Background
Um, Hong-Duck was born on June 21, 1957 in Yechun, Kyung Book, Republic of Korea. Son of Dae Il Um and Jum Nam Lee.
Um, Hong-Duck was born on June 21, 1957 in Yechun, Kyung Book, Republic of Korea. Son of Dae Il Um and Jum Nam Lee.
Bachelor of Science, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1984. Master of Science, University Alabama, Tuscaloosam, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Louis University School Medicine, 1993.
Visiting fellow National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health,, Besthesda, Maryland, 1993—1996. Assistant professor Yonsei University, College Medicine, Seoul, 1996—2002. Principal investigator KIRAMS, since 2002, director, division radiation cancer research, since 2004.
Editorial board member Molecules & Cells, Seoul, 2007—2008, associate editor, since 2009.
Married Jung Sook Cho. Children: Hyo Bin, Yool Bin, Yong Hwan.