Kang graduated from UC San Diego in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry. He obtained a PhD degree in Chemistry from Northwestern University in 2018. After finishing postdoctoral research in University of Pennsylvania in 2022, Kang joined the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in CSUSM as an assistant professor. 

Chem 404 Inorganic Chemistry

Chem 404L Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

Chem 504 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Chem 590 Special Topic: Bioinorganic Chemistry

Du, K.; Dmochowski, I. J. Thermally Tunable Adsorption of Xenon in Crystalline Molecular Sorbent J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 13810–13816.

Du, K.; Liao, P.; Yang, S.; von Trentini, D.; Sharma, K.; Shi, X.; Murray, C. B.; Li, D.; Dmochowski, I. J. Chelate-Functionalized Magnetic Micelles for Sequestration of Cisplatin Nanoscale Adv. 2023, 5, 291–297.

Lin, Y.; Du, K.; Gau, M. R.; Dmochowski, I. J. Turn-On Fluorescence Capsule for Selective Fluoride Detection and Water Purification Chem. Sci. 2023, 59, 12758–12767.

Du, K.; Zemerov, S. D.; Caroll, P. J.; Dmochowski, I. J. Paramagnetic Shifts and Guest Exchange Kinetics in ConFe4–n Metal–Organic Capsules Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 12758–12767.

Du, K.; Zemerov, S. D.; Kikkawa, J. M.; Dmochowski, I. J. Enhancement of 129Xe HyperCEST by a Paramagnetic CoII4 Cage with Desired Host-Guest Exchange Kinetics Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13831–13844.

Du, K.; Thorarinsdottir, A. E.; Harris, T. D. Selective Binding and Quantitation of Calcium with a Cobalt-Based Magnetic Resonance Probe J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 7163–7172.

Lilley, L. M.; Du, K.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Parigi, G.; Luchinat, C.; Harris, T. D.; Meade, T. J. Effect of Magnetic Coupling on Water Proton Relaxivity in a Series of Transition Metal GdIII Complexes Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 5810–5819.

Du, K.; Waters, E. A.; Harris, T. D. Ratiometric Quantitation of Redox Status with a Molecular Fe2 Magnetic Resonance Probe Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 4424–4430.

Thorarinsdottir, A. E.; Du, K.; Collins, J. H. P.; Harris, T. D. Ratiometric pH Imaging with a CoII2 MRI Probe via CEST Effects of Opposing pH Dependences J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15836–15847.

Du, K.; Harris, T. D. A CuII2 Paramagnetic Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Contrast Agent Enabled by Magnetic Exchange Coupling J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7804–7807.

Smith, S. J.; Du, K.; Radford, R. J.; Tezcan, F. A. Functional, Metal-Based Crosslinkers for Alpha-Helix Induction in Short Peptides Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3740–3747.