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

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

2015.04.16

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

 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)