Head of Center, Principal Researcher
Center for Natural Product Systems Biology
Natural Product Drug Development Division
KIST Gangneung Institute of Natural Products
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Professor
Natural Product Applied Science, KIST School
University of Science and Technology (UST, Republic of Korea)
E-mail: kskang@kist.re.kr, Tel: +82-33-650-3657, Fax:+82-33-650-3679
Address: 679 Saimdang-ro, Gangneung, Gangwon-do 25451, KIST Gangneung Institute of Natural Products, Republic of Korea
ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3846-7936
Education
Feb. 2012 Ph.D. in Agricultural Biotechnology (Applied Life Chemistry Major), College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University
Feb. 2004 M.S. in Agricultural Biotechnology (Applied Life Chemistry Major), College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University
Feb. 2002 B.S. in Applied Biology and Chemistry (Agricultural Chemistry Major), Summa Cum Laude, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University
Professional Experiences
May 2025 – present, Head, Center for Natural Product Systems Biology, KIST, South Korea
Mar. 2020 – present, Principal Research Scientist, KIST, South Korea
Mar. 2022 – present, Professor, KIST School (full time), University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Mar. 2023 – present, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Convergence Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, South Korea
YM-KIST Collaboration Program, Representative Professor (YM-KIST 학연특화 프로그램, 원주의과대학 연계 KIST 대표 교수)
Jun. 2006 – Feb. 2020, Research scientist / Senior Research Scientist, KIST, South Korea
Mar. 2019 – Feb. 2022, Associate Professor, KIST School (full time), University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Sep. 2015 – Aug. 2018, Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry Major, University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Feb. 2014 – Mar. 2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), Switzerland
Apr. 2004 – Feb. 2009, Technical Research Personnel for Military Service, South Korea
Awards
Dec. 2024 2024 UST Excellence in Lecturing Award , University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Sep. 2024 Gangwon Science and Technology Award (강원과학기술대상, 바이오헬스), South Korea
Nov. 2020 Top 100 Research & Development Award (2020 국가연구개발 우수성과 100선 선정), South Korea
'Development of gut health promoting agents using gut biomimetic system (장 생체 모사시스템에 기반한 장 건강 소재 개발, 융합기술)'
May 2018 KIST’s “Persons of the Month” (이달의 KIST인상), KIST, South Korea
Jun. 2017 Best Reviewer for Applied Biological Chemistry , International Symposium and Annual Meeting of the KSABC, South Korea
Apr. 2012 Bioactive RIS Travel award, Experimental Biology 2012 (San Diego, CA), American Society for Nutrition, USA
May 2010 Best Research Award, Annual Meeting of Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, South Korea
Apr. 2009 Best Poster Award, Annual Meeting of The Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry, South Korea
Jul. 2001 The Daesan Agriculture Foundation Scholarship (대산농촌재단, 제8기), South Korea
Scholarly Activity
Feb. 2006 – present, Council Member, The Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry
2021~22, Conference Organizing Committee (학회운영위원); 2025, Secretary-General (총무간사)
Jan. 2025 – present, Executive Editor, Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Apr. 2020 – present, Editorial Board Member, Biomedicines
Jan. 2016 – present, Member, C. elegans subcommittee, The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jan. 2025 - present, Member, The Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM)
[Journal Reviewer]
Aging Cell
Applied Biological Chemistry
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Biochemical Pharmacology
Biomaterials
Biomedical Research
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Biotechnology Letters
BMB reports
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Communications Biology
Environmental Pollution
Food Bioscience
Food Chemistry
International Immunopharmacology
International Journal of Nanomedicine
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Journal of Food and Drug Analysis
Journal of Food Science
Journal of Ginseng Research
Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
Journal of Life Science
Journal of Medicinal Food
Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
Phytomedicine
PLOS ONE
Redox Biology
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
Scientific Reports