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 Chronology

 

 

2008

9.1

Professor Inhwan Hwang was appointed as the 12th Department Head.

7.21

Professor Tae-Young Roh was newly added to the faculty of Life Science.

2.13

Degrees Awarded: BS 17, MS 7, Ph.D. 14

2007

9.1

Professor Kyong Tai Kim was appointed as the 11th Department Head.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 24  Integrative 30  Ph.D. 3

2.14

- Degrees Awarded : BS 27, MS 7, Ph.D. 19

2006

9.1

- Professor Gynheung An was appointed as the 10th Department Head.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 21, Integrative 36, Ph.D. 7

3.1

- Professor Sung Ho Ryu was appointed as Director, Program of
  Biomolecular Function (2nd Stage of BK21).
- Professor Youn Keun Kim joined the Department.  

2.16

- Degrees Awarded : BS 36, MS 16, Ph.D. 15

2005

9.1

- Professor Youngsook Lee was appointed as the 9th Department
  Head, Director, Division of Molecular & Life Sciences, and
  Biotechnology Research Center.
- Professor Hong Gil Nam was appointed as Director of I-Bio Program.
- Professor Sung Ho Rhu was appointed as Director of POSTECH
  Biotech Center.  

3.2

- Admitted: Undergraduate 21, Integrative 36, Ph.D. 7

3.1

- Professors Sanguk Kim and Joung-Hun Kim were recruited.
- Professor Young Chul Sung was appointed as the 1st Director,
  POSTECH-Catholic University Bio Medical Institute.

2.21

- The Department of Life Science of POSTECH was evaluated as the
  best life science department in the nation by the Korean Council for
  University Education.

2.16

- Degrees Awarded: BS 22, MS 17, Ph.D. 13

2004

8.31

- Professor Chin Ok Lee resigned and honored as a professor
  Emeritus.

7.23

- Cooperation Agreement entered into with National Cancer Center.

7.17

- Selected as a participating university for the Next Generation
  Materials, Parts & Manpower Program of NURI Project

3.2

- Admitted: Undergraduate 24, MS program 36, Ph.D. program 18

3.1

- Professors Yong Song Gho and Joo Yeon Yoo joined the Department.

2.18

- Degrees awarded: 27 BS, 24 MS, 12 Ph.D.

2003

12.17

- Selected as the Excellent BK21 Program by the Ministry of
  Education and Human Resources Development

10.16

- POSTECH Biotech Center opened

10.1

- Professor Young Chul Sung was presented with the 6th Hantan Life
  Science Award.

9.1

- Professor Hong Gil Nam was appointed as the 7th Department Head.

3.16

- Professor Kwan Yong Choi was appointed as the 6th Department
  Head.

3.3

- Admitted : Undergraduate 27, MS program 33, Ph.D. program 9

2.19

- Degrees Awarded : BS 21, MS 27, and Ph.D. 9

2002

10.4

- Professor Ildoo Hwang joined the Department.

5.12

- The Nobel Laureate Professor Paul Greengard (2000) was invited to
  the Department.

3.4

- Admitted : Undergraduate 27, MS program 42, Ph.D. 15

2.20

- Degrees Awarded : BS 15, MS 29, Ph.D. 15

1.17

- Academic Cooperation Agreement was entered with Catholic
  University.

2001

11.19

- Construction for the POSTECH Biotech Center building started.

10.1

- Professor Jae Woon Lee joined the Department.

6.1

- Professor Yunje Cho's Structural Biology for Cancer laboratory was
  selected as CRI Center. (Director: Yunje Cho)

5.2

- Professor Gou Young Koh was recruited, transferred with him was
  the CRI Center for Endothelial Cells.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 27, MS program 41, Ph.D. program 20

3.1

- Professor Pann-Ghill Suh was appointed as the 5th Department Head.

2.14

- Degrees Awarded : BS 24, MS 28, Ph.D. 14

2000

10.16

- Professor Byung-Ha Oh was appointed as Director, CRI Center for
  for Biomolecular Recognition.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 30, MS program 35, Ph.D. program 14

3.1

- Professors Yunje Cho and Young Yun Kong joined the Department.

2.16

- Degrees Awarded : BS 16, MS 26, Ph.D. 5

1999

10.1

- Professor Inhwan Hwang was recruited, and with him was transferred
  the CRI Center for Plant Intercellular Trafficking.

9.15

- Professor Chi-Bom Chae was appointed as the 5th Department Head
  and Director, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences.

9.1

- Graduate program of the Department was selected for the Brain
  Korea 21 Program.  And the Division of Molecular and Life Sciences
  was established as an interdisciplinary graduate program.  

