Professor Park Ho-seok has been selected as world-class young scientist by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- 공과대학
- Hit4497
- 2021-01-24
Professor Park Ho-seok of the Department of Chemical Engineering/Polymer Engineering has been selected as a world-class young scientist by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.
Although the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Science (Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine) were selected, there were no Korean winners this year. Hyun Taek-hwan, a chair professor at Seoul National University, was mentioned as a candidate for the chemistry award. The Nobel Prize in Science was awarded to 624 people from 32 countries from 1901 to this year. The U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, and Japan have produced hundreds to dozens of winners. Three from China and two from India, and one from Turkey, Morocco, Luxembourg, and Pakistan. However, there have been no Korean winners in 120 years.
Still, there is a future for Korean science. Korea's economic size and education level are close to advanced countries. Korea's R&D (R&D) investment ratio is already the highest in the world. Here are young scientists in their 40s who are silently immersed in research and attracting the attention of the world's scientific community.
Along with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, the journal selected six young scientists who stand out globally in areas such as new materials, artificial intelligence (AI), and medicine. Hallimwon is the most prestigious scientific organization in Korea, with scholars in the field of science and technology.
Nam Ki-tae (43), a professor of material engineering at Seoul National University, is studying new materials that mimic the principles of life such as artificial photosynthesis. Kim Hyung-beom, a 45-year-old medical professor at Yonsei University, is a medical scientist who predicted the efficiency of genetic scissors as artificial intelligence. Seo Chang-ho (42), a professor of electrical and electronic engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, is applying AI to systems that predict collision of self-driving cars. Kim Beom-kyung, a 42-year-old medical professor at Yonsei University, has developed a model that can predict liver cancer caused by hepatitis B. Choi Je-min (43), a professor of life science at Hanyang University, is drawing attention in research on autoimmune diseases, and Park Ho-seok (43), a professor of chemical engineering at Sungkyunkwan University, is drawing attention in the field of safe and high-performance energy storage devices.
"There are many young scientists in Korea who will be on the Nobel Prize track within 10 years," said Han Min-gu, president of Hallymwon. "If the government and companies push potential researchers in the long run, concrete results will come soon."