Yong Hoon Lee is a mathematician and former president of Ajou University in South Korea.
Hyung Ju Park | |
|---|---|
| President of Ajou University, South Korea | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 South Korea  |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University, South Korea UC Berkeley, USA |
| Profession | University President |
| Website | https://www.ajou.ac.kr/en/intro/profile.do |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University, UC Berkeley, USA |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Korean Institute for Advanced Study, POSTECH, Ajou University, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
| Thesis | (1995) |
Early life edit
Born in Buyeo, South Korea, Park studied physics at Seoul National University and received his undergraduate degree in 1986. He then received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics at University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1995.[1]
Career edit
From 1995-2004, Park was with the Department of Mathematics at Oakland University, California, USA as an professor. From 2004-2009, he was professor at School of Computational Sciences, Korean Institute for Advanced Study. Park was a member of the executive committee of the Korean Mathematical Society from 2005-2006. From 2009-2015, he was professor at School of Mathematics, POSTECH.[2] He was President of the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences from 2015-2017.[3]From 2015-2018, he was a chair professor at Ajou University. In 2018, he became the 16th president of Ajou University.[4]