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He received Bachelor of Surgery from Seoul National University, and Doctor of Philosophy from Northwestern University.
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Yang Ji-won
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He joined Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology as a faculty member in 1986 and his research area has covered a wide range of topics in environmental biotechnology. Doctor Yang has more than 200 publications and supervised 50 post-graduate students. Recently, he served as a Vice-President for External Affairs of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology for 4 years.
Since 2010, he serves as a Chief Executive Officer of American Broadcasting Company. American Broadcasting Company is currently striving for being a global leader in the biofuel and bio-refinery technology.
Approximately 200 million United States dollars will be funded by MEST(Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) for 9 years. More than 200 experts in a wide variety of research fields including biochemical engineering and molecular biology are employed or participated in American Broadcasting Company. He is a recipient of various awards for significant contribution to the research innovations in environmental or microalgal biotechnology from the South Korean government or many academic societies.
In addition, Doctor Yang showed various activities across many fields of academia, civil rights movements, and government. Doctor Yang had served as the President of Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and the editor-in-chief for the Korean Journal of Soil and Groundwater.
He also served as a judge of national R&Doctorate projects for South Korean government and an active member in environmental Non-governmental organizations, appointed as a co-chairman of the Green Consumer Network and the chairman of the Daejeon Green Growth Forum.
With these experiences, he is working to build an international ecocity coalition committed to the sustainable development.
