2. Education & Postdoctoral Training 03/1986 – 07/1988: Research fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard University, USA 08/1982 – 12/1985: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Thesis Title: Biogenesis of yeast ribosomal proteins; molecular genetic analysis of regulation, transport and assembly (Advisor: Fried HM) 03/1975 – 02/1982: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea 3. Professional Experience 01/2012 – Present: Director, Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Korea 09/2012 – Present: Fellow, DGIST, Korea 09/2012 – Present: Professor, Department of New Biology, DGIST, Korea 02/2010 – 08/2012: Hong Deok Distinguished Professor, POSTECH, Korea 09/2005 – 08/2012: Head, School of Interdisciplinary Biosciences and Bioengineering (I-BIO), POSTECH, Korea 12/2004 – 2010: Director, National Core Research Center for Systems Bio-Dynamics, Korea 09/2003 – 08/2005: Chair, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH, Korea 03/1999 – 08/2012: Professor, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH, Korea 07/1997 – 06/1999: Adjunct professor, School of Environmental Engineering, POSTECH, Korea 09/1993 – 02/1999: Associate professor, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH, Korea 01/1989 – 12/1990: Adjunct professor, Department of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea 01/1989 – 08/1993: Assistant professor, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH, Korea 08/1988 – 12/1988: Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea 4. Professional Societies 01/2005 – 12/2005: President, Asian Association of Bioinformatics Societies 01/2004 – 12/2004: Vice President, Asian Association of Bioinformatics Societies 11/2002 – 12/2004: President, Korean Society of Bioinformatics 11/2000 – 10/2002: Vice President, Korean Society of Bioinformatics 04/2000 – 03/2001: Vice President, Korean Bio-Venture Association 07/1999 – 01/2000: Adjunct Senior Researcher, Youngnam Agricultural Experimental Station, Korea 01/1996 – 08/2005: Founder & Director, Korean Biological Research Information Center (BRIC) 5. Honors and Awards 2014: The 2014 HO-AM Prize in Science, The HO-AM Foundation, Korea 2013: Physical Review Letters (2012) paper; awarded Silver Medal in Samsung HumanTech Paper Awards, Samsung, Korea 2012 Digital Heritage Award (BRIC), Daum Foundation 2012: Nominated as one of "the 100 most influential Koreans for the next decade - the dreaming pioneers", DongA Daily, Korea 2011: Best Broadcast Award in Life Science (BRIC), Korean Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2011: Guest Scholar of Honor, Rural Development Administration, Korea 2011: Storer Lecturer, University of California, Davis, USA 2010: The National Scientist, Ministry of Education, Science & Technology and National Research Foundation of Korea 2009: The manuscript published in Nature (2008) was recognized as one of the top 10 issues in science and technology of Korea, BRIC, Korea 2 2009: The 54th National Academy of Science Award in the field of Basic Science, National Academy of Sciences, , Korea 2009: POSCO TJ Park Prize in the field of Science, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Korea 2006: The manuscript published in Cell (2005) was recognized as one of the top 50 discoveries of Korea. 2006: The 10th Presidential Science Award, Korea 2005: Academic Research Award for Life Science, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2004: Korea Science Contents Award 2004 for Mass Media Operation (BRIC), Korea Science Foundation 2002: Award for Agricultural Technology from the Minister of Science and Technology, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2000: Award for the Scientist of the Month, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies 2000: The 10th Award for an Out-standing Research Paper, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies 1994: The First Rank of Molecular Biologists of the 20th Century, Shindonga, Korea 6. Science Advisory Boards 11/2015 – Present: Advisory Committee Members for International Anti-aging Healthcare Industry Experimental Area in Emei Mountainside Qiliping 12/2009 – 08/2012: Chair, POSTECH Academy Council, POSTECH, Korea 2007 – 12/2016: Scientific Advisory Board Member, ABRC, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 2007: Evaluation Committee Member, Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) 2006: Budget Committee Member (Life Sciences), Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea 2001-2003: Agricultural Policy Committee Member, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Korea

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