Hyung Ju Park

Hyung Ju Park
President of Ajou University, South Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Personal details
Born	1964 South Korea
Alma mater	Seoul National University, South Korea UC Berkeley, USA
Profession	University President
Website	https://www.ajou.ac.kr/en/intro/profile.do
Alma mater	Seoul National University, UC Berkeley, USA
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Korean Institute for Advanced Study, POSTECH, Ajou University, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Thesis	(1995)

Yong Hoon Lee (Korean: 박형주; born 1964) is a mathematician and former president of Ajou University in South Korea.

Early life

Born in Buyeo, South Korea, Park studied physics at Seoul National University and received his undergraduate degree in 1986. He then received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics at University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1995.[1]

Career

From 1995 to 2004, Park was with the Department of Mathematics at Oakland University, California, USA as a professor. From 2004 to 2009, he was professor at School of Computational Sciences, Korean Institute for Advanced Study. Park was a member of the executive committee of the Korean Mathematical Society from 2005 to 2006. From 2009 to 2015, he was professor at School of Mathematics, POSTECH.[2] He was President of the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences from 2015 to 2017.[3] From 2015 to 2018, he was a chair professor at Ajou University. In 2018, he became the 16th president of Ajou University.[4]

References

1. "Speaker Profile of Professor Hyung Ju Park".
2. "CV of Professor Park Hyung Ju at POSTECH" (PDF).
3. "History of Past Presidents of NIMS, Korea".
4. "Office of the President, Hyungju Park, Ajou University".