Professor
Yeon Soo Yeom, Ph.D. (염연수 교수)
Education
2017.02: Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
2011.02: B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (1st rank)
Professional Experience
2024 - present: Chair in Department of Radiological Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
2024 - present: Associate Professor, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
2021 - 2024: Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
2018 - 2021: Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
2017 - 2018: Post-Doc., Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
International Services
2023 - present: Member, ICRP Committee 2
2023: Secretary General, ISORD-11 Organizing Committee
2023 - present: Member, ICRP Task Group 128
2022 - present: Member, IRPA YGN Leadership Committee
2022 - present: Member, NIH P01 Grant External Advisory Board
2019 - present: Member, ICRP Task Group 113
2018 - present: Member, ICRP Task Group 96
2016 - 2020: Member, ICRP Task Group 90
2016 - present: Member, ICRP Task Group 103
Domestic Services
2024 - present: Chair, KSMP Standard Committee
2024 - present: Member, KARP External Cooperation Committee
2024 - present: Member, KARP International Relations Committee
2023 - present: Member, KARP JRPR Editorial Board
2022 - present: Member, KARP YSG Committee
2022 - present: Member, KSMP Scientific Committee
Academic Awards
2025: Bo Lindell Medal for the Promotion of Radiological Protection, International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) - Link
2024: Future Generation of Radiation Protection Award, Korean Association for Radiation Protection, South Korea
2019: KAMPiNA MC2 Awards – Best Journal Paper, Korean Association of Medical Physicists in North America, USA,
2019: NCI/NIH Intramural Research Award, DCEG, NCI/NIH Bethesda, MD,
2019: NCI/NIH Fellowship Achievement Award, DCEG, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD,
2018: Korean Visiting Scientist Training Award (KVSTA), Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), South Korea,
2018: Early Stage Radiation Investigator Award: The Charles Land Best Oral Presentation, the 2018 Conference on Radiation and Health & Radiation Research Society, USA,
2018: Early Stage Radiation Investigator Award: Best Poster Award Runner-Up, the 2018 Conference on Radiation and Health & Radiation Research Society, USA, 2018
2018: Early Stage Radiation Investigator Travel Award, the 2018 Conference on Radiation and Health & Radiation Research Society, USA, 2018
2017: Best Presentation Award, Korean Association for Radiation Protection 2017 Spring Conference, South Korea
2017: Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Research Institute of Industrial Science, South Korea
2016: Best Presentation Award, Korean Association for Radiation Protection 2016 Spring Conference, South Korea
2015: Best Presentation Award, Korean Association for Radiation Protection 2015 Winter Conference, South Korea
2015: Best Presentation Award, Korean Association for Radiation Protection 2015 Spring Conference, South Korea
2013: Best Presentation Award, Korean Association for Radiation Protection 2013 Winter Conference, South Korea
2013: Excellence Award in 2013 Medical Physics Training, Korean Society of Medical Physics, South Korea
2012: Best Paper Award of the “Advanced Phantoms” Session at ICRS-12 & RPSD-2012, Japan
2011: Global Ph.D. Fellowship, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, South Korea
2011: Doctoral Scholarship, Hanyang University, South Korea
2011: Summa Cum Laude (1st rank), Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea
Publications
83 Peer-reviewed Journal Papers
4 ICRP Publications (143, 144, 145, 156)
Citations: 1218, h-index:20, i10-index: 40 (from Google Scholar, Oct 2024)