Korea VirusResearch Institute

Education

• 1990-1996M.D., graduate in 1st in class,
  Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• 1996-1998M.S. (in Microbiology and Immunology),
  Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• 1998-2001Ph.D. (in Microbiology and Immunology),
  Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Career

• 1999-2002Medical Scientist, Department of Microbiology,
  The Armed Forces Medical Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea,
  (Mandatory military service)
• 2002-2007Research Fellow, Immunology Section, Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
  (Advisor: Barbara Rehermann, M.D.)
• 2007-2013Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
• 2013-2018Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
• 2018-presentProfessor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
• 2018-presentAdjunct Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Seoul, Korea
• 2019-presentFellow, The Korea Academy of Science and Technology
• 2020-presentDirector, The Center for Epidemic Preparedness, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Academic Activities

• 2011-2012Group leader, Vaccine Interest Group,
  The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea
• 2013-2016Member, General Assembly & Delegate of Korea
  International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)
• 2014-2017Chair, Academic Committee,
  The Korean Vaccine Society, Korea
• 2017-presentMember, Immunology working group,
  International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B Virus (ICE-HBV)
• 2018-2019Chair, Academic Committee,
  The Korean Society of Virology, Korea
• 2018-presentMember, HCV Conference International Organizing Committee
• 2019-presentGroup leader, Immuno-Oncology Interest Group,
  The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea
• 2019Co-organizer, 26th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses, Seoul, Korea
• 2019Co-organizer, Samsung Global Research Symposium on T Cell Biology, San Jose, CA, USA
• 2020-2020Chair, Academic Committee,
  The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea
• 2020-presentChair, Research Committee,
  The Korean Cancer Association, Korea
• 2020-presentChair, Academic Committee,
  8th Congress of the FIMSA (Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia Oceania)
  Scientific Advisor: Genexine, GeneOne Life Science, and Samyang Biopharm
• 2010-presentEditorial Board, Frontiers in Microbiology
• 2012-presentEditorial Board, Clinical and Experimental Medicine
• 2013-presentDeputy Editor, Immune Network
• 2013-presentAssociated Editor, Infection and Chemotherapy
• 2020-presentEditorial Board, Yonsei Medical Journal
  Ad Hoc Reviewer (Journals): Science, Nature Medicine, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Trends in Immunology, Nature Cancer, Science Immunology, Nature Communications, Gastroenterology, Gut, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, Cancer Immunology Research, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Plos Pathogens, Journal of Virology, Frontiers in Immunology, Oncoimmunology, International Immunology, Vaccine, Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Immunological Methods, Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Journal of General Virology, Viral Immunology, Journal of Virological Methods, Journal of Clinical Microbiology etc
  Ad Hoc Reviewer (Grants): Wellcome Trust, French National Research Agency (ANR), UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Global Effort on COVID-19 (GECO; UK NIHR and MRC), The Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Society Membership

• The Korean Association of Immunologists
• The Korean Society of Virology
• The American Association of Immunologists
• The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Research Interests

• Viral Immunology, Hepatitis Viruses, Immune Aging, Tumor Immunology, Human Immune Monitoring