Hong Gil Nam
{{Short description|South Korean scientist (born 1957)}}
{{Western name order|Nam Hong-gil}}
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|birth_date = 1957
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|nationality = South Korean
|field = Biology, plant senescence, ageing
|work_institution = POSTECH, Biological Research Information Center, Korean Society of Bioinformatics, National Core Research Center for Systems Bio-Dynamics, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Institute for Basic Science
|alma_mater = Seoul National University, University of North Carolina
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|website = [https://aging.ibs.re.kr Center for Plant Aging Research]
|prizes = Ho-am Prize in Science (2014), National Scientist of the Republic of Korea (2010), National Academy of Science Award in Basic Science (2009), POSCO TJ Park Prize (2009), Korea Science Award (2005)
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Hong Gil Nam ({{Korean|hangul=남홍길}}; born 1957) is a South Korean biologist teaching in the Department of New Biology of Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and leading research as director of the Center for Plant Aging Research. His research interests include comparative aging in diverse kingdoms, including plant and animals, to reveal aging mechanisms among species, cross-kingdom interaction between plants and animals, and biochemistry at nano and micro levels. He is the founder and former director of the Biological Research Information Center, a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and has served on the editorial board in Molecular Plant{{cite web |url= https://www.cell.com/molecular-plant/masthead |title= Masthead |author= |date= |website= Cell Press |publisher= Molecular Plant |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= }} since 2013.
Education
Nam did his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Seoul National University and received his Ph.D. degree in the same field from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States, in 1985.
Career
From 1986 to 1988, he worked as a research fellow in the Department of Genetics of Harvard Medical School with Howard M. Goodman. He then returned to Korea to start work as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, POSTECH. He later became an assistant professor, full professor, and chair of POSTECH's Department of Life Sciences before being the head of the School of Interdisciplinary Biosciences and Bioengineering (I-BIO){{cite web |url= https://aging.ibs.re.kr/html/aging_en/people/people_0201.html |title= Director Hong Gil Nam |author= |date= |website= Center for Plant Aging Research |publisher= Institute for Basic Science |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= }} and Hong Deok Distinguished Professor.{{cite web |url= http://www.postech.ac.kr/%EB%B3%B4%EB%8F%84%EC%9E%90%EB%A3%8Cpostech-%EB%82%A8%ED%99%8D%EA%B8%B8-%EA%B5%90%EC%88%98-%ED%99%8D%EB%8D%95%EC%84%9D%EC%A2%8C%EA%B5%90%EC%88%98-%EC%84%A0%EC%A0%95/ |script-title=ko:[보도자료]POSTECH 남홍길 교수 홍덕석좌교수 선정 |author= |date= 22 February 2010 |website= POSTECH |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?art_id=201002211745315 |script-title=ko:남홍길 교수, 홍덕석좌교수로 선정 |author= |date= 21 February 2010 |website=Kyunghyang Shinmun |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= https://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/view/2010/02/92763/ |script-title=ko:포스텍 남홍길 교수, 홍덕석좌교수 선정 |author= |date= 22 February 2010 |website=Maeil Business Newspaper |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}} Outside of his work at POSTECH, he founded and directed the {{ill|Biological Research Information Center|ko|생물학연구정보센터}} (BRIC){{cite web |url= https://www.ibric.org/about/history/ |script-title=ko:연혁 |author= |date= |website= Biological Research Information Center |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= https://www.ibric.org/about/press/press_25.html |script-title=ko:국유전자등록처(bric.postech.ac.kr)'개설 .. 포항공과대학교 생물학전문연구정보센터 |author= |date= 16 April 1998 |website= Biological Research Information Center |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/19980415/7337506/1 |title= ［과학 게시판］ |author= |date= 15 April 1998 |website= DongA |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}} from 1996 to 2005.
He left his positions in POSTECH in 2012 to be a full professor in the Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) and founding director of the Center for Plant Aging Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS).{{cite web |title=Center for Plant Aging Research |url=https://www.ibs.re.kr/eng/sub02_05_05.do |publisher=Institute for Basic Science |accessdate=5 May 2018}}
Awards
- 2014: Ho-Am Prize in Science, Ho-Am Foundation, South Korea
- 2010: National Scientist of the Republic of Korea, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of Korea{{cite web |url= https://www.kyongbuk.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=485760 |script-title=ko:포스텍 김광수·남홍길 교수 '국보급' 국가과학자 |author= 성민규 |date= 28 April 2010 |website=Kyongbuk Ilbo |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= https://www.etnews.com/201004280034 |script-title=ko:국보급 국가과학자 5인 탄생 |author= |date= 29 April 2010 |website= 전자신문 |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}
- 2009: National Academy of Sciences Award, South Korea
- 2009: 54th National Academy of Science Award in the field of Basic Science, National Academy of Sciences, South Korea{{cite web |url= https://www.sciencetimes.co.kr/news/%EC%A0%9C54%ED%9A%8C-%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%AD%ED%95%99%EC%88%A0%EC%9B%90%EC%83%81-%EC%8B%9C%EC%83%81%EC%8B%9D/ |script-title=ko:제54회 대한민국학술원상 시상식 |author= |date= 17 September 2009 |website= The Science Times |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= https://www.idaegu.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=18179 |script-title=ko:포스텍 남홍길 교수, 대한민국 학술원상 수상 |author= |date= 18 September 2009 |website=Daegu Shinmun |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}
- 2009: POSCO TJ Park Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, South Korea{{cite web |url= https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20090324135000003 |script-title=ko:남홍길 교수 등 3명 포스코청암상 수상 |author= |date= 24 March 2009 |website=Yonhap News Agency |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=02000806589626600&mediaCodeNo=257 |title= '09 포스코 청암상, 남홍길 교수 등 수상 |author= |date= 24 March 2009 |website=Edaily |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url=https://www.postf.org/en/page/award/history/sci_2009.do |title=Science Prize Awardees(2009) |author= |date= |website= POSCO TJ Park Foundation |publisher= |access-date= 29 September 2022 |quote= }}
- 2005: Korea Science Award, South Korea{{cite web |url= http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/science/science_general/93242.html |script-title=ko:한국과학상 강석진·이성익·김동호·남홍길 교수 |author= |date= 5 January 2006 |website=The Hankyoreh |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20060106/8263637/1 |script-title=ko:한국과학상 강석진-이성익-김동호-남홍길 4명 선정 |author= |date= 6 January 2006 |website= DongA |publisher= |access-date= 18 March 2020 |quote= |language= Korean}}
References
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External links
- [https://aging.ibs.re.kr Center for Plant Aging Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805124400/http://aging.ibs.re.kr/ |date=2020-08-05 }}
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Category:Seoul National University alumni
Category:South Korean biologists
Category:Recipients of the Ho-Am Prize in Science
Category:University of North Carolina alumni
Category:Botanists active in Asia
Category:Academic staff of Pohang University of Science and Technology
Category:Institute for Basic Science