Hwan Su Yoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. He received his PhD in biology from Chungnam National University. After research training at the University of Iowa, he worked at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. His research interests include eukaryotic biodiversity, phylogeny, single cell genomics, and genome evolution, with a focus on red algae and red algal plastid descendants (e.g., the cryptophytes, haptophytes, stramenopiles, and dinoflagellates).
Education
(PhD) 1995 - 1999 Dept. of Biology, Chungnam National University
Experience
2014 ~ Present Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University
2011 ~ 2014 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University
2012 ~ 2014 Visiting Adjunct Scholar, Rutgers University
2007 ~ 2011 Principle Investigator, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
2004 ~ 2007 Senior Scientist, University of Iowa
2000 ~ 2004 Postdoc, University of Iowa
Journal Articles
(2023)
Genome-wide signatures of adaptation to extreme environments in red algae.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.
14,
10
(2021)
Resurrection of the Family Grateloupiaceae Emend. (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta) Based on a Multigene Phylogeny and Comparative Reproductive Morphology.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.
9,
775627
(2021)
Organelle Genome Variation in the Red Algal Genus Ahnfeltia (Florideophyceae).
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS.
12,
724734
(2021)
Genome of the world's smallest flowering plant, Wolffia australiana, helps explain its specialized physiology and unique morphology.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY.
4,
1
(2021)
Olisthodiscophyceae, the 17th heterokont algal class.
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY.
57,
4
(2021)
Metagenome Analysis of a Rhodolith Microbial Community Provides Evidence for Re-cycling of Nitrogen Sources within the Holobiont.
Aquatic Nature 수생생물.
1,
1
(2021)
Complete plastid genome of Cumathamnion serrulatum (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta).
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES.
6,
7
(2021)
Adaptation and Codon-Usage Preference of Apple and Pear-Infecting Apple Stem Grooving Viruses.
MICROORGANISMS.
9,
6
(2021)
Complete mitochondrial genome of Polyopes lancifolius and comparison with related species in Halymeniales (Rhodophyta).
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES.
6,
4
(2021)
Independent evolution of the thioredoxin system in photosynthetic Paulinella species.
CURRENT BIOLOGY.
31,
7
(2021)
Amoeba Genome Reveals Dominant Host Contribution to Plastid Endosymbiosis.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.
38,
2
(2021)
Evolutionary History of Mitochondrial Genomes in Discoba, Including the Extreme Halophile Pleurostomum flabellatum (Heterolobosea).
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.
13,
2
(2021)
A genome-wide investigation of the effect of farming and human-mediated introduction on the ubiquitous seaweed Undaria pinnatifida.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION.
5,
3
(2020)
Multigene Phylogeny, Morphological Observation and Re-examination of the Literature Lead to the Description of the Phaeosacciophyceae Classis Nova and Four New Species of the Heterokontophyta SI Clade.
PROTIST.
171,
6
(2020)
Potential causes and consequences of rapid mitochondrial genome evolution in thermoacidophilic Galdieria (Rhodophyta) (vol 20, 112, 2020).
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY.
20,
1
(2020)
Comparative Genome Analysis RevealsCyanidiococcusgen. nov., A New Extremophilic Red Algal Genus Sister toCyanidioschyzon(Cyanidioschyzonaceae, Rhodophyta).
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY.
56,
6
(2020)
Further investigations on the phaeothamniophyceae using a multigene phylogeny, with descriptions of five new species.
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY.
56,
2
(2020)
Organelle inheritance and genome architecture variation in isogamous brown algae.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.
10,
2048
(2020)
Morphological and genetic differences between Korean Sugwawon No. 301 and Chinese Huangguan No. 1 strains ofSaccharina japonica(Phaeophyceae) in a Korean aquaculture farm.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY.
32,
4
(2020)
The genome of Ectocarpus subulatus - A highly stress-tolerant brown alga.
MARINE GENOMICS.
49,
1
Publications
(2020)
기원, 궁극의 질문들.
반니.
Co-author
(2018)
대학저널.
대학저널.
Solo
(2018)
중앙일보.
온라인 중앙일보.
Solo
(2017)
과학동아 2017년 5월호.
동아사이언스.
Co-author
(2017)
Glaucophyta.
Springer Nature.
Co-author
(2016)
과학동아 2016년 8월호.
동아사이언스.
Co-author
(2016)
Handbook of the Protists
-Rhodophyta.
Springer International Publishing.
Lead author
(2016)
과학동아 2016년 7월호.
동아사이언스.
Co-author
(2015)
진화학 원리 그리고 과정.
홍릉과학출판사.
Lead author
(2014)
Photosynthetic Paulinella: Recapitulation of Primary Plastid Establishment.
