Yeonseung Chung (정연승)

Associate Professor

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)


Education

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

Ph.D. in Biostatistics, May 2009

Dissertation Topic: Nonparametric Bayes inference for conditional distribution modeling

Advisor: Prof. David Dunson

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

M.S. in Biostatistics, May 2005

Thesis Topic: Cumulative cohort design for dose finding

Advisor: Prof. Anastatia Ivanova

  • Korea University, Korea, 2000

B.S. in Statistics, Korea University, Korea, 2000


Professional experience

  • Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST, Korea

Associate Professor 2017.3 – present

Assistant Professor 2011.1 – 2017.2

  • Dept. of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan

Visiting Associate Professor 2016.7 – 2019.3

  • Dept. of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA

Research Associate 2010.1 – 2010.12

Post-doctoral Research Fellow 2008.9 – 2010.1

  • Division of Biostatistics, NIEHS, NIH, USA

Pre-doctoral Research Fellow 2008.1 – 2008.8

  • GlaxoSmithKline, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Graduate Intern 2006.1 – 2007.12

  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill, USA

Graduate Research Assistant 2003.9 – 2005.12