By Kim Jae-heun
POSCO TJ Park Foundation selected Park Je-geun, a professor at Seoul National University's Department of Physics & Astronomy, and three more winners of the 2023 POSCO TJ Park Prize, during a board meeting on Wednesday.
Park won the Science Prize for establishing his own research field in the study of quantum information material synthesis. He discovered a new magnetic van der Waals material that provides evidence for an existing theory in the field of magnetic 2D materials, for the first time in the world. Based on his accomplishment, Park realized a next-generation optical device technology that can control electrical and magnetic properties.
The Education Prize went to professor Choe Jae-chun at the College of Natural Science of Ewha Womans University, who is a leading ecologist and evolutionary biologist in the country. He established the Eco Science Department at Ewha Womans University for the first time in Korea to meet the international standards for convergence education and research in the field of life science.
Choe also brought up the topic of convergence in his books to suggest a new direction for education that resolves conflicts in society through interdisciplinary communication.
Seo Jung-hwa, director of the Open Center for the Homeless Women, a women's shelter, received the Community Development and Philanthropy Prize for her 24 years of devotion.
Seo played a key role in establishing a support system for homeless women by providing support for health recovery through medical services, vocational training and job placement as well as counseling activities.
Bioneer CEO Park Han-oh won the Technology Prize for inventing equipment for gene synthesis, amplification and extraction reagents through more than 30 years of research and development. After founding his bio venture firm in 1992, the CEO has contributed much to the establishment and expansion of Korea's life science research infrastructure.
The POSCO TJ Park Foundation founded the POSCO TJ Park Prize in 2006 to contribute to national development by spreading public interest and participation in the spirit of creativity, talent development, sacrifice and service, which are POSCO's founding principles.
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| Professor Park Je-geun |
Park won the Science Prize for establishing his own research field in the study of quantum information material synthesis. He discovered a new magnetic van der Waals material that provides evidence for an existing theory in the field of magnetic 2D materials, for the first time in the world. Based on his accomplishment, Park realized a next-generation optical device technology that can control electrical and magnetic properties.
The Education Prize went to professor Choe Jae-chun at the College of Natural Science of Ewha Womans University, who is a leading ecologist and evolutionary biologist in the country. He established the Eco Science Department at Ewha Womans University for the first time in Korea to meet the international standards for convergence education and research in the field of life science.
Choe also brought up the topic of convergence in his books to suggest a new direction for education that resolves conflicts in society through interdisciplinary communication.
Seo Jung-hwa, director of the Open Center for the Homeless Women, a women's shelter, received the Community Development and Philanthropy Prize for her 24 years of devotion.
Seo played a key role in establishing a support system for homeless women by providing support for health recovery through medical services, vocational training and job placement as well as counseling activities.
Bioneer CEO Park Han-oh won the Technology Prize for inventing equipment for gene synthesis, amplification and extraction reagents through more than 30 years of research and development. After founding his bio venture firm in 1992, the CEO has contributed much to the establishment and expansion of Korea's life science research infrastructure.
The POSCO TJ Park Foundation founded the POSCO TJ Park Prize in 2006 to contribute to national development by spreading public interest and participation in the spirit of creativity, talent development, sacrifice and service, which are POSCO's founding principles.
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