Department of Chemistry
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Soon Mi Lim
Instructional Associate Professor
Co-director of Outreach

Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3255

P: 979-845-1639
F: 979-845-4719
soonmi.lim@chem.tamu.edu

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Areas of Interest
  • Physical and Analytical Chemistry
  • Biomedical Research
  • Science Education
  • Active Learning
  • Mentoring

Educational Background

  • Ph. D., Texas A&M University
  • Postdoc, Texas A&M Health Science Center
  • M.S., Inha University, South Korea
  • B. S., Inha University, South Korea

Awards & Recognition

  • College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Excellence Award (2024)
  • College of Arts and Sciences Academic Professional Track (APT) Faculty Travel Assistance Grant (2023)
  • College of Arts and Sciences Inclusive Excellence Small Grant (Co-PI with Sandra Horton) (2023-2024)
  • College of Science Diversity and Equity Small Grant (Co-PI with Sandra Horton) (2022 - 2023)
  • Provost Academic Professional Track (APT) Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2021)
  • Association of Former Students (AFS) Distinguished Achievement College-Level Award in Teaching (2017)

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Selected Publications

  • Zefan Zhang, Anshul Gautam, Soon-Mi Lim, and Christian Hilty, “Analysis of Large Data Sets in a Physical Chemistry Laboratory NMR Experiment using Python”, J. Chem. Educ. 2023, 100 (10), 4109–4113, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00586.
  • Rachel D. Davidson, Thomas E. O’Loughlin, Theodore E. G. Alivio, Soon-Mi Lim, and Sarbajit Banerjee, “Thermodynamics of Wettability: A Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment”, J. Chem. Educ. 2022, 99, 2689–2696, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00243.
  • Tan P. Nguyen, Alexandra D. Easley, Nari Kang, Sarosh Khan, Soon-Mi Lim, Yohannes H. Rezenom, Shaoyang Wang, David K. Tran, Jingwei Fan, Rachel A. Letteri, Xun He, Lu Su, Cheng-Han Yu, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus and Karen L. Wooley, “Polypeptide Organic Radical Batteries”, Nature, 2021, 593, 61–66, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03399-1.
  • D. Chase Pectol, Sarosh Khan, Mahmoud Elsabahy, Karen L. Wooley, Soon-Mi Lim, Marcetta Darensbourg, “Effects of Glutathione and Histidine on NO Release from a Dimeric Dinitrosyl Iron Complex (DNIC)”, Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59 (23), 16998–17008, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02196.
  • Kevin T. Wacker, Samantha L. Kristufek, Soon-Mi Lim, Sarosh Kahn, and Karen L. Wooley, “Bio-based 1olycarbonates derived from the neolignan honokiol”, RSC Advances, 2016, 85, 81672-81679, https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA19568G.
  • Mahmoud Elsabahy, Gyu Seong Heo, Soon-Mi Lim, Guorong Sun, Karen L. Wooley, “Polymeric Nanostructures for Imaging and Therapy”, Chem. Rev., 2015, 115, 10967-11011, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00135.
  • Soon-Mi Lim, Bryan A. Kreipe, Jerome P Trezeciakowski, Larry Dangott, and Andreea Trache, “Extracellular Matrix Effect on RhoA Signaling Modulation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells”, Experimental Cell Research, 2010, 316, 2833-2848, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.06.010.
  • Marc C. Gurau, Soon-Mi Lim, Edward T. Castellana, Fernando Albertorio, Sho Kataoka and Paul S. Cremer, “On the Mechanism of the Hofmeister Effect”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 10522-10523, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja047715c.
  • Soon-Mi Lim, Teak-Soo Kim, Goo-Il Lim, Sang-Kyu Kim, and Young S. Choi, “Fluorescence Excitation Spectrum of OClO(Ã2A2)”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 2097-2099, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9847888.