Background
Cho, Yong-Gu was born on November 26, 1957 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Son of Dong-Sam Cho and Jae-Sook Kim.
Cho, Yong-Gu was born on November 26, 1957 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Son of Dong-Sam Cho and Jae-Sook Kim.
Bachelor of Science, Chungbuk National University, Chongju, 1980. Master of Science, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1985.
First lieutenant Korean Army, Jeongok, 1980—1982. Researcher Institute Agricultural Science & Technology, Suwon, 1985—1991, Institute Agricultural Biotechnology, Suwon, Republic of Korea, 1991—1994. Postdoctoral researchers Department Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1992—1994.
Researcher National Institute Agricultural Science & Technology, 1994—1998. Rockefeller foundation career fellow Department Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1995—2001. Professor Chungbuk National University, Chongju, Republic of Korea, since 1998.
Chair Department Crop Science, College Agriculture, Chungbuk National University, 2001—2003. Visiting professor Center Application Molecular Biology International Agriculture, Canberra, Australia, 2001—2002, Department Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, 2004—2005. Chair Organizing Committee Osong International Bio-Symposium & International Symposium Korean Association Societies Plant Science, Chongju, 2007.
Adjunct professor Department Plant Breeding & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, since 2008. Member Society Advancement Breeding Research Asia & Oceania, Los Baños, Philippines, since 1986. Editor Korean Society Breeding, Suwon, since 1999, Suwon, 1999, Korean Society Medical Crop.
Science, Suwon, 2000, Korean Society Crop. Science, Suwon, 2001—2008. Biological research programme fellowship Organization of European Cooperation and Development, 2005.
Member board directors Korean Society Medical Crop Science, Suwon, since 2003. Board directors member Korean Society Plant Biotechnology, Daejeon, since 2007. Secretary general Korean Association Societies Plant Science, Daejeon, since 2007.
Chair Organizing Committee Osong International Bio-Symposium & International Symposium Korean Association Societies, Chongju, 2007. Reviewer Theoretical & Applied Genetics, Stuttgart, 2008. Reviewer, journal cereal science Elsevier, 2008.
Reviewer Plant Molecular Biology, 2008, Plant Cell Reports, 2008. Chair International Crop Science Congress, Jeju, 2008. Associate editor Korean Society Plant Biotechnology, since 2009.
Oecd's co-operative research programme fellowship Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 2010.
Married Seok-Yeon Yang. Children: Yoon-Ju, You-Jin.