Molecular mechanism of angiogenesis related with tumor and
other human disease.
Embryonic blood vessel formation and differentiation of
blood-brain barrier(BBB).

1978~1980 Research Scientist, Korea Research Institute of
Chemical Technology
1985~1987 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Cancer Genetics
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
1987~2000 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Pusan National
University
1994~1998 Director, Research Institute of Genetic
Engineering Pusan National University
2000~2000 Header, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program of
Bioinformatics, Pusan National University
2000~ Professor, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National
University
2001~ President, the Korean Society for Angiogenesis
2001~ Int.J. Oncology (Editorial Member)

1996 Mogam award, the Korean Society for Molecular Biology
2001 Research Achievement Award, the Korean Federation of
Science and Technology Societies
2002 Bioscientist Award of the Year, the Ministry of
Science & Technology, Korea