BuHyun Youn* received his B.S. (1998) in Biology and M.S. (2000) in Biochemistry from Korea University, Seoul, Korea and Ph.D. (2004) in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Washington State University (WA, USA) under the supervision of ChulHee Kang and was working on biomolecules and biomaterials. After his Ph.D. he worked as a research associate at the Biomolecular X-ray Crystallography center at Washington State University and a research professor at the Institute of Nanotechnology in Korea University. In 2008, he was appointed as an assistant professor at Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea. He became an associate professor in 2012, followed by a full-time professor in 2017. His research interests include (1) analysis and utilization of molecules based on structure, (2) effects of biomaterials and natural products in signaling pathway, and (3) application of biomaterials and natural products for therapy.