Summary
Hyung Kyu Shin is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Three awards have been named after him: Hyung K. Shin Award for Excellence in Research, Young-Ai and Hyung K. Shin Distinguished Visitor Program in Physical Chemistry, and Hyung Kyu Shin Graduate Scholarship Endowment.
Research interests
Research activities center around the theory of molecular interactions. Principal topics of current study include intramolecular energy distributions in large molecules.”
Honors and awards
- University of Utah Distinguished Chemistry Alumnus of 2025 (2025)
- University Distinguished Faculty Award (2005)
- Distinguished Research Professor (2003)
- Alan Bible Award for Excellence in Teaching (1986, 2000)
- University Foundation Professor (1984)
- University Outstanding Research Award (1975)
Education
- Postdoctoral (1963-64), Cornell University (Benjamin Widom, Peter Debye)
- Postdoctoral (1961-62), National Bureau of Standards (Kurt Shuler)
- Ph.D. (1961), University of Utah (J. Calvin Giddings)
- B.S. (1959), University of Utah