Songi Han

Songi Han
Born	1972, Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	RWTH Aachen University University of Koln
Scientific career
Institutions	Northwestern University University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis	Correlation of Position and Motion by NMR: Pipe Flow, Falling Drop and Salt Water Ice. (2001)

Songi Han is an American chemist who is a professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at Northwestern University. Her research considers electron and nuclear spins as sensors and detectors. She was elected a Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in 2019 and president of the International EPR Society in 2020.

Early life and education

Han attended the University of Cologne as an undergraduate, where she majored in chemistry.[1] She moved to the RWTH Aachen University, where she investigated magnetic resonance. She was awarded the Ampere Society Raymond Andrew Prize in 2002.[2]

Research and career

Han has pioneered the use of spin based approaches (including electron paramagnetic resonance, Nuclear magnetic resonance and relaxometry, to understand the structure-property relationships of biomolecules. Her work on dynamic nuclear polarization has enabled new probes for monitoring biological processes.[3] This allows for the mapping of surface water differences around globular proteins.[4]

Awards and honors

• 2001 Ernst Award[5]
• 2002 1st Raymond Andrew Prize[6]
• 2004 The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Faculty Award[7]
• 2008 Packard Fellowship[8][9]
• 2011 National Institutes of Health Innovator Award[10]
• 2015 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Bessel Award[11][12]
• 2018 Biophysical Society Innovation Award[13][14]
• 2019 Named Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance[15]
• 2020 Elected President of the International EPR Society[16]
• 2021 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance[17][18]
• 2021 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation FIB-Milling Sample Preparation for Cellular CryoET[19]
• 2023 Callaghan Lecturer Prize of the ISMAR[20]
• 2024 Mark and Nancy Ratner Professor of Chemistry[21]
• 2024 Bruker Prize Lecture of the Royal Society Chemistry EPR[22]

Selected publications

• Xuemei Zhang; Yanxian Lin; Neil A Eschmann; et al. (6 July 2017). "RNA stores tau reversibly in complex coacervates". PLOS Biology. 15 (7): e2002183. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.2002183. ISSN 1544-9173. PMC 5500003. PMID 28683104. Wikidata Q33879490.
• Igor Koptyug; Kirill V. Kovtunov; Scott R Burt; Muhammad Sabieh Anwar; Christian Hilty; Song-I Han; Alexander Pines; Renad Z Sagdeev (5 April 2007). "para-Hydrogen-induced polarization in heterogeneous hydrogenation reactions". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129 (17): 5580–5586. doi:10.1021/JA068653O. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 17408268. Wikidata Q57819663.
• Douglas H Fabini; Ting Ann Siaw; Constantinos C. Stoumpos; et al. (2 November 2017). "Universal Dynamics of Molecular Reorientation in Hybrid Lead Iodide Perovskites". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139 (46): 16875–16884. doi:10.1021/JACS.7B09536. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 29094934. Wikidata Q46123078.

References

1. "Songi Han | MWET". mwet.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
2. "ampere-society". www.ampere-society.org. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
3. "Song-I Han | Materials Research Laboratory at UCSB: an NSF MRSEC". www.mrl.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
4. "Glass Matters". The UCSB Current. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
5. "Ernst Award". GDCH - Fachgruppe Magnetische Resonanz. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
6. "1st Raymond Andrew Prize". Ampere Society. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
7. "Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar". Dreyfus Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
8. "Han, Song-I". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
9. "Packard Fellowship Awarded to UCSB Chemist". The UCSB Current. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
10. "UCSB Associate Professor to Receive Prestigious NIH New Innovator Award". The UCSB Current. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
11. "Professor Songi Han Receives Humboldt Foundation Bessel Prize". chemengr.ucsb.edu. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
12. "Songi Han Receives Bessel Prize". The UCSB Current. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
13. "Professor Songi Han Wins Prestigious BPS Innovation Award". chemengr.ucsb.edu. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
14. "Society Awards - The Biophysical Society". www.biophysics.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
15. "Professor Songi Han named Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance | Chemical Engineering - UC Santa Barbara". www.chemengr.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
16. "Officers of the International EPR (ESR) Society". www.ieprs.org. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
17. "Previous EAS Award Recipients". Eastern Analytical Symposium. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
18. "Songi Han Wins EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance". Spectroscopy Online. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
19. "Beckman Foundation Awards Funding to Advance Research Using Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Milling of Cellular Samples". PRWeb. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
20. "Prizes: Paul Callaghan Lecture – ISMAR". Retrieved 2024-03-20.
21. "Songi Han: Department of Chemistry - Northwestern University". chemistry.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
22. "Bruker Lectures – RSC ESR Group". Retrieved 2024-03-20.