• Aug. 2004 - Present :

            Graduate Student in Ken Jordan Group,Department of chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
• Mar. 2001 - Apr. 2003 :

            Assistant Engineer in Samsung Corning Precision Glass
• Mar. 1999 - Feb. 2001 :

            M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Seoul National University
• Mar. 1992 - Feb. 1999 :

            B.S. in Chemistry, Ajou University ( Korean Soldier from 1993 to 1995)
 

Study Fields in Interest

• Global optimization of water clusters by improved methods ( Basin-Hopping)
• Monte Carlo simulation connecting with hybrid (generalized ensemble plus parallel tempering ) methods
• Simulations of neutral and protonated water clusters with the SCC-DFTB method

                               

Fig. 1: Basin-Hopping Monte-Carlo simulation of water octamer with SCC-DFTB method

• Conformational analysis of the flexible bichromophore: 3-(4-hydroxypheny)-N-benzyl-propionamide (HNBPA)
  

Fig. 2: Lowest vibrational mode 1 of HNBPA        Fig. 3: Lowest vibrational mode 2 of HNBPA

Publications

• "Theoretical and experimental studies of the dissociation dynamics of methaniminium cation, CH₂NH₂⁺ -> CHNH⁺ + H₂: Reaction path bifurcation", T. H. Choi , S. T. Park and M. S. Kim, J.Chem.Phys. 114, 6051-6057 (2001).

Presentations

• Tae Hoon Choi and Kenneth D. Jordan
  "Conformational analysis of the flexible bichromophore: 3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-N-Benzyl-Propionamide"
  you can see the poster
  Symposium on Molecular and Materials Modeling at Pitt, May 25 - 26,2007
• Tae Hoon Choi and Kenneth D. Jordan
  "Simulations of Neutral and Protonated Water Clusters with the SCC DFTB (Self- Consistent-Charge Density-Functional Tight-Binding) Electronic Structure Method: applications to (H₂O)₂₁H⁺, (H₂O)₂₂H⁺, and (H₂O)₈ "
  you can see the poster
  The 38th Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, June 15 - 17,2006
• Tae Hoon Choi, Jeong Hee Moon, and Myung Soo Kim
  "Experimental and Classical Trajectory Studies of the Dissociation Dynamics of Methaniminium Cation, CH₂NH₂⁺ -> CHNH⁺ + H₂"
  The 85th Annual Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, 2000