Tim Chung

Tim Chung is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) since 2019. He holds a B.S. in Biology from UC San Diego (2011), a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UCLA (2017), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Technische Universität München (TUM, Germany) under Prof. Thorsten Bach. His research focuses on organic photochemistry, including mechanistic studies, synthetic methodologies, and enantioselective catalysis.

• Education:
• B.S., Biology, UC San Diego, 2011 (advisor: Prof. Jerry Yang)
• Ph.D., Chemistry, UCLA, 2017 (advisor: Prof. Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay)
• Postdoc, TUM, 2019 (advisor: Prof. Thorsten Bach; funded by Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship)

Research interests include developing novel photochemical reactions, especially involving benzothiazole derivatives, and exploring asymmetric synthesis techniques. He currently leads a lab at IUP and is actively recruiting motivated students for collaborative research.

Awards:

• Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2019)

Advising & Labs:

• Ph.D. advisor: Prof. Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay
• Postdoc mentor: Prof. Thorsten Bach
• Current lab at IUP focuses on synthetic photochemistry and enantioselective methodologies