Sung,  Bong  June  Department of Chemistry  Sogang University  Seoul, Korea

Email: bjsung@sogang.ac.kr
URL: http://chemistry.sogang.ac.kr

Education and Career

• Present - September 2007 :

           Assistant Professor     Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Korea
 
• August 2007 - September 2006 :

           Postdoctoral fellow     Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison
 
• August 2006 - September 2001 :

           Ph.D.     Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison
 
• February 2001 - March 1999 :

           M.S.     Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University
 
• February 1999 - March 1995 :

           M\B.S.     Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University
 

Research Interest

• Theoretical and simulation studies on beta-peptides forming nanoscale liquid crystals
• Dynamics and structure of fluids in cell membranes
• Reaction kinetics, Dynamics and structures of particles in random porous media
• Monte Carlo (MC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of polymers
• Polymer Reference Interaction Site Model (PRISM) integral equation threories for polymers and polymer nanocomposites
• Static properties and structures of random copolymers and telechelic polymers
• Phase separation and structure of polymers in colloidal suspension

Publications

• 19. "Percolation of accessible area of polymeric media in 2 dimensional space", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, (in preparation)
• 18. "Molecular dynamics simulations of glass transition in a disordered porous matrix", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, (in preparation)
• 17. "Monte Carlo simulations for the anomalous diffusion of proteins in doubly compartmentalized cell membrane", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, (in preparation)
• 16. "Effect of matrix dynamics on the rotational and translational dynamics of probes in random matrices", K. Jagannathan, B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, (in preparation)
• 15. "Matrix reloaded: Percolation and diffusion in three dimensional porous media", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, (in preparation)
• 14. "Pore structures in plasma membranes and its effect on the lateral diffusion of proteins", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, (in preparation)
• 13. "Permeation of a hard sphere fluid into a quenched matrix", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 034704 (2007)
• 12. "Dynamics of probes in model glassy matrices", K. Jagannathan, B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 145503 (2006)
• 11. "Lateral diffusion and percolation in membranes", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 218103 (2006)
• 10. "Integral equation theory for randomly coupled multi-block copolymers melts: Effect of a block size on phase behavior", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, J. Chem. Phys. 123(21) 214901 (2005).
• 9. "Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Non-classical Kinetics of Diffusion-controlled Bimolecular Reactions", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, J. Chem. Phys. 123(11) 114503 (2005)
• 8. "Monte Carlo simulation and self-consistent integral equation theory for polymers in quenched random media", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, J. Chem. Phys. 123(7) 074909 (2005).
• 7. "Integral equation theory for random copolymer melts: Self-consistent treatment of intra-molecular and inter-molecular correlations", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 234904 (2005).
• 6. "Integral equation theory for two-dimensional polymer melts", A. Yethiraj, B. J. Sung, and F. Lado, J. Chem. Phys. 122(9), 094910 (2005).
• 5. "Integral equation theory of random copolymer melts", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, Macromolecules 38(5),2000-2008 (2005).
• 4. "Monte Carlo simulations and integral equation theory for the structure of telechelic polymers", B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, J. Chem. Phys. 119(13), 6916-6924 (2003).
• 3. "Checking the influence of numerically-induced chaos in the computational study of intramolecular dynamics using trajectory equivalence", B. J. Sung, J. H. Moon, and M. S. Kim, CHEM. PHYS. LETT. 114(24), 610-616 (2001).
• 2. "Scaling of classical rate constants on scaled potential energy surfaces", M. S. Kim, S. T. Park, B. J. Sung, and J. H. Moon, J.Chem.Phys. 114(24), 10583-10590 (2001).
• 1. "Accuracy of the energy partitioning data obtained by classical trajectory calculations on potential energy surfaces constructed by interpolation: H₂CO -> H₂ + CO as an example", B. J. Sung and M. S. Kim, J.Chem.Phys. 113, 3098-3103 (2000).

Presentations

• 7. Bong June Sung and Arun Yethiraj
  "Computer simulations of double-compartment model for the diffusion of proteins in cell membranes"
  Biophysical Society 51th Annual Meeting, 2007, Baltimore
• 6. Bong June Sung and Arun Yethiraj
  "Lateral diffusion and percolation in 2 dimensional porous media"
  Annual APS March Meeting, 2006
• 5. Bong June Sung, Rakwoo Chang and Arun Yethiraj
  "Simulation and theory for polymers in random media"
  Annual APS March Meeting, 2005
• 4. Bong June Sung and Arun Yethiraj
  "Monte Carlo Simulation and Self-consistent integral equation theory for polymers in quenched random media"
  Hyuk Yu Symposium, 2004
• 3. Chwen-Yang Shew, Bong June Sung and Arun Yethiraj
  "Integral equation theory for polyampholyte solutions"
  Annual APS March Meeting, 2004
• 2. Bong June Sung, Myung Soo Kim, and Sang Tae Park
  "Scaling of classical rate constants on scaled potential energy surfaces"
  The 86th Annual Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, 2001
• 1. Bong June Sung, and Myung Soo Kim
  "Accuracy of the energy partitioning data obtained by classical trajectory calculations on potential energy surfaces constructed by interpolation: H₂CO -> H₂ + CO as an example"
  The 85th Annual Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, 2000