Background
Koo, Ja-Hyun was born on March 27, 1947 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Son of Kook-Hwae and Yang-Hee (Kim) Koo.
Koo, Ja-Hyun was born on March 27, 1947 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Son of Kook-Hwae and Yang-Hee (Kim) Koo.
Bachelor of Science, Korea University, Seoul, 1969. Master of Science, Korea University, Seoul, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Yonsei University, Seoul, 1981.
Lecturer College Medicine Hanyang University, Seoul, 1976-1980, from assistant professor to associate professor College Medicine, 1980-1988. Research fellow National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1983-1985. Professor College Medicine Konkuk University, Choong-Ju, Korea, since 1988, director Medical Research Institute Korea, 1990-1993, dean College Medicine Korea, 1993-1995, professor, chairman department biochemistry College Medicine Korea, since 1988.
Director biomedical Food & Drug Research Institute, 2002—2004.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Korean Society Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (board trustees since 1988, vice president, editor-in-chief journal 1999, president 2001-2002), Bio-chemical Society of Republic of Korea (board trustees since 1981, president regional Choong-Chung chapter), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Bok-Sil Kim, November 10, 1974. Children: Bang-Bon, Jun-Bon.