Background
Kong, Yoon was born on September 25, 1958 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea. Son of Byeong-Heon Kong and Hye-Mee Chin.
Kong, Yoon was born on September 25, 1958 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea. Son of Byeong-Heon Kong and Hye-Mee Chin.
Doctor of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1987. Doctor of Medicine, BChir, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1990. Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1993.
Intern Chung-Ang University Medical Center, Seoul, 1987—1988. Teaching assistant Chung-Ang University College Medicine, 1988—1992, instructor, 1992—1995. Senior research scientist Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 1995—1997.
Visiting scholar Gifu (Japan) University School Medicine, 1997. Assistant professor Sungkyunkwan University School Medicine, Sunwon, since 1997, professor, since 2002. Visiting scientist Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2000—2001.
Principal investigator Samsung biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, since 2002, National Institutes of Health, Seoul, since 2002. Guest professor Wuhan (China) Medical University, since 2004.
Member of American Society Microbiologists, Korean Society for Parasitology (board member since 1995).
Married Insug Kang, December 24, 1995. Children: Jihyo, Jihyeong.