Dr.John (Jung Kwon) Oh
Canada Research Chair Tier II in Nanobioscience
University in Montreal
Canada
Biography
Dr John (Jung Kwon) Oh is a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Nanobioscience (renewed in 2016) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He earned his PhD degree from the University of Toronto in Canada and then completed his postdoctoral training at Carnegie Mellon University in USA. He has also been employed at Korea Chemical Company in Korea and Dow Chemical Company in Michigan over 10 years. He has authored and coauthored >110 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters as well as holds 18 international patents. His research has been recognized with several prestigious awards including Dean’s award to Excellence in Scholarship-Mid-Career at Concordia University in 2016, Canada Research Chair Award in 2011-2021, CNC-IUPAC Travel Award in 2013, PCI Outstanding Paper Award in 2010, and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship of Canada in 2004.
Research Interest
His research brings together research from the field of polymer chemistry at the interface of biology and materials science, focusing on the design and processing of macromolecular nanoscale materials for biomedical and industrial applications.