Son, Sang-Kil

Personal Information vCard

• E-mail : sangkil@ku.edu
• Homepage : wavelet.chem.ku.edu/~sangkil/ (this page) | www.zannavi.com (Korean only)
• Spouse: Han, Huijong

Research Interests

Atomic and molecular physics in strong fields
Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) in real space and real time
Quantum computation and quantum information
Relativistic effects on atoms and molecules
Computational quantum chemistry, High performance computing

Research Skills

• Program development for DFT, TDDFT, and Floquet formalism
• Scientific programing with Fortran 77/90 and math libraries
  Application programming with C, C++, and shell scripting
  Web programming with PHP/MySQL and Javascript
  
• Computational quantum chemistry program: Gaussian, GAMESS, ACES II, Molfdir, HyperChem, and octopus

Education

Mar. 1991 ~ Feb. 1993	Busan High School of Science, Korea
Mar. 1993 ~ Feb. 1997	B. S. in Chemistry, KAIST, Korea (Full Scholarship from Government)
Mar. 1997 ~ Feb. 1999	M. S. in Physical Chemistry, KAIST, Korea (Full Scholarship from Government) Advisor: Prof. Yoon Sup Lee Two-component calculations for polyatomic hydrides and fluorides containing superheavy elements 113 and 114, M. S. Thesis, KAIST (1999) [BibTeX][pdf][abstract]
Aug. 2003 ~ present	Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry, University of Kansas, United States (Research/Teaching Assistantship) Advisor: Prof. Shih-I Chu

Publications

1. Young-Kyu Han, Sang-Kil Son, Yoon Jeong Choi, and Yoon Sup Lee, Structures and stabilities for halides and oxides of transactinide elements Rf, Db, and Sg calculated by relativistic effective core potential methods, J. Phys. Chem. A 103, 9109–9115 (1999) [BibTeX][link][pdf][abstract]
2. Chang Seop Hong, Sang-Kil Son, Yoon Sup Lee, Moo-Jin Jun, and Youngkyu Do, High-dimensional manganese(II) compounds with noncovalent and/or covalent bonds derived from flexible ligands: Self-assembly and structural transformation, Inorg. Chem. 38, 5602–5610 (1999) [BibTeX][link][pdf][abstract]
3. Young-Kyu Han, Cheolbeom Bae, Sang-Kil Son, and Yoon Sup Lee, Spin-orbit effects on the transactinide p-block element monohydrides MH (M=element 113-118), J. Chem. Phys. 112, 2684–2691 (2000) [BibTeX][link][pdf][abstract]
4. Chang Seop Hong, Ja-eung Koo, Sang-Kil Son, Yoon Sup Lee, Yaung-Soo Kim, and Youngkyu Do, Unusual ferromagnetic couplings in single end-to-end azide-bridged cobalt(II) and nickel(II) chain systems, Chem. Eur. J. 7, 4243–4252 (2001) [BibTeX][link][pdf][abstract]
5. Young-Kyu Han, Kyoung Hoon Kim, Sang-Kil Son, and Yoon Sup Lee, Effects of intramolecular basis set superposition error on conformational energy difference of 1,2-difluoroethane and 1,2-dimethoxyethane, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 23, 1267–1271 (2002) [BibTeX][link][pdf][abstract]
6. Juan J. Carrera, Sang-Kil Son, and Shih-I Chu, Ab initio theoretical investigation of the frequency comb structure and coherence in the vuv-xuv regimes via high-order harmonic generation, Phys. Rev. A 77, 031401(R) (2008) [BibTeX][link][pdf][abstract]
7. Sang-Kil Son and Shih-I Chu, Many-mode Floquet theoretical approach for coherent control of multiphoton dynamics driven by intense frequency-comb laser fields, Phys. Rev. A 77, 063406 (2008) [BibTeX][link][pdf][abstract]

Poster Presentations

1. Young-Kyu Han, Kyoung Hoon Kim, Sang-Kil Son, and Yoon Sup Lee, The Effects of Intramolecular Basis Set Superposition Error on Conformational Energy Differences: 1,2-Difluoroethane and 1,2-Dimethoxyethane in Abstract of the 80th Annual Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society (Oct. 24-25, 1997), p. 150 [BibTeX][abstract]
2. Sang-Kil Son, Young-Kyu Han, and Yoon Sup Lee, Two-component Calculations for Polyatomic Hydrides and Fluorides Containing Superheavy Elements 113 and 114 in Abstract of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society (Oct. 23-24, 1998), p. 143 [BibTeX][slide][abstract]
3. Young-Kyu Han, Cheolbeom Bae, Sang-Kil Son, and Yoon Sup Lee, Two-component Calculations for the Molecules Containing Superheavy Elements in Abstract of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society (Oct. 23-24, 1998), p. 77 [BibTeX][abstract]
4. Sang-Kil Son and Shih-I Chu, Precision calculation of intense-laser-field multiphoton ionization (MPI) rates of H₂⁺ at critical internuclear distances in The 37th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (American Physics Society, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 16-20, 2006) [BibTeX][slide][abstract]
5. Sang-Kil Son and Shih-I Chu, Many-mode Floquet theoretical approach for probing high harmonic generation in intense frequency-comb laser fields in The 38th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (American Physics Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5-9, 2007) [BibTeX][slide][abstract]
6. Sang-Kil Son and Shih-I Chu, Floquet formulation for the investigation of multiphoton quantum interference in a superconducting qubit driven by a strong field in The 38th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (American Physics Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5-9, 2007) [BibTeX][abstract]
7. Juan J. Carrera, Sang-Kil Son, and Shih-I Chu, Ab initio theoretical investigation of the frequency comb structure in the XUV regime via high harmonic generation in The 38th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (American Physics Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 5-9, 2007) [BibTeX][abstract]
8. Sang-Kil Son and Shih-I Chu, A new 3D grid method for accurate electronic structure calculation of polyatomic molecules: The Voronoi-cell finite difference method in The 39th Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (American Physics Society, State College, Pennsylvania, May 27-31, 2008) [BibTeX][abstract]

Academic Honors

Sep. 1992	Bronze prize at the 4th High School Student Chemistry Competition held by Ministry of Education
May. 2004	Cady award for the best first year graduate student in Dept. of Chemistry, KU
Apr. 2006	Paul and Helen Gilles award in physical chemistry graduate student in Dept. of Chemistry, KU
May. 2008	McCollum Research Scholarship in Dept. of Chemistry, KU

Experiences and Extra Curricular Activities

Mar. 1993 ~ Feb. 1997	KMUG : KAIST Mac User Group (President in 1995)
May. 1994 ~ Feb. 1999	Grimijua : Fine Arts Campus Club (Starting member / Held and Participated in 3 campus exhibitions)
Jan. 1996 ~ Jan. 1996	Teaching Assistant in the 28th International Chemistry Olympiad Training Winter School for the High School Student, Chemistry Competition Finalists
Feb. 1999 ~ Sep. 1999	KLUSTER : KAIST Cluster Group (Discussed Linux Clustering)
Oct. 1999 ~ Jan. 2003	Republic of Korea Air Force Officer (Discharged as First Lieutenant)
Feb. 2003 ~ Jun. 2003	Visiting Researcher, KAIST
Aug. 2003 ~ present	Graduate Research Assistant, KU
Jan. 2005 ~ Apr. 2007	Graduate Teaching Assistant, KU [CHEM648] [CHEM750] [CHEM915] [CHEM184 Lab] [CHEM188 Lab]
Jul. 2007 ~ Sep. 2007	Visiting Researcher, NTU, Taiwan