Christopher Bielawski

Christopher William Bielawski is a distinguished professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and group leader of the Synthesis Group in the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials. His research in synthesis and polymer chemistry has resulted in more than 290 publications and multiple patents.

He is a member of the American Chemical Society, an honorary lifetime member of the Israeli Chemical Society, and has on the Editorial Advisory Boards at Chemical Science, Polymer Chemistry, Macromolecules and an associate editor at Chemical Science.

Education Christopher majored in chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked with supramolecular systems as an undergraduate researcher for Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore. and a full professor in 2010.

He became a World Class University Professor in Seoul National University in 2012 and a distinguished professor at UNIST in 2013 when UNIST and the Institute for Basic Science opened the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials. The Center was opened as part of reorganization efforts by UNIST to expand their basic science research.

Honors and awards 2018: Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters) Highly Cited Researcher 2016: Most Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Engineering 2014: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2012: Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award, American Chemical Society 2011: Member of the American Nano Society 2011: Defense Science Study Group 2010: IUPAC-Samsung Young Polymer Scientist Award 2010: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2009: Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry Award for Early Excellence in Physical Organic Chemistry 2008: Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award 2008: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship 2007: Beckman Young Investigators Award 2003: Henkel Award 2000: Fellowship, American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry 1996: Member of the American Chemical Society Honorary Lifetime Member of the Israeli Chemical Society