Jang Hyun Choi, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
1995 - 1999 B.S. Life Sciences, POSTECH, Korea
1999 - 2001 M.S. Life Sciences, POSTECH, Korea
2001 - 2004 Ph.D. Life Science (Major in Signal Transduction), POSTECH, Korea
Advisor: Pann-Ghill Suh Ph.D.
Academic Appointments
2004 - 2007 Post-Doctoral Fellow, POSTECH Biotech Center, POSTECH, Korea
2007 - 2012 Post-Doctoral Fellow & Research Fellow, Department of Cell Biology,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA
(P.I.: Dr. Bruce M. Spiegelman)
2012 - present Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology,
School of Life Sciences, Korea
2014 - present Adjunct Professor, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Korea
Honors and Awards
2003 Best Research Award from Scientific Meeting of the Cell Biology
2004 Best Paper Award from Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology
2006 Best Research Award from Korean Society of Cell Biology
2008 American Diabetes Association Fellowship
2012 Excellence Young Investigator Fellowship from NRF
2012 PJ Park POSCO Chung-Am Fellowship
2016 한국을 빛낼 젊은 과학자 30인 선정 (동아일보-POSTECH)
2018 Young Distinguished Professor, UNIST
2023 Best Poster Award, Asian Federation of Laboratory Animal Science Association
2023 Best Presentation Award, Korea Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology