Hyung Ju Park

Yong Hoon Lee is the President of Ajou University, South Korea. He is a mathematician.

Hyung Ju Park
President of
Ajou University, South Korea
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born1964
South Korea Korea
Alma materSeoul National University, South Korea
UC Berkeley, USA
ProfessionUniversity President
Websitehttps://www.ajou.ac.kr/en/intro/profile.do
Alma materSeoul National University, UC Berkeley, USA
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsKAIST, UNIST
Thesis (1995)

Early life

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

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. From 2009-2015. he was professor at School of Mathematics, POSTECH.[2] From 2015-2018, he was a chair professor at Ajou University. In 2018, he became President of Ajou University.[3]

Professional activity

Park was a member of the executive committee of the Korean Mathematical Society from 2005-2006. He was President of the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences from 2015-2017.[4]

References
  1. "Speaker Profile of Professor Hyung Ju Park".
  2. "CV of Professor Park Hyung Ju at POSTECH" (PDF).
  3. "Office of the President, Hyungju Park, Ajou University".
  4. "History of Past Presidents of NIMS, Korea".
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