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● KANG Changwon, Ph.D.
KT Endowed Chaired Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Phone: +82-42-350-2628
FAX: +82-42-350-5628
E-mail: ckang@kaist.ac.kr
Secretary: +82-42-350-5608 |
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Major Activities for Scientific Communities
| | | 2010 | President, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (KSBMB) | | 2008 | President, Korea Genome Organization | | 2006 - 2008 | President, Korea HapMap Consortium | | 2004 | President, Life Chemistry Division, Korean Chemical Society | | 2002 - 2005 | Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | | 1999 - 2005 | Executive Editor, Biomolecular Engineering | | 1998 - 2002 | Founding President, RNA Society of Korea | | 1998 - | Co-founder, RNA Workshop | | 1997 - | Co-founder, HUGO Pacific Genome Meeting | | 1990 - 1992 | Founding Executive Editor, Molecules and Cells | | 1989 - | Co-founder, Asian Conference on Transcription | | 1988 - | Co-founder, Sorak Conference |
| | | | | | Professional Experience
| | | | 2015.03 - present
2015.03 - present
2015.03 - present
2014.03 - present
2011.06 - present
| Visiting Scientist, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Sciences (KRISS), Daejeon, Korea
Non-executive Director, Enzynomics, Inc., Daejeon, Korea
BioStandards Program Director, Department of Biologacal Sciences, KAIST
KT Endowed Chair Professor, KAIST
Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST | | 2004.08 - 2006.08 | Dean of Academic Affairs, KAIST | | 1999.12 - 2003.08 | Chairman, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST | | 1999.09 - 2006.02 | Director, KAIST Bio21 Initiative, Ministry of Education Brain Korea 21 Project (BK21) | | 1997.09 - 1998.08 | Consultant, Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, California, USA | | 1994.04 - 1995.02 | Chairman, Department of Life Science, KAIST | | 1986.08 - present | Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST | | 1983.10 - 1986.08 | Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA [Advisor: Dr. Cheng-Wen Wu, former Founding-President of National Health Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| | Major Academic Honors
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2014.02.14
| Park Inwon Award from Korean Chemical Society Division of Life Chemistry
Grand Award of International Cooperation from KAIST | | 2012.05.30 | DI Award from Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | | 2011.09.29 | 2011 Hanbit Award of Science and Technology Category from Hanwha group | | 2011.07.04 | Letter of Appreciation from RNA Society of Korea | | 2011.02.19 | Best Abstract Award from the 1st Excellence-in-Rheumatology Conference | | 2010.12.06 | Best 100 Basic Research Achievements from MoEST | | 2010.08.17 | Grand Award of Creative Teaching from KAIST | | 2010.02.12 | Best 100 National R&D Achievements from MoEST | | 2008.02.13 | Excellent Teaching Award from KAIST College of Natural Sciences | | 2007.02.15 | Best Lecture Award from KAIST | | 2003.02.17 | KAIST Best Department Award | | 2001.05.16 | Best Lecture Award from KAIST | | 1995.10.19 | Mogam Life Science Award for Young Scientists from Korean Society for Molecular Biology | | 1994.04.29 | Award of Excellent Research Paper from the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) upon recommendation from Biochemical Society of Republic of Korea | | 1993.05.11 | Award of Excellent Research Paper from Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) upon recommendation from Korean Society for Molecular Biology | | 1991.06. | Magna cum laude graduation from Seoul National University | | 1974.02.26
| Gold Medal Award as the top graduate from Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University | | 1974.01.15 | Scholastic Honor Prizes from Seoul National University | | 1972 - 1973
| Elected one of "the 7 Most Promising Korean Molecular Biologists for the 21st Century" by ShinDong-A, published by Dong-A Ilbo |
| | | | | | Academic Background
| 1983 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University (New York City, USA) | | Thesis: Messenger RNA Ribosome Interactions [Advisor: Prof. Charles R. Cantor. currently Prof. of Biomedical Engineering, Boston Univ. and Chief Scientific Officer, Sequenom, Inc.] | | 1979 M.S. in Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University (New York City, USA) | | 1974 B.S. in Chemistry (magna cum laude), Seoul National University, Korea | | 1970 Kyunggi High School (Seoul, Korea) |
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