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Hyeon Taeg-hwan

玄沢煥　/　ひょん・てくぁん

Chemist from South Korea

December 9, 1964 (age 61)　・　Daegu, South Korea

chemist

My Take

I have a real soft spot for scientists like Taeghwan Hyeon, who quietly reshape the world while the spotlight chases entertainers. Born in Daegu in 1964 and educated all the way to Illinois, he became a giant in nanoparticle chemistry, earning the 2020 Clarivate Citation Laureate honor often called a Nobel bellwether. What strikes me most is the patience this kind of life demands: decades drilling into a single discipline with no guarantee of applause. To me, that quiet, relentless pursuit of knowledge is its own form of greatness, and it deserves far more attention than it usually gets.

Overview

Taeghwan Hyeon (Korean: 현택환; born in 1964) is a South Korean chemist. He is SNU distinguished professor in the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University, director of Center for Nanoparticle Research of Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Hyeon Taeg-hwan
Name (Japanese): 玄沢煥
Reading: ひょん・てくぁん
Born: December 9, 1964 (age 61)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Dragon
Origin: Daegu, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: chemist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Dukwon High School
University: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Awards & achievements

2020 Clarivate Citation Laureates

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%84%E6%BE%A4%E7%85%A5

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