selected publications academicarticle Wacker, K. T., Weems, A. C., Lim, S., Khan, S., Felder, S. E., Dove, A. P., & Wooley, K. L. (2019). Harnessing the Chemical Diversity of the Natural Product Magnolol for the Synthesis of Renewable, Degradable Neolignan Thermosets with Tunable Thermomechanical Characteristics and Antioxidant Activity. Biomacromolecules. 20(1), 109-117. Pulukkody, R., Chupik, R. B., Montalvo, S. K., Khan, S., Bhuvanesh, N., Lim, S., & Darensbourg, M. Y. (2017). Toward biocompatible dinitrosyl iron complexes: sugar-appended thiolates. Chemical Communications. 53(6), 1180-1183. Wacker, K. T., Kristufek, S. L., Lim, S., Kahn, S., & Wooley, K. L. (2016). Bio-based polycarbonates derived from the neolignan honokiol. RSC Advances. 6(85), 81672-81679. Kristufek, T. S., Kristufek, S. L., Link, L. A., Weems, A. C., Khan, S., Lim, S., ... Wooley, K. L. (2016). Rapidly-cured isosorbide-based cross-linked polycarbonate elastomers. Polymer Chemistry. 7(15), 2639-2644. Elsabahy, M., Heo, G. S., Lim, S., Sun, G., & Wooley, K. L. (2015). Polymeric Nanostructures for Imaging and Therapy. CHEMICAL REVIEWS. 115(19), 10967-11011. Sreenivasappa, H., Chaki, S. P., Lim, S., Trzeciakowski, J. P., Davidson, M. W., Rivera, G. M., & Trache, A. (2014). Selective regulation of cytoskeletal tension and cell-matrix adhesion by RhoA and Src. Integrative Biology (United Kingdom). 6(8), 743-754. Papke, C. L., Cao, J., Kwartler, C. S., Villamizar, C., Byanova, K. L., Lim, S., ... Milewicz, D. M. (2013). Smooth muscle hyperplasia due to loss of smooth muscle -actin is driven by activation of focal adhesion kinase, altered p53 localization and increased levels of platelet-derived growth factor receptor-. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(15), 3123-3137. Lim, S., Trzeciakowski, J. P., Sreenivasappa, H., Dangott, L. J., & Trache, A. (2012). RhoA-induced cytoskeletal tension controls adaptive cellular remodeling to mechanical signaling. Integrative Biology (United Kingdom). 4(6), 615-627. Chen, X., Flores, S. C., Lim, S., Zhang, Y., Yang, T., Kherb, J., & Cremer, P. S. (2010). Specific anion effects on water structure adjacent to protein monolayers. Langmuir. 26(21), 16447-16454. Lim, S., Kreipe, B. A., Trzeciakowski, J., Dangott, L., & Trache, A. (2010). Extracellular matrix effect on RhoA signaling modulation in vascular smooth muscle cells. Experimental Cell Research. 316(17), 2833-2848. Trache, A., & Lim, S. (2010). Live cell response to mechanical stimulation studied by integrated optical and atomic force microscopy. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2072. Trache, A., & Lim, S. (2009). Integrated microscopy for real-time imaging of mechanotransduction studies in live cells. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 14(3), 034024-1. Gurau, M. C., Lim, S., Castellana, E. T., Albertorio, F., Kataoka, S., & Cremer, P. S (2004). On the mechanism of the hofmeister effect. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(34), 10522-10523. Kataoka, S., Gurau, M. C., Albertorio, F., Holden, M. A., Lim, S. M., Yang, R. D., & Cremer, P. S. (2004). Investigation of water structure at the TiO2/aqueous interface. Langmuir. 20(5), 1662-1666. Gurau, M. C., Kim, G., Lim, S., Albertorio, F., Fleisher, H. C., & Cremer, P. S (2003). Organization of water layers at hydrophilic interfaces. ChemPhysChem. 4(11), 1231-1233. Jung, S., Lim, S., Albertorio, F., Kim, G., Gurau, M. C., Yang, R. D., Holden, M. A., & Cremer, P. S. (2003). The Vroman effect: a molecular level description of fibrinogen displacement. 125(42), 12782-12786. Gurau, M. C., Castellana, E. T., Albertorio, F., Kataoka, S., Lim, S., Yang, R. D., & Cremer, P. S (2003). Thermodynamics of phase transitions in langmuir monolayers observed by vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(37), 11166-11167. Kim, G., Gurau, M. C., Lim, S. M., & Cremer, P. S. (2003). Investigations of the orientation of a membrane peptide by sum frequency spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 107(6), 1403-1409. Lim, S. M., Kim, T. S., Lim, G. I., Kim, S. K., & Choi, Y. S. (1999). Fluorescence excitation spectrum of OClO ((A)over-tilde(2)A(2)). Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103(13), 2097-2099. conference paper Sreenivasappa, H., Lim, S., Trzeciakowski, J. P., Rivera, G., Davidson, M. W., & Trache, A. (2012). Effect of cytoskeletal tension on vascular smooth muscle cell adhesion. Molecular Biology of the Cell. Lim, S., Trzeciakowski, J., Sreenivasappa, H., & Trache, A. (2011). Cytoskeletal tension modulates cellular responses to mechanical stimuli. Molecular Biology of the Cell.
teaching activities CHEM315 Fund. Of Quant. Analysis Instructor CHEM316 Quantitative Analysis Instructor CHEM318 Quant Analysis Lab Instructor CHEM325 Physical Chem Lab I Instructor CHEM326 Physical Chem Lab Ii Instructor CHEM481 Seminar Instructor CHEM682 Dept Research Seminar Instructor CHEM686 Ethics Chem Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Chemistry, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2006 M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Inha University - (Incheon, South Korea) 1998
awards and honors Provost Academic Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2021