IBS Centers are research centers operated by the Institute for Basic Science. There are 31 institutes as of August 2020. Centers are organized into six disciplines according to their research area: Physics Chemistry Life sciences Interdisciplinary Mathematics Earth science
HQ, campus, and extramural
As of March 2025, the following HQ, campus, and extramural IBS Centers exist (in alphabetical order): NameDirectorCity, universityResearch areaCenter for 2D Quantum HeterostructuresShin Hyeon SukDaejeon, Sungkyunkwan UniversityInterdisciplinaryCenter for Advanced Reaction DynamicsIhee HyotcherlDaejeon, KAISTChemistryCenter for Algorithmic and Robotized Synthesis(Formerly Center for Soft and Living Matter)Bartosz GrzybowskiUlsan, UNISTInterdisciplinaryCenter for Artificial Low Dimensional Electronic SystemsYeom Han-woongPohang, POSTECHPhysicsCenter for Axion and Precision Physics Research - Dark Matter Axion GroupYoun SungWooDaejeon, HQPhysicsCenter for Catalytic Hydrocarbon FunctionalizationsChang SukbokDaejeon, KAISTChemistryCenter for Climate PhysicsAxel TimmermannBusan, Pusan National UniversityEarth scienceCenter for Cognition and Sociality - Cognitive Glioscience GroupChangjoon Justin LeeDaejeon, HQLife sciencesCenter for Cognition and Sociality - Learning and Memory GroupKaang Bong-KiunDaejeon, HQLife sciencesCenter for Complex GeometryHwang Jun-MukDaejeon, HQMathematicsCenter for Correlated Electron SystemsNoh Tae-wonSeoul, Seoul National UniversityPhysicsCenter for Van der Waals Quantum SolidsJo Moon-HoPohang, POSTECHPhysicsCenter for Exotic Nuclear StudiesKevin Insik HahnDaejeon, HQPhysicsCenter for Genome EngineeringKoo Bon-KyoungSeoul, Seoul National UniversityInterdisciplinaryCenter for Genomic IntegrityMyung KyungjaeUlsan, UNISTLife sciencesCenter for Geometry and PhysicsYong-Geun OhPohang, POSTECHMathematicsCenter for Integrated Nanostructure PhysicsLee Young HeeSuwon, Sungkyunkwan UniversityPhysicsCenter for Molecular Spectroscopy and DynamicsCho MinhaengSeoul, Korea UniversityChemistryCenter for Multidimensional Carbon MaterialsRodney S. RuoffUlsan, UNISTChemistryCenter for Nanomaterials and Chemical ReactionsRyoo RyongDaejeon, KAISTChemistryCenter for NanomedicineCheon JinwooSeoul, Yonsei UniversityInterdisciplinaryCenter for Nanoparticle ResearchHyeon TaeghwanSeoul, Seoul National UniversityChemistryCenter for Neuroscience Imaging Research - Neuro Technology GroupKim Seong-giSuwon, Sungkyunkwan UniversityInterdisciplinaryCenter for Neuroscience Imaging Research - Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience GroupLau HakwanSuwon, Sungkyunkwan UniversityInterdisciplinaryCenter for Quantum Conversion ResearchKim YousooGwangju, GISTInterdisciplinaryCenter for Quantum NanoscienceAndreas J. HeinrichSeoul, Ewha Womans UniversityPhysicsCenter for Relativistic Laser ScienceKim Kyung TaecGwangju, GISTPhysicsCenter for RNA ResearchKim V. NarrySeoul, Seoul National UniversityLife sciencesCenter for Self-assembly and ComplexityKim KimoonPohang, POSTECHChemistryCenter for Study of Emerging and Re-emerging VirusesChoi Young KiDaejeon, KAISTLife sciencesCenter for Synaptic Brain DysfunctionsKim EunJoonDaejeon, KAISTLife sciencesCenter for Theoretical Physics of Complex SystemsSergej FlachDaejeon, HQPhysicsCenter for Theoretical Physics of the Universe (Particle Theory and Cosmology Group)Choi KiwoonDaejeon, HQPhysicsCenter for Theoretical Physics of the Universe (Cosmology, Gravity and Astroparticle Physics Group)Yamaguchi Masahide (山口昌英 [ヤマグチ マサヒデ])Daejeon, HQPhysicsCenter for Underground PhysicsKim Yeongduk ()Daejeon, HQPhysicsCenter for Vascular ResearchKoh Gou YoungDaejeon, KAISTLife sciences
Pioneer research centers Pioneer Research Centers (PRC) are headquarters-based centers headed not by a director, but by a group of up to five chief investigators. As of August 2022, the following IBS pioneer research centers exist (in alphabetical order): NameGroupChief investigatorResearch areaPRC for Biomolecular and Cellular StructureBiomolecular Sociology GroupWoo Jae-SungInterdisciplinaryPRC for Climate and Earth Science Planetary Atmospheres GroupLee Yeon Joo Earth sciencePRC for Mathematical and Computational SciencesBiomedical Mathematics GroupKim Jae KyoungMathematicsDiscrete Mathematics GroupOum Sang-ilMathematicsExtremal Combinatorics and Probability GroupLiu HongMathematics
Former centers NameDirectorCity, UniversityResearch areaClosure dateAcademy of Immunology and MicrobiologyCharles SurhPohang, POSTECHLife sciencesOctober 2019Center for Plant Aging ResearchNam Hong GilDaegu, DGISTLife sciencesAugust 2021Center for Viral ImmunologyShin Eui-CheolDaejeon, KAISTLife sciences
See also List of Max Planck Institutes List of Johns Hopkins University Research Centers and Institutes National Institute for Mathematical Sciences RAON
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