련 ONNO-Type 리간드의 코발트(III) 착물 (1987); Mechanistic Studies of the Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ceramic and Metal Films From Organometallic Precursors (1993);
Doctoral advisors	Gregory S. Girolami
Korean name
Hangul	천진우
Revised Romanization	Cheon Jinu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏn Chinu
Website	cheongroup.yonsei.ac.krㅤ ibs.yonsei.ac.kr

Cheon Jinwoo is the H.G. Underwood Professor at Yonsei University and the Founding Director of the Center for Nanomedicine, Institute for Basic Science (IBS). As a leading chemist in inorganic materials chemistry and nanomedicine Cheon and his research group mainly focus on developing chemical principles for synthesizing complex inorganic materials and nanoprobes/actuators used in imaging and controlling of cellular functions within the deep tissue in living systems.

Throughout his career, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including Inchon Prize (2010), ChungAm Prize (2012), Ho-Am Prize (2015), Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the field of chemistry (2014, 2015, 2016) and cross-field (2018). He is a fellow of the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Korean Academy of Science and Technology. In addition to his research, he serves as a senior editor of Accounts of Chemical Research and an editorial advisory board member of several leading journals, including Journal of Materials Chemistry, Nano Letters, Materials Horizons, Chemical & Engineering News and Journal of the American Chemical Society.