E-mail: goeun.sim [at] mail.mcgill.ca
LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/pub/goeun-sim/93/a75/316
Research Interests
- Superabsorbent materials
- Transparent films
- Cellulose wood fiber structures
- Optical microscopy
Current Research Project
- Carboxylated cellulose pulp fibers: from fundamentals to applications
Education
2010 - present Ph.D., Chemistry. McGill University
2006 - 2010 B.Sc., Chemistry. The University of British Columbia
List of Publications
- G. Sim and T.G.M. van de Ven (2015) Swelling behaviour of various pulp fiber. In progress.
- G. Sim, Y. Liu, and T.G.M. van de Ven (2015) Transparent films prepared from chemically modified cellulose fibers. Submitted to Biomacromolecules.
- Z. Hosseinidoust, M. Alam, G. Sim, N.Tufenkji, and T.G.M. van de Ven (2015) Cellulose nanocrystals with tunable surface charge for biomedical applications. Nanoscale.
- G. Sim and T.G.M. van de Ven (2015) Spherical Cellulose gel particles with disk-shaped interior structures. Cellulose. 22 (2). 1019-1026.
- G. Sim and T.G.M. van de Ven (2015) Isolation and characterization of the S3 layer from the carboxymethylated cellulose wood fibers. Cellulose. 22. 45-52.
- G. Sim, M. Alam, L. Godbout, and T.G.M. van de Ven (2014) Structure of swollen carboxylated cellulose fibers. Cellulose. 21 (6), 4595-4606. DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0425-x.
Featured on cover for December 2014 Issue. - S. Kuma, H. Nakahara, A. Takahashi, M. Mustafa, G. Sim, T. Momose, and A. Vilesov (2011) Electronic Spectroscopy of Tetracene with Large Ar, Ne and H2 Clusters in He Droplets: Probing the non-rigidity of H2 clusters. Journal of Physical Chemistry. 115 (25): 7392-9
Awards and Honours
- 2015 PaperWeek 2015 Student Poster Award – 3rd prize. PAPTAC
- 2014 Graduate Excellence Fund Travel Award. McGill University
- 2013 CSACS Stage International (Professor Akira Isogai at Tokyo University). FQRNT
- 2012 Sterry Hunt Prize for Graduate Teaching Excellence. McGill University