YEON JAE KO
The Rowland Institute at Harvard
100 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA 02142
(410) 227-0167 (cell)
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Sep. 2005 ~ Aug. 2011
Mar. 2002 ~ Jun. 2002
Mar. 1998 ~ Feb. 2002
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
M.A. in Chemistry, May 2007
Advisor: Prof. Kit H. Bowen
Officer Candidate School, Republic of Korea Navy,
Jinhae, Korea
B.S. in Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Advisor: Prof. Seong Keun Kim
B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Advisor: Prof. Dai-Sik Kim
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sep. 2011 ~
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Rowland Institute at Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Spring 2006 ~ Spring 2011 Teaching Assistant & Research Assistant for
Introductory Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
Fall 2005
Teaching Assistant for Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Jul. 2002 ~ Jun. 2005
Unrestricted Line Officer, Republic of Korea Navy
AWARDS AND HONORS
Sarah and Adolph Roseman Achievement Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2011
Rear Admiral Citation, Republic of Korea Navy, 2004
Departmental Honors, Seoul National University, Fall 1998, Fall and Spring 1999, Spring 2000,
and Spring 2001
Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO) Scholarship, POSCO Educational Foundation,
Full tuition support from 1998 to 2002
CONFERENCES AND POSTERS
Annual Symposium for Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology
Baltimore, MD, Spring 2011
Poster given: “Electron Driven Processes in Isolated Sub-Units of DNA”
ACS National Meeting: Electrons in Biomolecules
Boston, MA, Summer 2010
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Basic Research Technical Review
Springfield, VA, Fall 2009
Poster given: “In Search for New Superhalogens”
International Conference on Clusters at Surfaces
Rostock, Germany, Summer 2008
Gordon Research Conferences: Clusters, Nanocrystals & Nanostuctures
South Hadley, MA, Summer 2007
Gordon Research Conferences: Photoions, Photoionization & Photodetachment
Buellton, CA, Spring 2006
Poster given: “Electron Driven Processes in Aggregates of Biological Molecules:
Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopic Studies”
AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
PUBLICATIONS
31. Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Kiran, B.; Kandalam, A. K.; Bowen, K. H. A Joint Theoretical and
Experimental Study of MgmAln−: In Search of Building Blocks for Ionic Cluster Assembled
Materials. (in preparation)
30. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H. Electrophilic Properties of Isolated DNA and RNA
Subunits. (in preparation)
29. Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Water Solvated Acetone
Cluster Anions Acn(H2O)n-. (n = 4 – 11) (in preparation)
28. Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Grubisic, A.; Li, X.; Gantefoer, G.; Eichhorn, B.; Schnoeckel, H.;
Bowen, K. H.; Kandalam, A.; Kiran, B.; Jena, P. In Search of Salts Composed of Aluminum
Zintl Anions and Multiple Alkali Cations: Joint Theoretical and Experimental Studies of
Na2Al6 and Na4Al5 and their Anions. (in preparation)
27. Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H.; Beltran, M.; Buendia, F.; Chouhan, V.; Sen, P.
Electronic, Magnetic and Structural Properties of Rhn (n=1-9) Clusters: Joint Negative Ion
Photoelectron and Density Functional Studies. (in preparation)
26. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H.; Storoniak, P.; Rak, J. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and
DFT Studies on the Uridine Dimer Anions. J. Chem. Phys. (submitted)
25. Storoniak, P.; Rak, J.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and
Computational Modeling of Thymidine Homodimer Anions. J. Chem. Phys. (submitted)
24. Grubisic, A.; Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Stokes, S. T.; Zheng, W.; Li, X.; Kandalam, A. K.; Kiran,
B.; Kumar, V.; Bowen, K. H. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional
Calculations of Gadolinium-Silicon Cluster Anions, GdSin- (2 ≤ n ≤ 13). J. Chem. Phys.
(submitted)
23. Joseph, J.; Pradhan, K.; Jena, P.; Wang, H.; Zhang, X.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H. Evolution of
Superhalogen Properties in PtCln Clusters. J. Chem. Phys. 136, 194305 (2012).
22. Williams, K.; Hooper, J.; Horn, J.; Lightstone, J.; Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H.
Magnetic Structure Variation in Manganese-Oxide Clusters. J. Chem. Phys. 136, 134315
(2012).
21. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Pradhan, K.; Kandalam, A. K.; Bowen, K. H.; Jena, P. Superhalogen
Properties of CumCln Clusters: Theory and Experiment. J. Chem. Phys. 135, 244312 (2011).
20. Chomicz, L.; Rak, J.; Paneth, P.; Sevilla, M. A.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H. Valence
Anions of N-Acetylproline in the Gas Phase: Computational and Anion Photoelectron
Spectroscopic Studies. J. Chem. Phys. 135, 114301 (2011). Selected as journal cover in
Volume 135, Issue 11.
19. Grubisic, A.; Wang, H.; Li, X.; Ko, Y. J.; Kocak, F. S.; Pederson, M.; Bowen, K. H.;
Eichhorn, B. Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of the Pt@Pb101- and
Pt@Pb121-/2- Anions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108, 14757 (2011).
18. Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Garcia, L. G.; Sen, P.; Beltran, M. R.; Bowen, K. H. Joint
Photoelectron and Theoretical Study of (RhmCon)- (m=1-5, n=1-2) Cluster Anions and their
Neutral Counterparts. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 7685 (2011).
