Professor Kimoon Kim (CHEM) has been selected as ‘the most influential scientist in the world’. Based on thesis quotation percentage, Thomson Reuters, ,an American informational enterprise, has selected the top one percent of scientists throughout the world, analyzed their thesis papers from 2003 to 2013, and selected globally influential scientists. Prof. Kim has been acknowledged as one of the most authoritative scientists for finding Cucurbituril, a pumpkin-shaped artificial chemical compound, and discovering various applications of Cucurbituril.
Prof. Kim also has thesis paper in ‘the most splendid 35 Chemistry thesis papers’, selected by Nature, and is a recipient of the ‘Earl L. Muetterties Memorial Lectureship Award’ from UC Berkeley.