Professors in College of Engineering selected as 'POSCO Science Fellowship'
- 공과대학
- Hit5264
- 2020-11-01
Lee Jin-wook, professor of nanotechnology at this school, Jeong Jae-hoon, professor of life sciences, Ko A-ra, professor of medicine and Shin Kwang-min, professor of chemistry, and POSCO Science Fellow.
Professor Lee Jin-wook of the Department of Nanotechnology at Woori University, Professor Chung Jae-hoon of the Department of Bioscience, Professor Ko A-ra of the Department of Medicine and Professor Shin Kwang-min of the Department of Chemistry were selected as the 12th "PoscoScience Fellow" selected by the POSCO Cheongam Foundation on September 10, 2020.
POSCO Science Fellowship is a project supported by the POSCO Cheongam Foundation to help scientists studying basic and applied sciences in Korea grow into world-class scientists, while Shin Jin, selected as POSCO Science Fellow, will receive a total of 100 million won over two years.
The POSCO Science Fellow selection project was supported by 166 up-and-coming professors, showing a competitive ratio of more than 8:1, but in our university, a total of four professors were selected in the field of energy and materials, Professor Lee Jin-wook in the field of life science, Professor Jeong Jae-hoon and Professor Shin Kwang-min in the field of chemistry.
Professors of our university, selected as POSCO Science Spelo of the Year, each developed a high-efficiency long-lived ferrovskite solar cell (Professor Lee Jin-wook), a physical and chemical molecular research that regulates plant gene expression (Professor Jung Jae-hoon), a precision medicine platform based on the adaptation to intestinal microorganisms (Professor Go Ara), and an alkylophosphorylated compound using it.