Wang Myeong-hyeon takes office as head of Scripps Korea Antibody Institute, beginning three-year term

【Financial News, Hongcheon County = Kim Gi-seop, reporter】The Scripps Korea Antibody Institute, the country’s only research institute specializing in antibodies, has appointed an emeritus professor at Kangwon National University with a doctorate in genetic engineering as its eighth director.
According to Gangwon State on the 12th, Wang Myeong-hyeon, an emeritus professor of biomedical engineering at Kangwon National University, received an appointment letter from Governor Woo Sang-ho that day and took office as the institute’s eighth director. The three-year term runs through November 11, 2029.
Wang graduated from Kangwon National University’s Department of Food Engineering and earned a master’s degree in food engineering at the same university’s graduate school before obtaining a PhD in genetic engineering from the University of Leeds in the UK. Wang began as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmacy at Leeds, then served as a senior researcher in pharmacy at Seoul National University and in life sciences at Pohang University of Science and Technology. Wang also spent many years mentoring students as a professor in KNU’s Division of Biomedical Convergence.
The institute plans to use the new director’s appointment as an opportunity to strengthen its organizational and operational foundation and expand its ties and cooperation with the regional biotech industry.
◆ Profile: Director Wang Myeong-hyeon
△Born in 1960 △Graduated from Kangwon National University’s Department of Food Engineering △Master’s degree in food engineering, graduate school of Kangwon National University △PhD in genetic engineering, University of Leeds, UK △Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Pharmacy, University of Leeds △Senior researcher, Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University △Senior researcher in life sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology △Professor, KNU Division of Biomedical Convergence △Emeritus professor of biomedical engineering, Kangwon National University

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