chemistry

Pill-Soon Song

Pill-Soon Song is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pill-Soon Song rather than just read about it. In short: Pill-Soon Song is a professor in Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. Song specializes in molecular photobiology.

Key takeaways

Pill-Soon Song belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Pill-Soon Song to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Pill-Soon Song from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Pill-Soon Song is a professor in Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. Song specializes in molecular photobiology. He worked on the structure-function relation of phytochromes and other photoreceptors including stentorin and blepharismin. Presently, his research revolves around the molecular mechanisms involved in overexpression of phytochrome and its related genes in turfgrass and other plant species. Acknowledging his contributions to photobiology, he was elected as editor-in-chief for the American Society for Photobiology journal, Photochemistry and Photobiology (1975–1994) and received the Finsen Medal in 2009 awarded by the International Union of Photobiology.

Life and education Born in Osaka, Japan, he studied agricultural chemistry (Bachelor of Science, 1959) at Seoul National University. and pursued postgraduate studies, receiving a (Master of Science, 1961) at Seoul National University. He received his PhD from University of California, Davis in 1964. After a post-doctoral research fellowship at Iowa State University under Prof. David E. Metzler from 1964 to 1965, he then joined Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, Texas, US, as assistant professor in chemistry.

Awards and honors Among Song's awards and honours are:

1975-1987 Paul Whitfield Horn Professorship, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, Texas 1978 Faculty Distinguished Published Research Award, Texas Tech Univ. DADS Association & Hemphill Wells Foundation, Plaque and Award 1979 Faculty Research Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, Texas, Plaque and Award 1990-2003 Dow Chemical Company Distinguished Professorship, UNL 1991 Outstanding Research Award, American Society for Photobiology (based on work published through 1989/90) 1996 Member (Elected), Korean Academy of Science and Technology 1996 Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award, 90th Anniversary of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National Univ., October 1997 1997 Life Member (Elected), Korean Academy of Science and Technology 1997 Outstanding Research Achievement Medal, European Society for Photobiology, presented at the 1997 ESP Congress, Stresa, Italy, September, 1997. 1998 Univ. of Hasanuddin Univ. Presidential Medal, Photobiology Contributions, Ujung Pandang, Indonesia, September, 1998 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Photobiology/13th International Congress on Photobiology, San Francisco, July 1–6, 2000 2000 Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, State of Nebraska/Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, March 29, 2000 2000 Ho-Am Prize in Science, The Ho-Am Foundation/Samsung Corporation, June 1, 2000 2007 Outstanding Alumnus, Hall of Fame, Seoul Natl Univ. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2009 Finsen Medal in Photobiology, International Union of Photobiology, June 18, 2009

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pill-Soon Song

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pill-Soon Song claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pill-Soon Song before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pill-Soon Song ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pill-Soon Song

In research: Pill-Soon Song appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pill-Soon Song in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pill-Soon Song is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1936 births, Living people, Recipients of the Ho-Am Prize in Science, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pill-Soon Song outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Pill-Soon Song in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Pill-Soon Song means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Pill-Soon Song in simple terms?

Pill-Soon Song is a professor in Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. Song specializes in molecular photobiology.

Why does Pill-Soon Song matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Pill-Soon Song?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Pill-Soon Song.