About PI

Professor Sun, Woong

Dr. Sun earned his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in molecular biology from the Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. As a postdoctoral fellow, he joined Nakamura Lab of dept. Biochemistry, Osaka University in 1997, and Oppenheim Lab of dept. Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University in 2000. He served as assistant/associate professor from 2002 and was appointed professor since September 2009 in the Department of Anatomy, Korea University College of Medicine. Dr. Sun’s research aims to understand the mechanisms of neuron production and circuit integration during the embryonic development and in the adult neurogenesis context. Currently, his studies focus on histo-morphogenesis of a brain and spinal cord using stem cell research and the development of novel histological techniques. Dr. Sun is also the council member of Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN), and Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science (KSBNS).