Eunsuk Kim is a Professor of Chemistry at Brown University. As a native of South Korea, she completed her undergraduate studies at Sangmyung University and earned her Master’s degree from Korea University. She then came to the States to pursue her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at Johns Hopkins University (advisor: Kenneth D. Karlin) and graduated in 2004. Following her doctoral studies, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Harvard University School of Public Health (advisor: Bruce Demple) and at the Biological Engineering Department at MIT (advisor: John Essigmann). In 2008, Eunsuk joined the Department of Chemistry at Brown University as a faculty member.

Honors/Awards

2018-present  Editorial Board (Early Career Board) – Inorganica Chimica Acta
2015      Deans’ Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Physical/Life Sciences
2013      NSF CAREER Award
2013      American Chemical Society (ACS) GREET Award
2010      NSF ADVANCE Award (Career Development Award)
2009      Richard B. Salomon Research Award, Brown University
2008      Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
2007-2010 Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) Postdoctoral Fellowship (w/ early retirement in 2008)
2002-3     Martin & Mary Kilpatrick Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
2002      Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (SPP) Student Award
2002      Alexander Kossiakoff Award, Johns Hopkins University