Bongsoo Kim is Professor of Chemistry at KAIST in Korea. He has a BS and a MS degree in Chemistry from Seoul National University and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from U. C. Berkeley. He spent two years at Kyungbook National University as a professor. Then he moved to KAIST in 1996, serving there at present. His primary interest has been laser spectroscopy in molecular beams. Recently he expanded his interest into nanoscience and synthesized gold nanowires and nanoplates, utilizing them for surface enhanced Raman scattering. In 2015 he serves as Chairman of the Physical Chemistry Section of the Korean Chemical Society for a year. Major awards include the Grand Research Prize in 2011 from the Korean Chemical Society.
