Email Address 

wonsuk.chung@kaist.ac.kr    

Education/Positions

IBS/ Center for Vascular Research (From Aug. 2024)

Associate director

KAIST/ Biological Science (From Mar. 2022)

Associate professor (with Tenure from Mar. 2023)

KAIST/ Biological Science (From Jan. 2016)

Assistant professor

Stanford University/ Neurobiology (2014-2015)

Research Associate

Stanford University/ Neurobiology (2009-2014)

Postdoctoral researcher (Advisor: Dr. Ben A. Barres)

University of California, San Francisco/ Biomedical Science Graduate Program (2003-2009)

Degree: Ph.D. (Advisor: Dr. Didier Stainier)

Seoul National University/ Pharmacy (1997-2001)

Degree: BA

Academic Achievements

2024 KAIST Academic Grand Prize of 2023

2023 Gong-Woo Nature Award from KSBMB

2023 KAIST Top 10 Research Achievements of 2022

2021 Scitech Korea Young Neuroscientist Award

2021 KAIST Top 10 Research Achievements of 2020

2021 Prize for Academic Excellence (KAIST)

2017                     Research Grant Award from Cure Alzheimer’s FUND

2017                     Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award for Alzheimer’s Research from Alzheimer's association (Most impactful study in the last two years)

2017                     Research Grant Award from Samsung Science and Technology Foundation

2016                     Chung-Am TJ Park Science Fellowship (Young professor ), POSCO TJ Park Foundation (https://www.postf.org/en/main.do)

2014                     The Sammy Kuo Prize in Neuroscience

2014-2016            NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99) from NEI (PI: Won-Suk Chung)

2012-2014            Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award from The McKnight Foundation (PI: Ben A Barres)

2010-2012            NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Award (R21) from NINDS (PI: Ben A Barres)

2009-2012            Postdoctoral fellowship Award from Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

2008-2009            Extension of CIRM fellowship based on research progress

2006-2008            Fellowship from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)

2005-2006            Genentech Graduate Fellowship from Sandler Family Supporting Foundation

2004-2005            2004 and 2005 National Science Foundation (NSF) Honorable Mention

2001-2002            Brain Korea 21 Fellowship

1997-2001            Seoul National University Scholarships

SERVICE IN ACADEMIC SOCIETIES (only from International organizations from 2024)

Discussion Leader for 2025 Gordon Research Conference Glia Biology: Functional Interactions Among Glia and Neurons, Ventra, USA

Programming Committee for 2025 Euroglia: the XVII European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease 2025 in Marseille

Organizing committee for EMBO workshop: ASTROCYTES- From Molecules to Systems 2025, Italy

Co-session Chair for 2024 FENS Forum: Mechanisms of astrocyte dysfunction in neurodegeneration, 2024, Vienna

Co-session Chair for 2024 Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Glia in Health and Disease: Astrocyte engulfment and remodeling of synaptic connectivity, 2024, CSHL, USA