Jongho Jeon, Ph.D.

Jongho Jeon, Ph.D.

Jongho's research mainly focuses on the synthesis of molecular probe (fluorescent, bioluminescent and PET) for enzyme activity imaging and specific cancer detection.

Education Qualifications

2009 – Present: Post-doctoral fellow, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University
2008 – 2009: Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University
2002 – 2008: Ph. D., Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University
1998 – 2002: B. S., Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University

Publications:

1. Zuyong Xia, Yun Xing, Jongho Jeon, Young-Pil Kim, Jessica Gall, Anca Dragulescu-Andrasi, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Jianghong Rao, “Immobilizing Reporters for Molecular Imaging of the Extracellular Microenvironment in Living Animals”, ACS Chem. Biol., 2011, 6, 1117-1126.


2. Young-Hwa Kim*, Jongho Jeon*, Su Hyun Hong*, Won-Kyu Rhim, Yun-Sang Lee, Hyewon Youn, June-Key Chung, Myung Chul Lee, Dong Soo Lee, Keon Wook Kang, Jwa-Min Nam (*:equal contribution), “Tumor Targeting and Imaging Using Cyclic RGD-PEGylated Gold Nanoparticle Probes with Directly Conjugated Iodine-125”, Small, 2011, 7, 2052-2060.


3. Jungjoon Lee*, Kyung Hyun Lee*, Jongho Jeon*, Anca Dragulescu-Andrasi, Fei Xiao, Jianghong Rao (*:equal contribution), “Combining SELEX Screening and Rational Design to Develop Light-Up Fluorophore-RNA Aptamer Pairs for RNA Tagging”, ACS Chem. Biol., 2010, 5, 1065-1074.


4. Jinhwa Seo, Hyojin Lee, Jongho Jeon, Yeongseon Jang, Raehyun Kim Kookheon Char, Jwa-Min Nam “Tunable Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte for Comparative Cell Assays”, Biomacromolecules, 2009, 10, 2254-2260.


5. Jongho Jeon, Dongkwon Lim, Jwa-Min Nam, “Functional Nanomaterial-Based Amplification Strategies for Bioassays”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19, 2107-2117.


6. Jongho Jeon, Sohee Kim, Jong Hyup Lee, Young Gyu Kim, “anti-Selective dihydroxylations of monosubstituted allylic amine and ?-amino-a,ß-unsaturated (E)-esters by bulky alkyl groups”, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 2009, 30, 1003-1008.


7. Jongho Jeon, Jong Hyup Lee, Jung-Won Kim, Young Gyu Kim, “syn-Selective dihydroxylation of ?-amino-a,ß-unsaturated (Z)-esters from D-serine: Stereoselective synthesis of D-iminolyxitol”, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2007, 18, 2448-2453.


8. Cheoljin Kim, Jaeeun Kim, Hyung-Yeon Park, Robert J.C.McLean, Chan Kyung Kim, Jongho Jeon, Song-Se Yi, Young Gyu Kim, Yoon-Sik Lee, Jeyong Yoon, “Molecular Modeling, Synthesis and Screening of New Bacterial Quorum sensing Antagonist”, J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2007, 1591-1599.


9. Jongho Jeon, Moonyong Shin, Jae Won Yoo, Joon Seok Oh, Jae Gwang Bae, Seung Hwan Jung, Young Gyu Kim, “Highly anti-selective dihydroxylation of 1,2-dialkyl substituted (Z)-allylic amines: Stereoselective synthesis of a D-ribo-phytosphingosine derivative”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 1105- 1108.


10. Jongho Jeon, Suk-Koo Hong, Joon Seok Oh and Young Gyu Kim, "Stereoselective Synthesis of Protected (2R,3R,4S)-4,7-Diamino-2,3-dihydroxyheptanoic Acid: A Novel Amino Acid of Callipeltins A and D", J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 3310-3313.


11. Joon Seok Oh, Jongho Jeon, Do Yeon Park, and Young Gyu Kim, "Stereoselective dihydroxylation reactions of reactions of ?-amino-a,ß-unsaturated esters via their aryl ketimine derivatives", Chem. Commun., 2005, 770-771.