Leadership
CUREVERSE was founded by experts in small molecule drug discovery, brain disease therapeutics, and medicinal chemistry, who united with the shared goal of developing novel treatments for intractable brain disorders.
Medicinal Chemistry Professional, Drug Discovery
Jungwook Chin
PhD/ Co-Founder
CSO
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Small Molecule drug
Discovery Chemistry expert - Pipeline discovery
- Ph.D. & M.S., Seoul National University
- Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
- Full-time Research Professor, Seoul National University
- Lead/Principal Researcher, New Drug Center, KMEDIhub
- Team Lead, Intractable Diseases Team, New Drug Center, KMEDIhub
- Academic Secretary (Officer), Medicinal Chemistry Division, Korean Chemical Society
- Delegate (Lifetime Member), Korean Society of Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
- Committee Member, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) and National New Drug Development Project
- Key Publications
Over 60 SCI-indexed papers, with 23 as first or corresponding author
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (JMC): 4 Cover Articles (2016, 2019~2021)
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (EJMC):Papers published in 2012, 2016, and 2020
- Bioorganic Chemistry: Paper published in 2021
- Clinical Cancer Research: Paper published in 2019
48 patents.
- Key Grants
Principal Investigator (PI)
- 2024-2026: KDDF National New Drug Development Project (Total ₩0.8 billion / 2 years)
- 2020-2022: MSIT Bio-Medical Technology Development Project (Total ₩0.9 billion / 5 years)
- 2019-2021: MOHW Future Medical Industry One-Stop Support Project (Total ₩1.68 billion / 3 years)
- 2016-2022: Cumulative Research Contract from Industry Collaboration Projects: ₩0.8 billion
- 2016-2018: MSIT Excellent Research Project (Young Investigator)
- License Out Deal
- 2022: First-in-Class (FIC) Brain Tumor Treatment (currently in non-clinical development)
- 2020: Drug for Refractory Liver Cancer
- 2019: Drug for Acute Pancreatitis (currently in non-clinical development)
- Awards & Honors
- 2021, 2020: DGMIF Excellent Achievement Award, Academic Award
- 2009-2010: Stanford Research Fellowship
- 2005: President Fellowship, Seoul National University
