P
rofessor Cahoon has high praise for Seokhyoung, com-
menting that he “Has made tremendous progress both in
understanding how to chemically synthesize complex nanowire
structures and in understanding the complex photonic prop-
erties of these materials.” Furthermore, he says that Seokhy-
oung’s research “Combining theoretical modeling and exper-
imental measurement, has shown the unprecedented ways
in which these structures can trap, filter, and conduct light at
sizes below the wavelength of light.” Finally, Professor Cahoon
feel that Seokhyoung “has a bright scientific career ahead of
The
Executive
Team
Our Department Chair would not be able to shoulder his re-
sponsibilities as successfully as he does, did he not have the
professional and enthusiastic help of his Associate Chairs, Lau-
ra Yurco, and Ralph House. Together, the three of them form the
executive team, in charge of keeping the complex machinery of
our department running smoothly.
Laura Yurco currently serves as Associate Chair for Business
Administration in the Chemistry department at UNC-Chapel Hill
where she uses her financial background and leadership skills
on strategic planning, empowering employees, and continuous
process improvement. Laura’s ultimate goal is finding ways to
reduce administrative burden to allow greater focus on teach-
ing and research.
Seokhyoung Kim
him.”
A
s one of the results of how much Seokhyoung loves it
here at Carolina, he was, in November this year, awarded a
Graduate Student Award from the Materials Research Society,
for discovering a unique light coupling mechanism in nanowire
superlattice systems.
M
oving forward, Seokhyoung feels that everything he has
learned here at Carolina Chemistry, will translate into his
postdoctoral research in the forthcoming year. He is grateful
for the tremendous support from the Cahoon group, the De-
partment of Chemistry, and the University, and he looks forward
to the future success in the department’s effort to promote ex-
cellence in research, and create positive influences in society.
Ralph House currently serves as Associate Chair for Research
in the Chemistry department at UNC-Chapel Hill where he uses
his broad scientific background and leadership skill set to focus
on team building, research translation, scientific entrepreneur-
ship, and promoting collaboration between multidisciplinary
researchers across academia, national labs, industry and
non-profit research organizations.
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