HYUNG MIN CHI

지형민 / 池亨旼 / Hyung Min Chi Ph. D.
조교수 / Assistant Professor
화학과 / Department of Chemistry
포스텍 화학관 328호 (오피스) & 330호 (실험실) / POSTECH CHEMISTRY BUILDING 328 (Office) & 330 (Lab)
054) 279-2129
hmchi@postech.ac.kr

Education & Professional Experience
2019 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago (Scott A. Snyder Group)
2016 Ph. D., Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, Scott E. Denmark Group)
2009 B. S. Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University (B. Moon Kim Group)

Fellowships & Awards
1. 2010 Leonard J. Nelson Fellowship
2. 2014 Fuson Travel Award
3. 2017 Kharasch Travel Award

Representative Publications

1. Chi, H. M.†; Cole, C. J. F.; Hu, P.; Taylor, C. A.; Snyder, S. A.* Total syntheses of spiroviolene and spirograterpene A: a structural reassignment with biosynthetic implications. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 10939–10944. [DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04686H].


2. Hu, P.†; Chi, H. M.†; DeBacker, K. C.; Gong, X.; Keim, J.; Hsu, I. T.; Snyder, S. A.* Quaternary-centre-guided synthesis of complex polycyclic terpenes. Nature 2019, 569, 703–707. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1179-2].
– Highlighted in Trends in Chemistry 2019, 1, 572–587.


3. Denmark, S. E.*; Chi, H. M. Catalytic, Enantioselective, Intramolecular Carbosulfenylation of Olefins. Mechanistic Aspects: A Remarkable Case of Negative Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3655–3663. [DOI: 10.1021/ja413270h].
– Selected as Spotlights in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3715.
– Selected as Top 20 Most Read Articles in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014 for March.


4. Denmark, S. E.*; Chi, H. M. Lewis Base Catalyzed, Enantioselective, Intramolecular Sulfenoamination of Olefins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8915-8918. [DOI: 10.1021/ja5046296].
– Highlighted in Synfacts 2014, 10, 0981.
– Highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights 2014, November 17.
– Highlighted in ChemInform 2015, 46, issue 5, 159.


5. Denmark, S. E.*; Chi, H. M. Catalytic, Enantioselective, Intramolecular Sulfenoamination of Alkenes with Anilines. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 3826–3843. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00391].
– Highlighted in Synfacts 2017, 13, 0687.