Professor
Chongsuk Ryou, Ph.D.
Dr. Chongsuk Ryou, Professor and Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Hanyang University College of Pharmacy, is a leading prion scientist who has carried out research on the molecular basis of prions and prion diseases.
Dr. Ryou received a Ph.D. degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. His postdoctoral traning was completed in the University of California San Francisco(UCSF) under the guidance of Dr. Stanley Prusiner, Nobel Laureate (1997). Prior to joining Hanyang University, Dr. Ryou served as a faculty member of the department of Neurology, UCSF and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, and the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He also served as an adjunct faculty member of University of Tennessee-Martin Graduate School.
The research interests of Dr. Ryou’s group are prions and related infectious neurodegenerative disorders. In particular, Dr. Ryou is interested in the molecular mechanism of prion replication and translational research to develop anti-prion therapies. His gropu published a number of articles in the top-rated professional journals of the field and is regarded as an internationally-recognized prion research group.
He tearches Molecular Biology and Biochemistry for undergraduate and graduate students in Hanyang University. His professional activity includes publishing research artivles, abstracts, book and book chapters; patenting; giving invited lectures in domestic and foreign academic/research institutions; giving oral presentation in the national and international conferences; moderatingscientific sessions in the conferences as a char; organizing domestic and international conferences; serving as an editor of journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology; and peer-reviewing journal articles and grant proposals to the funding bodies of Korea, the United States, Israel, and the United Kingdom. He also gives advisory opinion and consultation to public and private sectors.
Education
Ph.D., Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan(Molecular Biology)
M.S., Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea(Genetic Engineering)
B.S., Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea(Genetic Engineering)
Traning
Postdoc Researcher, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Postdoc Associate, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan
Positions in Academia
Professor, Hanyang University College of Pharmacy
Graduate Faculty Member, University of Tennessee-Martin Graduate School
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Associate Professor, Seoul National University Institute of Zoonotic Diseases
Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Honors and Awards
Graduate-Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, 1996-1998
Morris Hood Jr. Comprehensive Diabetes Center Fellowship, 1999
The John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Fellowship, 2000-2002
Research Interests
Prions and prion diseases – prion replication mechanism and anti-prion therapy
Teaching
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry(Both undergraduate and graduate levels) (Hanyang University)
Molecular Biology, Microbial Pathogenesis, Immunity Infection and Diseases (Graduate and Medical school levels)(University of Kentucky)
Professional Activity
Member, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Member, Human Proteome Organization
Member, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
Invited Lecturer, >35 research and academic institutions and domestic/international conferences and symposia, 1999-present
Grant Peer reviewer, Alzheimer’s Association, Chicag, Illinois, 2002-present
Peer reviewer(>25 reviews in 15 top journals), 2003-present
Consulting reviewer, SoftBank Korea Venture Capital, 2005
Expert opinion for an article (2008, 8:283) in Lancet Infectious Disease, 2008
Editor, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008-present
Grant Peer reviewer, Israel Science Foundation, Israel, 2008-2009
Scientific Advisory Board, 2009 World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, 2008-2009
Session Char, The 2nd Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, 2009
Seesion Char, Prion Mini-Symposium, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2009
Grant Peer reviewer, Medical Research Council, United Kingdom, 2011
Grant Peer reviewer, Korea Research Foundation, Korea, 2012
Conference Organizer, Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association-Kentucky Chapter Winter Conference, 2012