News Professor Dongho Kim, Honorary Distinguished Professor, Receives the Prestigious 'Porter Medal' in Photochemistry
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The Porter Medal is an award given by the European Photochemistry Association, the Inter-American Photochemical Society, and the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association to one of six photochemists who have made significant contributions to the field of photochemistry every two years (https://www.portermedal.com/).
Established in honor of George Porter, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967 for his work on studying fast chemical reactions by disturbing equilibrium with very short energy pulses, the Porter Medal is awarded to a scientist who has made the most significant contributions to photochemical science, with a particular emphasis on physical aspects, reflecting the interests of George Porter.
Since its inception in 1988, the award has been given to a total of 21 world-renowned scientists in the field of photochemistry. The prestigious nature of the Porter Medal can be inferred from the distinguished list of past recipients.
Professor Dongho Kim, the first Korean scientist to receive the Porter Medal, was recognized for his pioneering work in elucidating the phenomenon of reversal of molecular aromaticity and antiaromaticity through spectroscopic methods. He will receive the Porter Medal and deliver a commemorative lecture at the '29th IUPAC Photochemistry Symposium' to be held in Valencia, Spain, this coming July.
[Previous Winners]
1988 Lord Porter (George Porter), UK (Founding medal) / 1990 Michael Kasha, USA / 1992 Kinichi Honda, Japan / 1994 Nicholas J. Turro, USA / 1995 J.C.”Tito” Scaiano, Canada (Special Medal for London ICP) / 1996 Noboru Mataga, Japan / 1998 Frans de Schryver, Belgium / 2000 Vincenzo Balzani, Italy / 2002 Josef Michl, USA / 2004 Graham R. Fleming, USA / 2006 Howard E. Zimmerman, USA and Hiroshi Masuhara, Japan / 2008 Michael R. Wasielewski, USA / 2010 David Philips, UK / 2012 Thomas J. Meyer, USA / 2014 Masahiro Irie, Japan / 2016 Frederick Lewis, USA and James Barber, UK / 2018 Haruo Inoue, Japan / 2020 Vivian Yam, Hong Kong / 2022 Prashant Kamat, USA / 2024 Dongho Kim, Republic of Korea