Dr. Kijeong Kwac

Bio - Research - Publications

Biographical sketch

Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Chemistry, Sep. 2008-
Advisor: Eitan Geva
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mar. 2007 - Aug. 2008
Advisor: Dmitrii Makarov
University of Texas
Austin, TX

Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2007
Advisor: Peter Wolynes
University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
San Diego, CA

Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry, Sep. 2001-Jan. 2006
Advisor: Minhaeng Cho
Korea University
Seoul, Korea

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2001
Advisor: Kook Joe Shin
Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea

Research interests

Molecular dynamics simulation and theoretical calculations in the context of nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy.

Publications

1. Kijeong Kwac, Sangyoub Lee, and Kook Joe Shin, ”Multidimensional frictional
   coupling effect in the photoisomerization of trans-Stilbene”, Bull. Korean Chem.
   Soc. 16(5), 427-432 (1995).
2. Kijeong Kwac, Seokmin Shin,Sangyoub Lee, and Kook Joe Shin, ”Theoretical Strud-
   ies of Surface diffusion : Multidimensional TST and surface vibrations”, Bull, Korean
   Chem. Soc. 17(2), 192-198 (1996).
3. Kijeong Kwac, Mino Yang, and Kook Joe Shin, ”Excited-state reversible association-
   dissociation reaction: Renormalized kinetic theory in configuration space”, J. Chem.
   Phys. 114 (9), 3883-3897 (2001).
4. Kijeong Kwac and Minhaeng Cho, ”Molecular dynamics simulation study of N-
   methylacetamide in water. I. Amide I mode frequency fluctuation”, J. Chem. Phys.
   119 (4) 2247-2255 (2003).
5. . Kijeong Kwac and Minhaeng Cho, ”Molecular dynamics simulation study of N-
   methylacetamide in water. II. Two-dimensional infrared pump-probe spectra”, J.
   Chem. Phys. 119 (4) 2256-2263 (2003).
6. Kijeong Kwac and Minhaeng Cho, ”Two-color Pump-Probe Spectroscopies of Two-
   and Three-Level Systems: 2-Dimensional Line Shapes and Solvation Dynamics”, J.
   Phys. Chem. A 107 (31) 5903-5912 (2003).
7. Kijeong Kwac, Hochan Lee, and Minhaeng Cho, ”Non-Gaussian statistics of amide
   I mode frequency fluctuation of N-methylacetamide in methanol solution: Linear and
   nonlinear vibrational spectra”, J. Chem. Phys. 120 (3) 1477-1490 (2004)
8. Kijeong Kwac andMinhaeng Cho, ”Hydrogen bonding dynamics and two-dimensional
   vibrational spectroscopy: N-methylacetamide in liquid methanol”, J. Raman Spec-
   trosc. (36) 326-336 (2005)
9. M. F. DeCamp, L. DeFlores, J. M. McCracken, A. Tokmakoff, K. Kwac, and M.
   Cho, ”Amide I vibrational dynamics of N-methylacetamide in polar solvents”, J. Phys.
   Chem. B. 109 11016-11026 (2005)
10. K. Kwac, C. Lee, Y. Jung, J-B Han, K. Kwak, J. Zheng, M. D. Fayer, and M.
    Cho, ”Benzene-phenol complexation dynamics: Quantum chemistry calculation, MD
    simulation, and 2D IR spectroscopy” J. Chem. Phys. 125 244508 (2006)
11. K. Kwac, K.-K. Lee, J. B. Han, K.-I. Oh, and M. Cho, ”Classical and quantum me-
    chanical/molecular mechanical molecular dynamics simulations of alanine dipeptide
    in water: Comparisons with IR and vibrational circular dichroism spectra” J. Chem.
    Phys. 128 105106 (2008)

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