This curriculum vitae summarizes the educational and professional background of Il Seung Youn. It lists that he received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Pohang University of Science and Technology in 2016 and received his B.S. in Chemistry from Inha University in 2010. His research interests include computational/theoretical chemistry and density functional theory. It also includes a list of 13 publications with Kim as a frequent co-author related to computational studies of molecular interactions.

1. Curriculum Vitae
Name : Il Seung Youn
Born : May. 18th, 1984 (Korea)
Address : Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Science, Ulsan National Institute of Science
and Technology (UNIST), (Bldg. 103) 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan 689-798, Korea
E-mail : yis0518@gmail.com
Education : 3/2010 ~ 2/2016 Pohang University of Science and Technology, Chemistry, Ph.D.
3/2003 ~ 2/2010 Inha University, Chemistry, B.S.
Research Interests: Computational/theoretical chemistry, density functional theory, material design
List of Publications
1. M. Yousuf, I. S. Youn, L. Rasheed, R. Valero, G. Shi, J. Yun, K. S. Kim. Violation of DNA
Neighbor Exclusion Principle in RNA Recognition. Chem. Sci. 2016 (co-first author,just accepted;
DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03740A).
2. I. S. Youn, W. J. Cho, K. S. Kim. Effects of an Electric Field on Interaction of Aromatic Systems.
J. Comput. Chem. 2015 (just accepted; DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24284).
3. L. Rasheed, M. Yousuf, I. S. Youn, T. Yoon, K.-Y. Kim, Y.-K. Seo, G. Shi, M. Saleh, J.-H. Hur, K.
S. Kim. Turn-On Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Selective Discrimination of Cr3+ from Fe3+ in
Aqueous Media for Living Cell Imaging. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 16349-16353.
4. H. M. Lee, I. S. Youn, M. Saleh, J. W. Lee, K. S. Kim. Interactions of CO2 with various functional
molecules. Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 10925-10933.
5. Y. Cho, W. J. Cho, I. S. Youn, G. Lee, N. J. Singh, K. S. Kim. Density Functional Theory Based
Study of Molecular Interactions, Recognition, Engineering, and Quantum Transport in π Molecular
Systems. Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 3321–3330.
6. H. M. Lee, I. S. Youn, K. S. Kim. CO Capture and Conversion to HOCO Radical by Ionized Water
Clusters. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2014, 118, 7274–7279.
7. M. Yousuf, N. Ahmed, B. Shirinfar, V. M. Miriyala, I. S. Youn, K. S. Kim. Precise Tuning of
Cationic Cyclophanes toward Highly Selective Fluorogenic Recognition of Specific Biophosphate
Anions.Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 2150–2153.
8. N. Ahmed, B. Shirinfar, I. S. Youn, M. Yousuf, K. S. Kim. Selective detection of guanosine-5′-
triphosphate and iodide by fluorescent benzimidazolium-based cyclophanes.Org. Biomol. Chem.
2013, 11, 6407-6413.
9. B. Shirinfar, N. Ahmed, Y. S. Park, G.-S. Cho, I. S. Youn, J.-K. Han, H. G. Nam, K. S. Kim.

2. Selective Fluorescent Detection of RNA in Living Cells by Using Imidazolium-Based Cyclophane.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 90–93.
10. S. U. Yu, Y. Cho, B. Park, N. Kim, I. S. Youn, M. Son, J. K. Kim, H. C. Choi, K. S. Kim. Fast
benchtop visualization of graphene grain boundaries using adhesive properties of defects .
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5474-5476.
11. V. Suresh, N. Ahmed, I. S. Youn, K. S. Kim. An Imidazolium-Based Fluorescent Cyclophane for
the Selective Recognition of Iodide. Chem Asian J. 2012, 7, 658–663.
12. N. Ahmed, B. Shirinfar, I. S. Youn, A. Bist, V. Suresha, K. S. Kim. A highly selective fluorescent
chemosensorfor guanosine-5'-triphosphatevia excimer formation in aqueous solution of
physiological pH. Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 2662-2664
13. I. S. Youn, D. Y. Kim, N. J. Singh, S. W. Park, J. Youn, K. S. Kim. Intercalation of Transition
Metals into Stacked Benzene Rings: A Model Study of the Intercalation of Transition Metals into
Bilayered Graphene. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2012, 8, 99–105.