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Gibum Kim:

  • Status: Working at Beckman Coulter in Brea, CA.

Gibum Kim

Personal Information

Telephone: 714-961-4557
Web : beckman.com

Research Interest

  • Application of the SPR based imaging system for high throughput biological sensors
  • Development of surface modification chemistries for biologically compatible surfaces
  • Fabrication of biological chips for analysis of Protein-DNA/Lipid-Protein interactions.

Research Background

  • Spectroscopic studies of biomolecular interactions at the solid/liquid and air/liquid interfaces.
  • Photo electrochemical study of conducting polymer deposited on thin layer semiconductor electrodes.
  • Instrument construction including nonlinear optical laser spectroscopy (Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy).
  • Programming data acquisition programs and modeling programs for the above instrument with Labview, Mathematica and Matlab.
  • 4 years of research experience in an industrial research lab.

Education

1997 – 2002Ph. D. / Analytical Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1991 – 1993MS/Analytical Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
1984 – 1991BS/Chemistry, Chung Nam National University, Teajon, Korea

Honors

  • Gordon Research Conference Chair Fund (2002)
  • Martell Travel Award (2002)
  • Honor Student Scholarship (1989-1990)

Employment

2002-presentResearch associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1997 – 2002Teaching assistant/Researcher assistant, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1993 – 2001Research scientist, Fuel Cell Division, Korean Electric Power Research Institute, Teajon, Korea

Research Experiences

Academic
2002-presentDepartment of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle Investigation of DNA/protein interaction by using Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscope Investigation of membrane binding peptide on the supported lipid bilayers on thiol coated gold surface.
1997 – 2002Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Advisor: Prof. Paul Cremer Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy investigations of biomolecular interactions at interfaces Secondary ion mass spectroscopic investigation of the oxidation on the thiol bilayer.
1993-1991Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Photoelectrochemical investigation of conducting polymer deposited on to the In2O3/ Sn2O2 thin film electrodes and its effects on the dye sensitized photocurrent generation
Industrial
Electrochemical and spectroscopic surface investigation of fuel cell and solar cell electrodes by use of elemental analysis, impedance spectroscopy, XPS, SEM and general electrochemistry.

Professional membership

American Chemical Society

Publications

  1. Jung, S. Y.; Lim, S. M.; Albertorio, F. ; Kim, G.; Gurau, M.; Yang, D. R.; Holden, M. A.; Cremer , P.S., “The Vroman Effect: A Molecular Level Description of Fibrinogen Displacement”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003 in press
  2. Gurau, M.; Kim, G.;Lim, S,; Albertorio, F.; Fleisher, C. H.; Cremer, P. S., “Water Structure at the Fatty Acid Monolayer/Aqueous Interface in the Presence of Divalent Metal Cations”, ChemPhysChem 2003 in press
  3. Kim, G.; Gurau, M.; Lim, S.; Cremer, P. S., “Investigations of the Orientation of a Membrane Peptide by Sum Frequency Spectroscopy”, J. Phys. Chem. B. 2003, 107, 1403
  4. Kim, J.; Kim, G.; Cremer, P. S., “Investigations of Polyelectrolyte Absorption at the Solid/Liquid Interface by Sum Frequency Spectroscopy: Evidence of Long-Range Macromolecular Alignment at Highly Charged Quartz/Water Interfaces”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 8751
  5. Kim, G.; Gurau, M.; Kim, J. ; Cremer, P. S., “Investigations of Lysozyme Adsorption at the Air/Water and Quartz/Water Interfaces by IR-Visible Sum Frequency Spectroscopy”, Langmuir 2002, 18, 2807
  6. Kim, J.; Kim, G.; Cremer, P.S., “Investigation of interfacial water structure in the presence of supported lipid bilayer at the solid liquid interface”, Langmuir 2001, 17, 7255
  7. Min, H. J.; Kim, G. ; Yu, J. A.; Kim, K. J., "Photocurrents in the SnO2 Photoelectrochemical cell Sensitized by Rhodamine B", Kor. Chem. Soc. 1993, 37, 213.

Presentations

  1. “Protein functionalized SAMs as biosensors ”, Materials Science and Engineering through Biomimetics: An International Workshop, Friday Harbor Labs, San Juan Island, Washington (August 27-30, 2002)
  2. “Interaction of Proteins at the Quartz/Water and Air/Water Interface studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy”, Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conference: Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions, Ventura, California (February, 2002)
  3. “Interfacial water alignment upon Lysozyme adsorption: Sum Frequency Generation Study ”, Poster Presentation, The Texas Surface Science Roundup, Roundtop, Texas (May, 2001)
  4. “Sum Frequency Generation Study of Interaction of Membrane Channel Peptide with Lipid Monolayer ”, Poster Presentation, The Texas Surface Science Roundup, Roundtop, Texas(May, 2000)

References

    Dr. Paul S. Cremer
    Department of Chemistry
    Texas A&M University
    Phone: (979)862-1200
    Email : cremer@mail.chem.tamu.edu

    Dr. D. Wayne Goodman
    Department of Chemistry
    Texas A&M University
    College Station, TX 77843-3255
    Phone: (979) 845-0214
    Email : goodman@mail.chem.tamu.edu

    Dr. Charles T. Campbell
    Department of Chemistry
    University of Washington
    Box 351700
    Seattle WA 98195-1700
    Tel: (206) 616-6085
    Email : campbell@chem.washington.edu