Symposium Speaker

Prof. Young-Joon Surh

Professor Surh currently serves as Director of Tumor Microenvironment Global Core Research Center Research Center (GCRC) at the College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, South Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University with BS (Pharmacy) and MS (Biochemistry). Professor Surh earned his PhD degree at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Professor Surh then had postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1992, he was appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Since relocating to Seoul National University in 1996, Dr. Surh has been investigating the molecular mechanisms of cancer prevention with anti-inflammatory and antioxidative phytochemicals, with emphasis on intracellular signaling molecules as prime targets. He has served as a member of the editorial board member of more than 30 international journals, including Carcinogenesis, International Journal of Cancer, Molecular Carcinogenesis, Cancer Letters, Mutation Research, Life Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Free Radical Research, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, etc.

Prof. Surh has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and more than 60 invited editorials, reviews and book chapters. The total number of citations of his publications is about 8,000 as of November, 2011. He received numerous awards including Elizabeth C. Miller and James A. Miller Distinguished Scholar Lecture Award from Rutgers University (2011), McCormic Science Institute Award from American Society for Nutrition (2009), the Merit Award from the International Society of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (2010), and the Scientist of the Year Award from the Korea Science Reporters Association (2008).

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