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전희정
Chun Heejung
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- Campus : Seoul Campus
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Department : Department of Pharmacy
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E-mail : HEEJUNGCHUN@YONSEI.AC.KR
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Tel : 032-280-8401
- Office : Yonsei-SL BIGEN Institute, YSLI 2층 (에스엘바이젠 산학협력관 2층)
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- Assistant Professor
- Laboratory of Reactive Astrocytes and Brain Diseases
- Investigating mechanisms and functions of reactive astrocytes for curing brain diseases
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Aug 2015
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Thesis advisor: Dr. Bong-Kiun Kaang
B.S. in Biological Sciences, Feb 2005
Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Professional Experiences
Principal Researcher, Oct 2021 ~ Feb 2022
Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Senior Researcher, Nov 2018 ~ Aug 2021
Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Korea
Postdoctoral Researcher, July 2015 ~ Oct 2018
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea
Sponsor: Dr. C. Justin Lee
Researcher, July 2010 ~ June 2014
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea
Sponsor: Dr. C. Justin Lee
AWARDS and HONOR
2020 Selected as the Top 5 Research Achievements in the Domestic Bio Field
2020 Selected as a Basic Researcher of the Year, Ministry of Science and ICT.
2015-2017 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology (KRCF).
2005–2008 Brain Korea 21 Fellowship from Korea Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
