The Korean Academy of Science and Technology announced on the 20th that it had elected 28 full members for the year 2023 at the '2022 2nd regular general meeting' held on the 17th.
The new regular members are 1 from the Department of Policy Studies, 9 from the Faculty of Science, 9 from the Faculty of Engineering, 5 from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, and 4 from the Faculty of Medicine. The average age of the 28 members is 54.3 years old, and the youngest new member is Korea University Professor Park Hong-kyu at 46 years of age. One female scientist was included.
In the School of Engineering, Seoul National University Professor Seung-Hwan Koh, a world-renowned scholar in the field of mechanical intelligent nanostructures, Professor Il-Han Kwon, Hanyang University, a world-renowned researcher in the field of waste treatment, Professor Kwang-Ho Kim, Pusan National University, a world-renowned researcher in the field of hybrid materials, Professor Jae-Guk Kim, Chonnam National University, a world-renowned researcher in the field of secondary batteries, Professor Jae-Hyung Park, Sungkyunkwan University, an excellent expert in the field of biomedical polymers, Professor Seong-Hoon Ahn of Seoul National University, a leader in materials, design, and manufacturing; Professor Hyung-Jun Cha of POSTECH, an excellent researcher in molecular biotechnology in the field of biomaterials; Professor Heung-Nam Han of Seoul National University, a researcher in the field of structural metal materials; done.
In the Faculty of Medicine, Korea's leading researcher in cardiovascular basic medicine, Professor Guk-hyeon, Chonnam National University, Korea's leading nuclear medicine researcher, Professor Min Jeong-joon, Chonnam National University, Korea's leading researcher in the field of degenerative brain disease, Professor Dong-gyu Cho, Sungkyunkwan University, and basic oriental medicine expert Professor Sung-kyu Koh, Kyung Hee University were selected.