Jiyoung Jung, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor, Chemistry
Dawson Building, 212 E
Penn State Scranton
120 Ridge View Drive
Dunmore, PA 18512

Discipline Focus: Organic Chemistry Synthesis and Applications of Fluorescent materials

RESEARCH DESCRIPTION

My research focuses on developing chemical sensors that can detect copper ions and other environmentally toxic ions. In my research lab a series of azo derivatives are prepared and their relative responses toward copper ion are investigated. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Copper probe
  • Azo dye
  • Fluorescence Sensor
  • Pharmaceutical ingredients
  • Real-time monitor 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Development of colorimetric / fluorometric chemical sensor for heavy metal ions
  • Rapid turn-on fluorescence detection of copper(II):the electronic effects on the kinetic properties
  • Practical application in the field of metal-screening for pharmaceutical compounds 
     

Jung, J., Dinescu, A., & Kukrek, A. (2020). Synthesis and Comparative Kinetic Study of Reaction-Based Copper(II) Probes to Visualize Aromatic Substituent Effects on Reactivity. Journal of Chemical Education, 97(2), pp 533-537.  

Jung, J., & Jo, J. (2019). Residual Copper (II) Detection in Chemical Processes: High-throughput Analysis and Real-time Monitoring with Colorimetric Copper Probe. Organic Process Research & Development, 23(6), pp 1257-1261.  

Jung, J., Liu, W., Lee, D., & Kim, S. (2019). Redox-Driven Folding, Unfolding, and Refolding of Zigzag-Shaped Tetrathiafulvalene Molecular Switch. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84(10), pp 6258-6269.  

Jung, J., Jo, J., & Dinescu, A. (2017). Rapid Turn-On Fluorescence Detection of Copper (II): Aromatic Substituent Effects on Response Rate. Organic Process Research & Development, 21, pp 1689-1693.  

Jung, J., Zirpoli, S., & Slick, G. (2017). Implementation of Computational Aids in Diels-Alder Reactions:  Regioselectivity and Stereochemistry of Adduct Formation. Journal of Computational Science Education, 8(1), pp 2-6.  

Jung, J., & Dinescu, A. (2017). Emission pathway switching by solvent polarity: Facile synthesis of benzofuran-bipyridine derivatives and turn-on fluorescence probe for zinc ions. Tetrahedron Letters, 58(4), pp 358-362.  

Chem 108 – Problem Solving in Chemistry
Chem 110 – Chemical Principles
Chem 112 – Chemical Principles II
Chem 113 – Experimental Chemistry II
Chem 130 – Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry
Chem 212 – Organic Chemistry II