PROF. HYUK-JIN CHA
Professor
Prof. Cha graduated from SNU's College of Pharmacy in 1999 and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2004, focusing on MAPK signaling in the cell cycle. After post-doctoral research at Harvard University on stress signaling, he established his lab at CHA University in 2007, studying stress responses in various stem cells. Later, he explored pluripotent stem cell signaling as an associate professor at Sogang University. Since 2018, he has been at SNU's College of Pharmacy where he focused on applying stem cells technology and gene editing to biomedical sciences.
Ph.D advisor
Post-Doc advisor
Edwin G. Krebs,
1992 Nobel Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
The pioneering founder of the field of cell signaling
Natalie Ahn
Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
The pioneer in MAP kinase and Biochemistry
Paul S Shapiro
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore
The pioneer of MAP kinase regulation and drug development
Albert J Fornace
Molecular Cancer Research Chair at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; Georgetown University
The pioneering founder of the radiation biology