17. Wu, M. M.; Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang, Q.; Sun, Q.; Boggavarapu, K.; Kandalam, A. K.;
Bowen, K. H.; Jena, P. Manganese-Based Magnetic Superhalogens. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
50, 2568 (2011).
16. Li, X.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H.; Guevara-Garcia, A.; Martinez, A. Photoelectron
and computational studies of the copper-nucleoside anionic complexes, Cu–(cytidine) and
Cu–(uridine). J. Chem. Phys. 134, 054318 (2011).
15. Radisic, D.; Ko, Y. J.; Nilles, J. M.; Stokes, S. T.; Sevilla, M. D.; Rak, J.; Bowen, K. H.
Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of 5-halouracil anions. J. Chem. Phys. 134, 015101
(2011).
14. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Radisic, D.; Stokes, S. T.; Eustis, S. N.; Bowen, K. H.; Mazurkiewicz,
K.; Storoniak, P.; Kowalczyk, A.; Haranczyk, M.; Gutowski, M.; Rak, J. Barrier-Free
Proton Transfer Induced by Electron Attachment to the Complexes between 1Methylcytosine and Formic Acid. Mol. Phys. 108, 2621 (2010).
13. Ko, Y. J.; Shyakay, A; Wang, H.; Grubisic, A.; Zheng, W.-J.; Götz, M.; Ganteför, G.; Bowen,
K. H.; Jena, P.; Kiran, B. Electronic Structure and Properties of Isoelectronic Magic
Clusters: Al13X (X = H, Au, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs). J. Chem. Phys. 133, 124308 (2010).
12. Storoniak, P.; Mazurkiewicz, K.; Haranczyk, M.; Gutowski, M.; Rak, J.; Eustis, S. N.; Ko, Y.
J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H. The Anionic (9-Methyladenine)-(1-Methylthymine) Base Pair
Solvated by Formic Acid. A Computational and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study. J. Phys.
Chem. B 114, 11353 (2010).
11. Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H.; Sergeeva, A. P.; Averkiev, B. B.; Boldyrev, A. I.
Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Three-Dimensional, NitrogenDoped, Gallium Cluster Anions. J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 11070 (2010).
10. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Cao, R.; Radisic, D.; Eustis, S. N.; Stokes, S. T.; Lyapustina, S.; Tian, S.
X.; Bowen, K. H. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Homogeneous Nucleic Acid Base Dimer
Anions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 3535 (2010).
9. Szyperska, A.; Rak, J.; Leszczynski, J.; Li, X.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang H.; Bowen, K. H. LowEnergy-Barrier Proton Transfer Induced by Electron Attachment to the Guanine-Cytosine
Base Pair. ChemPhysChem 11, 880 (2010).
8. Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Li, X.; Bowen, K. H.; Lecomte, F.; Desfrancois, C.; Poully, J.-C.;
Gregoire, G.; Schermann, J. P. Intrinsic Neutral and Anionic Structures of Glutatione.
ChemPhysChem 10, 3097-3100 (2009).
7. Grubisic, A.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang, H.; Bowen, K. H. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of LanthanideSilicon Cluster Anions LnSin- (3<n<13; Ln = Ho, Gd, Pr, Sm, Eu, Yb): Prospect for
Magnetic Silicon-Based Clusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 10783-10790 (2009).
6. Szyperska, A.; Rak, J.; Leszczynski, J.; Li, X.; Ko, Y. J.; Wang H.; Bowen, K. H. Valence
Anions of 9-Methylguanine-1-Methylcytosine Complexes. Computational and Photoelectron
Spectroscopy Studies. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 2663-2669 (2009).
5. Grubisic, A.; Wang, H.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of EuropiumSilicon Cluster Anions, EuSin− (3 ≤ n ≤ 17). J. Chem. Phys. 129, 054302/1-054302/5 (2008).
4. Rak, J.; Mazurkiewicz, K.; Kobylecka, M.; Storoniak, P.; Haranczyk, M.; Dobkowska, I.;
Bachorz, R. A.; Gutowski, M.; Radisic, D.; Stokes, S. T.; Eustis, S. N.; Wang, D.; Li, X. ;
Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H. Stable Valence Anions of Nucleic Acid Bases and DNA Strand
Breaks Induced by Low Energy Electrons. Radiation Induced Molecular Phenomena in
Nucleic Acids A Comprehensive Theoretical and Experimental Analysis Series: Challenges
and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics , Vol. 5, eds. M. K. Shukla, and J.
Leszczynski (Springer, Amsterdam, 2008).
3. Stokes, S. T.; Li, X.; Grubisic, A.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the
Parent Anions of the Nucleotides, adenosine-5’-monophosphate and 2’-deoxyadenine-5’monophosphate.
J. Chem. Phys. 128, 044314/1-044314/5 (2008). Selected for
Republication in JCP: BioChemical Physics (http://jcp-bcp.aip.org/) (January 2008).
2. Stokes, S. T.; Li, X.; Grubisic, A.; Ko, Y. J.; Bowen, K. H. Intrinsic Electrophilic Properties
of Nucleosides: Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Their Parent Anions. J. Chem. Phys. 125,
084321/1-084321/6 (2007). Selected for Republication in JCP: BioChemical Physics
(http://jcp-bcp.aip.org/) (August 2007).
1. Kang, H.; Lee, K. T.; Jung, B.; Ko, Y. J.; Kim, S. K. Intrinsic lifetimes of the excited state of
DNA and RNA bases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 12958-12959 (2002).