Hong Gil Nam

The native form of this personal name is Nam Hong-gil. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Hong Gil Nam is a South Korean biologist teaching in the Department of New Biology of Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and leading research as director of the Center for Plant Aging Research. His research interests include comparative aging in diverse kingdoms, including plant and animals, to reveal aging mechanisms among species, cross-kingdom interaction between plants and animals, and biochemistry at nano and micro levels. He is the founder and former director of the Biological Research Information Center, a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and has served on the editorial board in Molecular Plant^[2] since 2013.

Hong Gil Nam
Born	1957
Nationality	South Korean
Alma mater	Seoul National University, University of North Carolina
Awards	Ho-am Prize in Science (2014), National Scientist of the Republic of Korea (2010), National Academy of Science Award in Basic Science (2009), POSCO TJ Park Prize (2009), Korea Science Award (2005)
Scientific career
Fields	Biology, plant senescence, ageing
Institutions	POSTECH, Biological Research Information Center, Korean Society of Bioinformatics, National Core Research Center for Systems Bio-Dynamics, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Institute for Basic Science
Korean name
Hangul	남홍길
Hanja	南洪吉[1]
Revised Romanization	Nam Hong-gil
McCune–Reischauer	Nam Hong'gil
Website	Center for Plant Aging Research

Education

Nam did his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Seoul National University and received his Ph.D. degree in the same field from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States, in 1985.

Career

From 1986 to 1988, he worked as a research fellow in the Department of Genetics of Harvard Medical School with Howard M. Goodman. He then returned to Korea to start work as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, POSTECH. He later became an assistant professor, full professor, and chair of POSTECH's Department of Life Sciences before being the head of the School of Interdisciplinary Biosciences and Bioengineering (I-BIO)^[3] and Hong Deok Distinguished Professor.^[4][5][6] Outside of his work at POSTECH, he founded and directed the Biological Research Information Center (BRIC) (ko)^[7][8][9] from 1996 to 2005.

He left his positions in POSTECH in 2012 to be a full professor in the Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) and founding director of the Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS).^[10]

Awards

• 2014: Ho-Am Prize in Science, Ho-Am Foundation, South Korea
• 2010:National Scientist of the Republic of Korea, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of Korea^[11][12]
• 2009: National Academy of Sciences Award, South Korea
• 2009: 54th National Academy of Science Award in the field of Basic Science, National Academy of Sciences, South Korea^[13][14]
• 2009: POSCO TJ Park Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, South Korea^[15][16][17]
• 2005: Korea Science Award, South Korea^[18][19]

References

1. "POSTECH, 남홍길 교수 제3대 홍덕석좌교수에 선정". NewsWire (in Korean). 21 February 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
2. "Masthead". Cell Press. Molecular Plant. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. "Director Hong Gil Nam". Center for Plant Aging Research. Institute for Basic Science. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. "[보도자료]POSTECH 남홍길 교수 홍덕석좌교수 선정". POSTECH (in Korean). 22 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
5. "남홍길 교수, 홍덕석좌교수로 선정". Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). 21 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
6. "포스텍 남홍길 교수, 홍덕석좌교수 선정". 매일경제 (in Korean). 22 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
7. "연혁". Biological Research Information Center (in Korean). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
8. "국유전자등록처(bric.postech.ac.kr)'개설 .. 포항공과대학교 생물학전문연구정보센터". Biological Research Information Center (in Korean). 16 April 1998. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
9. "［과학 게시판］". DongA (in Korean). 15 April 1998. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
10. "Center for Plant Aging Research". Institute for Basic Science. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
11. 성민규 (28 April 2010). "포스텍 김광수·남홍길 교수 '국보급' 국가과학자". 경북일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
12. "국보급 국가과학자 5인 탄생". 전자신문 (in Korean). 29 April 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
13. "제54회 대한민국학술원상 시상식". The Science Times (in Korean). 17 September 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
14. "포스텍 남홍길 교수, 대한민국 학술원상 수상". Daegu Shinmun (in Korean). 18 September 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
15. "남홍길 교수 등 3명 포스코청암상 수상". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 24 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
16. "'09 포스코 청암상, 남홍길 교수 등 수상". 이데일리 (in Korean). 24 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
17. "Science Prize Awardees(2009)". POSCO TJ Park Foundation. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
18. "한국과학상 강석진·이성익·김동호·남홍길 교수". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 5 January 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
19. "한국과학상 강석진-이성익-김동호-남홍길 4명 선정". DongA (in Korean). 6 January 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

External links

• Center for Plant Aging Research Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Naver 인문검색 - 남홍길