Admitted as Fellows of KAST
Admitted as Fellows of KAST
  • Reporter Shin Jae-kwang
  • 승인 2010.01.01 21:03
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Professor Sunghak Lee of Department of Material Science Engineering and Professor Kilwon Cho of Department of Chemical Engineering have been admitted as fellows of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) which is considered as Korea’s highest science and technology organization.

Professor Lee, who has been at POSTECH since 1986, was acknowledged for having presented more than 400 theses and for his advanced practical research. Professor Cho was recognized for his outstanding research in polymer of nano-materials and for 180 theses presented in international scientific journals.

KAST is Korea’s highest academic organization for science and technology and to be a fellow one needs to go through strict inspection. Currently 476 scholars are listed as fellows of KAST and 20 POSTECH professors have been  acting as fellows.