Prof. Seung Bum Park

Professor Seung Bum Park received his B.S. in chemistry and M.S. in organic chemistry at Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea). After completing his Ph.D. study at Texas A&M University, he was appointed as an HHMI Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University (with Prof. Stuart L. Schreiber). In 2004, he started his independent carrier as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to an Associate Professor with tenure (2008) in Chemistry Department at Seoul National University. Currently, he is a full professor and a Director of the Center for Chemical Proteomics. In 2009, he spent his sabbatical as a visiting Professor at the Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, USA (with Prof. Peter Schultz). He also founded bioventure company, Spark Biopharma, Inc. in 2016.