Dr. Hee-Jae Cha is a Professor in the Department of Parasitology and Genetics at Kosin University College of Medicine in South Korea. He completed his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at Pusan National University and conducted postdoctoral research as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). He served as the President of the Korean Genetics Society in 2024 and currently holds the position of Immediate Past President. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to numerous research projects. Dr. Cha’s primary field of expertise is functional genomics, with his research focusing on understanding gene functions and regulatory mechanisms at the molecular level.