Background
Hwang, Byung Kook was born on March 3, 1947 in Junju, Republic of Korea. Son of Suh Gu Hwang and Gab In Roh.
Hwang, Byung Kook was born on March 3, 1947 in Junju, Republic of Korea. Son of Suh Gu Hwang and Gab In Roh.
Bachelor of Science, Seoul National University, 1970. Master of Science, Seoul National University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, University Goettingen, Germany, 1981.
Professor College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, since 1981. Fellow Korean Academy of Sciences and Technology, since 1999. Director Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University, 2000—2002.
Editor Journal of Phytopathology, Berlin, since 2002, Planta, Heidelberg, since 2008.
Fellow: American Phytopathol. Society; member: Korean Society Plant Pathology (vice president 2003-2004, president 2005), Korean Society Plant-Microbe Interactions 1997-1999, National Academy of Sciences (Republic of Korea).
Married Jae Young Yoon, February 15, 1982. Children: Jun, Kyu Ra.