Youngmi Jung has been a Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University, since 2019. She received her B.S. in Education of Science (Sub. major: Biology) from Ewha Womans University in 1996, her M.S. in Pathology in Medicine from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1999, and her Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology from the College of Medicine, University of Florida in 2006. She has served as a Research Assistant at the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University (1996–1997); a Postdoc (2006–2008) and an Assistant Professor (2008–2010) at the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center; joined Pusan National University in 2010 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. She is mainly engaged in the research of Molecular Cell Biology.
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Liver Disease
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Short Biography
Youngmi Jung has been a Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University, since 2019. She received her B.S. in Education of Science (Sub. major: Biology) from Ewha Womans University in 1996, her M.S. in Pathology in Medicine from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1999, and her Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology from the College of Medicine, University of Florida in 2006. She has served as a Research Assistant at the Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University (1996–1997); a Postdoc (2006–2008) and an Assistant Professor (2008–2010) at the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center; joined Pusan National University in 2010 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. She is mainly engaged in the research of Molecular Cell Biology.