Ro-Dong Park

Background

Park, Ro-Dong was born on October 1, 1949 in Gwangyang, Cheollanam-Do, Republic of Korea. Son of Seong-Lae Park and Seon-Ja Nam.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1985.

Career

Head department agricultural chemistry Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 1991—1993, director Institute Biotechnology Republic of Korea, 1995—1997, faculty head division applied bioscience & technical Republic of Korea, 2000—2001. Representative Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2002—2009. Director National Research Laboratory KISTEP, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 2003—2008.

Dean, College Agricultural Life Sciences Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea, 2006—2008. Invited professor Quindao Agricultural University, China, since 2008. Honorary researcher Jilin Academy Agricultural Sciences, since 2010.

Visiting associate professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, 1986—1987. Research associate Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1987—1988. With Artillery Republic of Korea Army, 1970-1973.

Achievements

• Ro-Dong Park has been listed as a noteworthy biochemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Deacon Gwangju Hanbit Church, 1980—2010. Member of Rural Development Administrator (co-director, reconstruction committee 2008), Environment-Friendly Agricultural Research Center (director 2007-2010), Crop Functional Genomics Center (chairman board directors since 2008), Korean Society Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology (president 2009, vice president), Korean Society Chitin and Chitosan 2005-2006, (President).

Connections

Married Key-Young Yoo, July 20, 1978. Children: Tu-San, Bek-Sanitary.

Father:

Seong-Lae Park

Mother:

Seon-Ja Nam

Spouse:

Key-Young Yoo

child:

Bek-Sanitary Park

child:

Tu-San Park