Member

Professor

Prof.Jaewon Ko

Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Building E4, Daegu, 42988, Korea Room 510 (office)/Room 520, 521, 523, 526 (lab), 333 Techno jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-Eup, Dalseong-Gun, Daegu, 42988, Korea

Educational Background

  • 1996.03 - 2000.02 : Dept. of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), B.S.
  • 1996.03 - 2000.02 : Dept. of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), B.S.
  • 2002.03 - 2005.02 : Dept. of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Ph.D.

Research Career

  • 2005.03 - 2007.10 : Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2007.11 - 2008.05 : Dept. of Neuroscience, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Research Fellow
  • 2008.06 - 2011.08 : Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2011.09 - 2015.02 : Dept. of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Assistant Professor
  • 2011.09 - 2015.02 : Dept. of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Assistant Professor
  • 2015.03 - 2017.01 : Dept of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Associate Professor
  • 2018.09 - 2022.02 : Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Professor
  • 2022.03 - present : Dept. of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Professor
  • 2022.06 - present : ​National Creative Initiative Research Program, Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, Director
  • 2023.08 - 2024.07 : Dept. of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Visiting Professor

Awards & Honors (selected)

  • 2022 Best Research Award, DGIST
  • 2017 Best Academic Award, DGIST
  • 2017 Founding Member of Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
  • 2016 Presidential Young Scientists Award [Life Science Category], The Korean Academy of Science and Technology & Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning
  • 2016 30 Young Scientists Award, POSTECH & Dong-A Ilbo
  • 2014 Carl Zeiss Young Neuroscientist Award, The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science
  • 2014 JNS Travel Award, The Japan Neuroscience Society
  • 2014 Asan Medical Award, The Asan Foundation
  • 2014 BLUE Ribbon Lectureship, KSMCB
  • 2013 Frontier Science Award, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
  • 2011 Junior Faculty Fellowship Award, Posco TJ Park Foundation

Editorial Board

  • 2018 - present : Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (Associate Editor)
  • 2018 - present : Experimental Neurobiology (Associate Editor; Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Section)
  • 2017 - present : Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience (Associate Editor)