박지영사진

박지영 | Jiyoung Park 


 

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Major: Adipose tissues, ECM Remodeling, Obesity-related metabolic disease and cancer 
  • Lab: Molecular Metabolism Laboratory, Buld. 110-Rm.507
  • Office: Buld.110-Rm. 501-7
  • Email: jpark@unist.ac.kr

Department of Biological Sciences,

College of Information and Biotechnology,

Ulsan National Institutes of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Professional Positions

  • 2023.02-2024.01   Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA, USA 
  • 2022.01-present   PM (Program Manager, 연구사업관리전문가), 과학기술통신부 한국연구재단 (NRF)
  • 2019-present    Associate Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, UNIST
  • 2014-2018     Assistant Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, UNIST
  • 2011-2013     Instructor, UTsouthwestern medical center, Dallas, USA

Education & Training

  • 2011     Postdoc, UTsouthwestern medical center, Touchstone Diabetes Center, Dallas, USA
  • 2007     Postdoc, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2005     Ph.D., Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2000     MS., Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  • 1999     BS., Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Awards & Honors

  • 2023.11    Award for Women in Life Science, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Jeju, Korea
  • 2010.02    Keystone Symposia Scholarship Award (Role of inflammation in Oncogenesis), Colorado, USA.
  • 2009.07   Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Defense 2008 breast cancer research program. USA.
  • 2009.05   Postdoctoral fellowship, Susan G. Komen for the cure research programs. USA.(Declined due to concomitant activation of DoD Fellowship)
  • 2006         Scholarship, Teaching of Molecular and cellular biology class. Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea
  • 2005         Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Seoul, Korea
  • 2004         Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Seoul, Korea
  • 2001          Scholarship, Teaching assistance. Seoul National University. Seoul, Korea.
  • 2000         Scholarship, Advanced Training Program for Biological Sciences, Korean Ministry of Education

Research Interests

  • Molecular mechanisms linking between chronic inflammation, obesity, and cancer
  • Adipose tissue biology in metabolic homeostasis, aging, and disease
  • Inter-organ metabolic crosstalk via secreted proteins and extracellular vesicles
  • Remodeling of extracellular matrix proteins in various fibrotic diseases