Chulsung Bae
Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of Nevada Las Vegas

4505 Maryland Parkway

Box 454003

Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003

 

Phone: (702) 895-3465

Fax: (702) 895-4072

Email: chulsung.bae@unlv.edu

Education

Dr. Bae received a Ph.D. in chemistry at University of Southern California in 2002 under the guidance of Professor G. K. Surya Prakash and Nobel Laureate Professor George A. Olah. In 2002, he moved to Yale University to carry out postdoctoral studies with Professor John F. Hartwig investigating functionalization of C-H bonds in alkanes and polyolefins. Since 2004, he has been an assistant professor of chemistry at University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Awards and Honors

2008    CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (UNLV press release)

2006    Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society

2005    New Investigator Award, UNLV

Area of interests

Dr. Bae is interested in research that combines the areas of organic chemistry, catalysis, green chemistry, polymer chemistry, and materials science. In a broad sense, the research in his laboratory currently involves the application of new organic synthetic method to the synthesis of new functional materials that might have special applications. The major focuses in his group are developing novel recoverable polymeric catalysts, new organic/polymeric materials for electronics or energy storage, and polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications.

Teaching

Fall 2009 :   CHEM 783 SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION

Selected Major Publications

  • L. V. Brownell, J. Shin, C. Bae "Synthesis of Polar Block Grafted Syndiotactic Polystyrenes via a Combination of Iridium-catalyzed Activation of Aromatic C–H Bonds and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization" J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. accepted.

  • J. Shin, J. Bertoia, K. R. Czerwinski, C. Bae "A New Homogeneous Polymer Support Based on Syndiotactic Polystyrene and Its Application in Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions" Green Chem. 2009, 11, 1576-1580.

  • T. S. Jo, M. Yang, L. V. Brownell, C. Bae, "Synthesis of Quaternary Ammonium Ion–Grafted Polyolefins via Activation of Inert C–H Bonds and Nitroxide Mediated Radical Polymerization " J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2009, 47, 4519-4531.

  • T. S. Jo, S. H. Kim, J. Shin, C. Bae, "Highly Efficient Incorporation of Functional Groups into Aromatic Main-Chain Polymer Using Iridium-Catalyzed C–H Activation and Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 1656–1657.

  • T. S. Jo, C. H. Ozawa, B. R. Eagar, L. V. Brownell, D. Han, C. Bae, "Synthesis of Sulfonated Aromatic Poly(ether amide)s and Their Application to Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells" J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2009, 47, 485-496.

  • Y. Chang, A. Tewari, A-I. Adi, C. Bae, "Direct nucleophilic fluorination of carbonyl groups of benzophenones and benzils with Deoxofluor" Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 9837-9842.

  • J. Shin, A. Y. Chang, L. V. Brownell, I. O. Racoma, C. H. Ozawa, H. -Y. Chung, S. Peng, C. Bae "Hydrophilic graft modification of a commercial crystalline polyolefin" J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2008, 46, 3533-3545.

  • E. Kim, P. F. Weck, B. Naduvalath, C. Bae "Nanoscale Building Blocks for the Development of Novel Proton-exchange Membrane Fuel Cells" J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112, 3283–3286. [cover article]

  • J. Shin, S. M. Jensen, J. Ju, S. Lee, Z. Xue, S. K. Noh, C. Bae "Controlled Functionalization of Crystalline Polystyrenes via Activation of Aromatic C-H Bonds" Macromolecules 2007, 40, 8600-8608.

  • C. Bae, J. F. Hartwig, H. Chung, N. K. Harris, K. A. Switek, M. A. Hillmyer " Regiospecific Side-Chain Functionalization of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene with Polar Groups" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6410-6413.

  • G. K. S. Prakash, C. Bae, G. Rasul, G. A. Olah " The question of C-vs. O-silylation of ketenes: Electrophilic triethylsilylation of diphenylketene" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2005, 102, 6251-6254.

  • C. Bae, J. F. Hartwig, N. K. Boaen Harris, R. O. Long, K. S. Anderson, M. A. Hillmyer "Catalytic Hydroxylation of Polypropylenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 767-776.

Published Patent Application

  • 20080262163 "Modification of polymers having aromatic groups through formation of boronic ester groups"

  • WO/2008/027282 20070048579 "Development of novel proton-conductive polymers for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology"

 

Last updated: Oct. 2009