Hyun-soon Chong Assistant Professor of Chemistry
	B.S.:	Kyung Hee University
	Ph.D.:	University of North Texas
	Office:	398 Life Sciences Building
	Phone:	312.567.3235
	e-mail:	chong@iit.edu

Professional Interests

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

Representative 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
  
  

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