AsianScientist (Dec. 22, 2014) – South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has announced that Dr. Sergej Flach, a professor from Massey University, New Zealand, Dr. Myung Kyungjae, a senior investigator and section head with tenure from the US’ National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Cho Minhaeng, a professor from Korea University, have been selected as research directors to launch new IBS research centers.
Flach is an international scholar in the field of theoretical physics, specializing in condensed matter, quantum and classical nonlinear physics at the nanoscale. He was head of the visitors program at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) from 1997 until 2012, making key contributions to advances in theoretical physics.
Myung is a leading scientist in the field genomic integrity. He will found the Center for Genomic Integrity at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and will research genome stability and chemotherapeutic applications.
Cho, who studies coherent multidimensional optical and vibrational spectroscopy, was director of the Center for Multi-dimensional Spectroscopy at Korea University from 2000 until 2009. At IBS, he will study the structure and dynamics of complex systems in biology.
“Each of these newly selected directors is an international pioneer in challenging, creative research,” said IBS President Doochul Kim. “I anticipate their significant contributions to greatly enhance the environment of basic research in Korea.”
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Source: Institute for Basic Science.
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