Roe Jung-hye (Korean: 노정혜; Hanja: 盧貞惠; born 1 March 1957) is a South Korean professor of Molecular biology at Seoul National University[1] served as the 6th President of National Research Foundation of Korea - the first woman to lead the Foundation or its preceding foundations[2] from 2018 to 2021.
Roe Jung-hye | |
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| 노정혜 | |
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| President of National Research Foundation of Korea | |
| In office 9 July 2018 – 31 August 2021 | |
| Minister | Yoo Yeong-min Choi Ki-young |
| Preceded by | Cho Moo-jae |
| Succeeded by | Lee Kwang-bok |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1957 |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Awards | Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award |
From 1986 Roe has been teaching at her alma mater receiving full tenure in 1997. She undertook several roles in her university such as the Vice Dean of its College of Natural Sciences and Dean of Office of Research Affairs - the first woman to run the Office.[3] She is also leading its School of Biological Sciences and BK21 programme for Biological Sciences from 2009.[1] Roe has been active in academia as well serving as a member of editorial board of Microbiology from 2007 to 2011, Journal of Bacteriology from 2012 to 2015 and Annual Review of Microbiology from 2012 to 2017.[4]
In addition to academia, Roe has been active in policy making and advisory instruments of the government. Roe was a board member of now-National Research Council of Science & Technology from 2005 to 2008 and a member of Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology from 2008 to 2013 to which she has served as an advisor from 2013.[1]
In 2021 Roe's presidency of the National Research Foundation of Korea came to an end making her the first person to complete the Foundation's fixed term of three years.[5]
Roe is a member of Korean Academy of Science and Technology and a fellow of American Academy of Microbiology.[1]
Roe holds two degrees - a bachelor in Microbiology from Seoul National University and a doctorate in Molecular biology from University of Wisconsin–Madison.[4]
Awards
edit- 2002: L’Oréal Korea-UNESCO for Women in Science Award, UNESCO Korea and L'Oréal Korea[6]
- 2006: Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award, Ministry of Science and ICT[7]
- 2011: Korea Science Award[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "노정혜 - Professor - 분자미생물학 연구실" [Jung-hye Roe - Professor - Molecular Microbiology Lab]. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, SNU (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "한국연구재단 이사장에 노정혜 교수" [Professor Roe Jung-hye as Chairman of the National Research Foundation of Korea]. The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "노정혜 연구재단 이사장 "여성공학자 비율 낮아…편견 탓"" [Roe Jung-hye, Chairman of the Research Foundation, "The ratio of female engineers is low…because of prejudice"]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ a b "Roe, Jung-Hye - Current Faculty - Faculty Members". BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, SNU. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ 오, 수진 (2021-08-26). "3년임기 첫채운 연구재단 이사장 "재단 독립성·자율성강화해야"". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "로레알 여성 생명과학상 수상자 선정" [L'Oreal Women's Life Science Award Winner]. Naver News (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "여성과학기술자상 수상한 노정혜교수와 가족들" [Professor Roe Jung-hye and her family received the Female Scientist and Engineer Award]. Naver News (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ "박종일ㆍ최기운ㆍ노정혜 교수, 한국과학상 수상" [Professor Park Jong-il, Choi Ki-woon, and Roe Jung-hye received the Korea Science Award].