Inflammatory signal transduction and development of
anti-inflammatory agents
Biological roles of annexins
Mechanism of chemokines
Mass production of biologically active recombinant
proteins

1982~1985: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of
Biochemistry, Schools of Medicine and Dentistry,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1985~1990: Principal Investigator, Laboratory Head
(1989-1990), Genetic Engineering Center, Korea
Institute of Science and Technology
1990~present: Professor and Chair (1998-2000)
Department of Biochemistry, University of Ulsan College
of Medicine
1998~2002: Editor in chief, Secretary General (2002),
Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular biology.
1999~2001: Board Member, Committee for the
pomotion of brain research, Ministry of Science and
Technology
2001~2002 : Program Director, Korea Science and
Engineering Foundation
2001~present: Founding President, Women’s
Bioscience Forum
2001~present: Member, Committee for the promotion of
basic education, Ministry of Education and Human
Resources

1981~1982: Doctoral Fellowship, Northern Illinois
University
1983~1985: Post-doctoral Fellowship, American Cancer
Society
1987~1988: Visiting Professorship, Japanese
Foundation for the Promotion of Cancer Research,
Tokyo, Japan.
1988: R&D Award from the Ministry of Science and
Technology of Korea
2001: Namyang Aloe Award for Biopharmaceutical
Research
2002: Professor of the year, University of Ulsan
2002: Order of Science and Technology Merit of Korea