Hong Gil Nam is a South Korean biologist teaching in the Department of New Biology of Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and leading research as director of the Center for Plant Aging Research. His research interests include comparative aging in diverse kingdoms, including plant and animals, to reveal aging mechanisms among species, cross-kingdom interaction between plants and animals, and biochemistry at nano and micro levels. He is the founder and former director of the Biological Research Information Center, a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and has served on the editorial board in ''Molecular Plant'' since 2013.

Education

Nam did his undergraduate studies in chemistry at

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

and received his Ph.D. degree in the same field from the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...

, Chapel Hill, United States, in 1985.

Career

From 1986 to 1988, he worked as a research fellow in the Department of Genetics of

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

with Howard M. Goodman. He then returned to Korea to start work as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry,

POSTECH Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) is a private research university in Pohang, South Korea. History POSTECH was established in 1986 in Pohang, Korea by POSCO, a steel company. POSTECH hosted POSCO's Research Institute of Sc ...

. He later became an assistant professor, full professor, and chair of POSTECH's Department of Life Sciences before being the head of the School of Interdisciplinary Biosciences and Bioengineering (I-BIO) and Hong Deok Distinguished Professor. Outside of his work at POSTECH, he founded and directed the Biological Research Information Center (BRIC) () from 1996 to 2005. He left his positions in POSTECH in 2012 to be a full professor in the Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) and founding director of the Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS).

Awards

*2014: Ho-Am Prize in Science, Ho-Am Foundation, South Korea *2010:

National Scientist of the Republic of Korea National Scientist of the Republic of Korea was an award bestowed between 2005 and 2012. The prize was established by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to achieve the world's best research results by providing research funds of 1 ...

, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and

National Research Foundation of Korea The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) was established in 2009 as a merger of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), Korea Research Foundation (KRF), and Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technolog ...

*2009: National Academy of Sciences Award, South Korea *2009: 54th National Academy of Science Award in the field of Basic Science,

National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...

, South Korea *2009: POSCO TJ Park Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, South Korea *2005: Korea Science Award, South Korea

References

External links

Center for Plant Aging ResearchNaver 인문검색 - 남홍길
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