5.27

- Functional Genomics Laboratory was established
  (Director: Gynheung An)

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 24, MS program 34, Ph.D. program 14

2.19

- Degrees Awarded : BS 22, MS 26, Ph.D. 10

1998

11.6

- Department of Life Science celebrated its 10th Anniversary.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 22, MS program 25, Ph.D. program 16

2.19

- Degrees Awarded : BS 26, MS 28, Ph.D. 7

1997

12.1

- Professor Hee Sup Shin was appointed as Director, CRI Center for
  Learning and Memory.

3.3

- Admitted : Undergraduate 28, MS program 28, Ph.D. program 13

3.1

- Professor Gynheung An was appointed as the 4th Dept.Head in place   of Professor Chin Ok Lee who served as Head for three terms.

2.19

- Construction of the Life Science building completed.
- Degrees Awarded : BS 23, MS 21, Ph.D. 7

1996

12.3

- POSTECH celebrated the 10th Anniversary.

10.4

- Professor Jang Hyun Han was recruited.

3.4

- Admitted : Undergraduate 25, MS program 27, Ph.D. program 16

2.21

- Degrees Awarded : BS 18, MS 24, Ph.D. 6

1995

11.1

- Construction for the Life Science building started.

7.15

- The Nobel Laurate Dr. Harold Varmus ('89),
  Director of NIH, visited the Department.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 26, MS program 25, Ph.D. program 11

2.15

- Two of the first Ph.D. degrees were awarded.
- Degrees Awarded : BS 14, MS 19

1.16

- Professor Gynheung An joined the Department.

1994

8.29

- Professor Byung-Ha Oh joined the Department.

 

- The Department of Life Science of POSTECH was evaluated as the
  best life science department in the nation by the Korean Council for
  University Education.

6.15

- The Nobel Laureate Dr. Bert Sakmann ('91) was invited to the
  Department.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 25, MS program 23, Ph.D. program 8

2.16

- Degrees Awarded : BS 22, MS 8

1993

9.13

- Professor Chi-Bom Chae was recruited.

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 25, MS program 20, Ph.D. program 9

2.17

- 13 of the first group of 30 undergraduate students admitted in 1989
  were awarded with BS degrees, and 13 MS degrees awarded.  

1.12

- Professor Jin Kwan Han joined the Department.

1992

3.2

- Admitted : Undergraduate 25, MS program 13, Ph.D. program 7

2.19

- 11 of the first group of 13 MS candidates were awarded with MS.

1991

8.1

- Professor Chin Ok Lee was appointed as the 1st Department Head.  

3.2

- The first graduate student for Ph.D. was admitted.
- 13 new graduate students for MS and 30 new undergraduates were
  admitted.

 

- Four new professors joined the Department:
  Professors Kyong Tai Kim (7/1), Chin Ok Lee (7/15),
  Hee Sup Shin (7/16), and Sung Key Jang (8/13).

1990

12.15

- Professor Youngsook Lee joined the Department.

3.2

- The first group of graduate students (13) for MS program were
  admitted.
- 30 new undergraduate students were admitted.

1989

3.2

- Department of Life Science established with five professors:
  Professors Shin-Ae Lee (8/24/87) and Hong Gil Nam (7/1/88) were
  transferred from the Department of Chemistry, while professors Sung
  Ho Ryu (8/1/88), Pann-Ghill Suh (1/16/89), and Young Chul Sung
  (7/16/89) were newly recruited.  
- The first group of undergraduates students (30) were admitted.

1986-87

 

- The Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) was
  founded in December 1986, and admitted 249 freshmen in March,
  1987.

 

 
 

 

 Department Head

 

No.

Name

Period

1st

Chin Ok Lee

1991.08.01 - 1993.08.31

2nd

Chin Ok Lee

1993.09.01 - 1995.02.28

3rd

Chin Ok Lee

1995.03.01 - 1997.02.28

4th

Gynheung An

1997.03.01 - 1999.09.14

5th

Chi-Bom Chae

1999.09.15 - 2001.02.28

6th

Pann-Ghill Suh

2001.03.01 - 2003.03.15

7th

Kwan Yong Choi

2003.03.16 - 2003.08.31

8th

Hong Gil Nam

2003.09.01 - 2005.08.31

9th

Youngsook Lee

2005.09.01 - 2006.08.31

10th

Gynheung An

2006.09.01 -2007.08.31

11th

Kyong Tai Kim

2007.09.01 - 2008.08.31

12th

Inhwan Hwang

2008.09.01 -