Sung Hee Baek's Biography

Sung Hee Baek, Associate Professor, Seoul National University

Dr. Baek’s work is focused on the chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulatory mechanism in cancer. She received her BS, MS, and Ph.D degrees from Seoul National University. Following her postdoctoral research in Michael Rosenfeld’s lab at HHMI and following research assistant professor at HHMI, she joined the faculty of Seoul National University in 2003, and now works as an associate professor. Dr. Baek received numerous awards and honors, including the L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award. She has been invited as a managing editor for BBA Molecular Basis of Disease and a guest Editor for Annual Review of Physiology.