Professor
● 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
Major Activities for Scientific Communities
2010
2008
2006 - 2008
2004
2002 - 2005
1999 - 2005
1998 - 2002
1998 -
1997 -
1990 - 1992
1989 -
1988 -
President, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (KSBMB)
President, Korea Genome Organization
President, Korea HapMap Consortium
President, Life Chemistry Division, Korean Chemical Society
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Executive Editor, Biomolecular Engineering
Founding President, RNA Society of Korea
Co-founder, RNA Workshop
Co-founder, HUGO Pacific Genome Meeting
Founding Executive Editor, Molecules and Cells
Co-founder, Asian Conference on Transcription
Co-founder, Sorak Conference
Professional Experience
2015.03 - present
2015.03 - present
2015.03 - present
2014.03 - present
2011.06 - present
2004.08 - 2006.08
1999.12 - 2003.08
1999.09 - 2006.02
1997.09 - 1998.08
1994.04 - 1995.02
1986.08 - present
1983.10 - 1986.08
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
Dean of Academic Affairs, KAIST
Chairman, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST
Director, KAIST Bio21 Initiative, Ministry of Education Brain Korea 21 Project (BK21)
Consultant, Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
Chairman, Department of Life Science, KAIST
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences, KAIST
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
Major Academic Honors
2015.04.16
2014.02.14
2012.05.30
2011.09.29
2011.07.04
2011.02.19
2010.12.06
2010.08.17
2010.02.12
2008.02.13
2007.02.15
2003.02.17
2001.05.16
1995.10.19
1994.04.29
1993.05.11
1991.06.
1974.02.26
1974.01.15
1972 - 1973
Park Inwon Award from Korean Chemical Society Division of Life Chemistry
Grand Award of International Cooperation from KAIST
DI Award from Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2011 Hanbit Award of Science and Technology Category from Hanwha group
Letter of Appreciation from RNA Society of Korea
Best Abstract Award from the 1st Excellence-in-Rheumatology Conference
Best 100 Basic Research Achievements from MoEST
Grand Award of Creative Teaching from KAIST
Best 100 National R&D Achievements from MoEST
Excellent Teaching Award from KAIST College of Natural Sciences
Best Lecture Award from KAIST
KAIST Best Department Award
Best Lecture Award from KAIST
Mogam Life Science Award for Young Scientists from Korean Society for Molecular Biology
Award of Excellent Research Paper from the Korean Federation of Science and Technology
Societies (KOFST) upon recommendation from Biochemical Society of Republic of Korea
Award of Excellent Research Paper from Korean Federation of Science and Technology
Societies (KOFST) upon recommendation from Korean Society for Molecular Biology
Magna cum laude graduation from Seoul National University
Gold Medal Award as the top graduate from Department of Chemistry, Seoul National
University
Scholastic Honor Prizes from Seoul National University
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)