Hyun-soon Chong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: 398 Life Sciences Building
Office Hours:
Phone: 312.567.3235
Fax: 312.567.3494
Email:
chong@iit.edu
Web:
Expertise
Education
- B.S, Kyung Hee University
- Ph.D, University of North Texas
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
Cancer therapeutics and diagnostics; Biologically active synthetic and natural products; Medicinal chemistry; Synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry; Macrocyclic chemistry; Chelation chemistry; Bioorganic and bioinorganic chemsitry; Heterocyclic chemistry; Nanobiotechnology; Molecular recognition
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
- Iron Chelators as Therapeutic Iron Depletion Agents. Expert Opinion in Therapeutic Patents (Invited Review). Noah Birch, Xiang Wang, Hyun-soon Chong. 2006, 16, 1533-56.
- In vitro and in vivo evaluation of novel ligands for radioimmunotherapy. Hyun-soon Chong, Diane E. Milenic, Kayhan Garmestani, Erik D. Brady, Hans Arora, Candice Pfiester, Martin W. Brechbiel. Nucl Med and Biol 2006, 33, 459-67.
- Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Macrocyclic and Acyclic Ligands as Contrast Enhancement Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Hyun-soon Chong, Kayhan Garmestani, L. Henry Bryant Jr. Diane E. Milenic, Terrish Overstreet, Noah Birch, Thien Le, Erik D. Brady, Martin W. Brechbiel J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49, 2055-2062.
- Development of a spectroscopy assay for bifunctional ligand-protein conjugates based on copper. Erik D. Brady, Hyun-soon Chong, Diane E. Milenic, Martin W. Brechbiel. Nucl Med and Biol 2004, 31, 795-802.
- Synthesis and potent antitumor activities of novel 1,3,5-cis,cis-triaminocyclohexane N-pyridyl derivatives. Hyun-Soon Chong, Frank M. Torti, Suzy V. Torti, Martin W. Brechbiel. J. Med. Chem. 2004, 47, 5230-5234