Springer-Verlag Wien.
Lead author
Patent/Intellectual Property
감태 추출물 또는 분획물을 유효성분으로 함유하는 인체 파필로마바이러스(HPV)감염 치료, 개선 또는 예방용 조성물.
10-2018-0142771.
20201222.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
곰피 추출물 또는 분획물을 유효성분으로 함유하는 인테 파필로마바이러스(HPV)감염 치료, 개선 또는 예방용 조성물.
10-2018-0142772.
20200323.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
높은 열 안정성과 높은 이산화탄소 수화 활성을 가지는 신규 탄산무수화
효소 및 이의 활용.
10-2017-0139901.
20190322.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
개꼬시래기 추출물 또는 분획물을 유효성분으로 함유하는 당뇨병의 예방 및 치료용 약학 조성물(A composition for treating, improving and preventing of diabetes mellitus comprising Gracilariopsis chorda ohmi extract or Gracilariopsis chorda ohmi fraction).
10-1938-0560000.
20190107.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
개꼬시래기 추출물 또는 분획물을 유효성분으로 함유하는 동맥경화증의 예방 및 치료용 약학 조성물(A composition for treating, improving and preventing of artheriosclerosis comprising Gracilariopsis chorda ohmi extract or Gracilariopsis chorda ohmi fraction).
10-1938-0550000.
20190107.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
해조류 대황 추출물 또는 분획물을 유효성분으로 함유하는 인체 파필로마바이러스(HPV)감염 치료, 개선 또는 예방용 조성물.
10-2016-0089992.
20180209.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
플로로탄닌을 유효성분으로 함유하는 인체 파필로마바이러스(HPV)감염 치료, 개선 또는 예방용 조성물.
10-2016-0089995.
20170822.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Conference Paper
(2021)
Ecology and Evolution of Dinoflagellates in the Genomics Era.
The 4th Asian Congress of Protistology.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Paulinella micropora KR01 genome reveals dominant host contribution and role of novel genes in primary plastid endosymbiosis.
The 4th Asian Congress of Protistology.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
An historical and contemporary review of the heterokont algae tree of life.
The 4th Asian Congress of Protistology.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Plastome phylogenomics elucidates evolutionary relationships and hidden conflicts in brown algae.
The 4th Asian Congress of Protistology.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
The first draft genome of obligate extremohalophilic Heterolobosea, Pleurostomum flabellatum, and dynamic transcriptome response to temperature and salinity fluctuations.
The 4th Asian Congress of Protistology.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Red algal plastid evolution.
Plant biology 21 worldwide Summit.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF THE CYANIDIOPHYCEAE (RHODOPHYTA) BASED ON ORGANELLE GENOME DATA.
12th International Phycological Congress 2021.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
A PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF SEX IN VAUCHERIA.
12th International Phycological Congress 2021.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
LARGE SCALE GENOME-WIDE INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF FARMING AND HUMAN-MEDIATED INTRODUCTION ON UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA.
12th International Phycological Congress 2021.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
PHAEOSACCIOPHYCEAE, A NEW ALGAL CLASS RELATED TO THE PHAEOPHYCEAE AND XANTHOPHYCEAE.
12th International Phycological Congress 2021.
UNITED STATES
(2021)
PRIMARY ENDOSYMBIOSIS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PAULINELLA REVEALED BY GENOMICS.
12th International Phycological Congress 2021.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
UNUSUAL MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME EXPANSION IN THREE PORPHYRIDIUM SPECIES (RHODOPHYTA).
12th International Phycological Congress 2021.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Genome-wide genotyping of the kelp Undaria pinnatifida: a single tool for new perspectives.
ICGSK2020-APCC7.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Evolutionary history of mitochondrial genomes in Discoba, including the extreme halophile Pleurostomum flabellatum (Heterolobosea).
JSP/KSOP Joint Online Meeting 2020.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Paulinella micropora genome reveals dominant host contribution to plastid endosymbiosis.
JSP/KSOP Joint Online Meeting.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Revised classification of the Cyanidiophyceae based on plastid genome data with descriptions of three new species.
JSP/KSOP Joint Online Meeting 2020.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
The nuclear genome of Ochrosphaera neapolitana (Cocolithales, Haptophyta) with a study of holobiont interaction.
JSP/KSOP Joint Online Meeting 2020.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Heterokont algae tree of life: history, recent updates and future developments..
International Union of Microbiological Societies 2020.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Rapid mitochondrial genome evolution may explain the adaptation of thermoacidophilic Galdieria (Rhodophyta) to extreme environments.
International Union of Microbiological Societies 2020.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Unusual mitochondrial genome expansion in three Porphyridium species (Rhodophyta).
International Union of Microbiological Societies 2020.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF