Regular biography
Lee, Seunghoon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Seoul National University. His research focuses on the unusual chemistry of transition metal complexes using advanced computational approaches, with an emphasis on developing theoretical and computational tools to simulate transition-metal molecules and materials. His work explores quantum chemical phenomena such as strong electronic correlation and aims to accelerate the discovery of next-generation transition-metal catalysts and materials. Lee's research group utilizes both classical and quantum computing devices to advance many-body electronic structure methods for complex systems.
Scholar-generated biography
Seunghoon Lee is a researcher at Seoul National University specializing in quantum chemistry, with a focus on electronic structure methods and strong electron correlation. His work addresses challenges in quantum chemistry simulations, particularly in the context of strongly correlated systems. Lee's research includes the development of advanced computational frameworks, such as Block2, for implementing state-of-the-art DMRG algorithms. His studies explore the accuracy and efficiency of mixed-reference spin-flip time-dependent density functional theory (MRSF-TDDFT) for systems like diradicals and excited-state dynamics. Additionally, he investigates nonadiabatic processes, conical intersections, and the impact of dynamic electron correlation on molecular properties. His research contributes to the understanding of electronic structure and excited-state behavior in organic molecules.