Staff Profiles<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/06\/Sugy-landing-page.jpg” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Seogjoo \u201cSuggy\u201d Jang sitting at a table with a laptop.” title_text=”Seogjoo \u201cSuggy\u201d Jang” sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center” border_width_all=”1px”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.10″ text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Even in a dark, frozen Antarctic lake, purple bacteria are astoundingly efficient at turning light into chemical energy. Seogjoo \u201cSuggy\u201d Jang (Chemistry & Biochemistry) eagerly investigates what his lab terms the \u201cgreat mystery\u201d of photosynthesis. He does so not by boarding icebreakers but by breaking ground with quantum mechanical models. But that\u2019s only the tip of Jang\u2019s\u00a0curiosity.<\/p>\n
To fund his research on soft optoelectronic molecules, the National Science Foundation recently awarded Jang a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development grant worth $600,000. And more recently he received the $75,000 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, which also supports promising young faculty.<\/p>\n
The theoretical chemist aims to discover \u201cwhat\u2019s going on on a molecular level.\u201d His research involves energy transfers, large-scale computation, and modeling complex spectroscopic data. The practical applications could include optical, electronic, and sensor devices; solar antennas; and new methods for converting the Sun\u2019s rays to chemical and electrical energy.<\/p>\n
As a child in Korea, Jang reflects, \u201cI enjoyed reading about people going to far places. After I grew up, I realized there were not so many places left that I could explore, but I found there were so many things to explore intellectually.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fifteen years ago, when he came to the US, he was still developing his English skills. Since then he\u2019s grown very fluent in terms like multichromophoric Forster resonance energy transfer and nonequilibrium Green function formalism.<\/p>\n
Jang began teaching at Queens College in 2005. \u201cI felt it was a great chance to really prove myself,\u201d he recalls. He enjoys mentoring QC and high school students. \u201cQC students are sincere and hard-working,\u201d he notes. \u201cThey really are eager to learn. I feel a joy in helping each one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Book he recommends:<\/strong> American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert J. Oppenheimer<\/em>, by Kai Bird ad Martin J. Sherwin, which he says illuminates \u201cwhat it\u2019s like to live like a scientist.\u201d<\/p>\nMusical interests:<\/strong> Classical piano, especially Erik Satie\u2019s Gymnop\u00e9die <\/em>and J.S Bach\u2019s The Goldberg Variations<\/em>.<\/p>\nSurprising fact:<\/strong> He writes with his left hand when solving difficult mathematical problems, perfecting theories, or writing letters, but uses his right hand for everyday writing purposes or when developing new ideas.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Name: Seogjoo \u201cSuggy\u201d JangTitle:Associate Professor Department: Chemistry and BiochemistryDegree(s): PhD, University of PennsylvaniaContact Information: Phone: (718) 997-4110 “One good thing about theoretical chemistry is that you can do work wherever there is a place to sit down.”- Seogjoo \u201cSuggy\u201d Jang Student Profiles Alumni Profiles Faculty Profiles Staff ProfilesEven in a dark, frozen Antarctic lake, purple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[137],"class_list":["post-1178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1856,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1178\/revisions\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}