Ohyun Kwon

Ohyun Kwon is an American chemist who is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research considers new methodologies for organic transformations and the development of chiral catalysts.

Early life and education Kwon was born in South Korea. She attended the Seoul National University, where she majored in chemistry. She moved to the United States for graduate studies, first joining Columbia University to work in the research group of Samuel J. Danishefsky. Her doctorate considered the synthesis of glycolipid Ganglio-N-tetraosylceramide (asialo GM1). where she worked on a diversity oriented synthesis of macrocycles and multi-cyclic compounds. These phosphines include stereogenic phosphorus centres, axial chirality and stereogenic carbon centres. Kwon developed a family of phosphines with stereogenic carbon and phosphorus centres that are available from Sigma-Aldrich.

Awards and honors 2018 University of California Center for Accelerated Innovation Technology Development Grant 2019 Novartis Chemistry Lectureship Award 2019 Herbert Newby McCoy Award 2024 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

Selected publications