Baek Sung-hee
Doctor Baek Sung-hee is a South Korean scientist specialising in molecular genetics. Her work is focused on the chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulatory mechanism in cancer. She received her BS, MS, and Ph.D degrees from Seoul National University. Following her postdoctoral research in Michael Rosenfeld’s lab at HHMI and following research assistant professor at HHMI, she joined the faculty of Seoul National University in 2003, and now works as an associate professor. Dr. Baek received numerous awards and honors, including the L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award.Education
- 1990 - 1994 B.S. Seoul National University
- 1994 - 1996 M.S. Seoul National University
- 1996 - 1999 Ph.D. Seoul National University
Work
- 2000 - 2002 Postdoc. University of California San Diego, HHMI
- 2002 - 2003 Research Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego, HHMI
- 2003 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
- 2008 - 2012 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
- 2009–Present Associate Member, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
- 2009–Present Director, Creative Research Initiatives Center for Chromatin Dynamics
- 2013–Present Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
Awards
- 2005. 06. 21 4th L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
- 2005. 10. 18 2nd Macrogen New Investigator Award
- 2006. 08. 16 1st Jin-Pok Kim’s Award for the Best Cancer Research
- 2007. 05. 28 3rd Macrogen for Women in Science Award
- 2007. 08. 30 3rd Amore Pacific New Investigator Award
- 2009. 03. 18 12th Young Scientist Award, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
- 2010. 06. 11 12th Seoul National University, Best Research of Natural Sciences
- 2011. 08. 30 10th L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
- 2012. 09. 14 The Cancer Research Award 2012 of Park Byung Kyu-Kim Byung Soo, Yonsei University
- 2012. 11. 30 The Women in Science and Technology Award 2012, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
- 2015 Kyung-Ahm Prize
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