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Biography
Prof. Yeon Soo Yeom received a Ph.D. degree in 2017 from the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Hanyang University, South Korea. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Hanyang University before joining the Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) / National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, as a visiting fellow in 2018. Prof. Yeom is an internationally recognized expert in computational radiation dosimetry, utilizing computational human phantoms and Monte Carlo particle transport simulations. His doctoral thesis focused on the development of new adult reference computational phantoms for the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), known as Mesh-type Reference Computational Phantoms (MRCPs), which were released with ICRP Publication 145 (2020). Prof. Yeom is currently a member of the ICRP Committee 2 (Doses from Radiation Exposure). He has served as a member of six ICRP Task Groups (90, 96, 103, 113, 128, and 130), which are working for the development of the ICRP reference phantoms and production of the ICRP reference dose coefficients, contributing to five ICRP Publications (143, 144, 145, 156, and 162) so far. Prof. Yeom has also been very productive and recognized in his research, publishing about 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, delivering more than 40 invited lectures at both domestic and international events, and receiving several honors and awards, including the Intramural Research Award (National Cancer Institute, 2019) and Charles Land Best Oral Presentation Award (Conference on Radiation and Health, 2018). Prof. Yeom has been recently selected as the awardee of the 2025 ICRP Bo Lindell Medal for the Promotion of Radiological Protection.
Education
2017.02: Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
2011.02: B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (1st rank)
Professional Experiences
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
2025 - present: Member, Geant4 External Contributors
2025 - present: Member, ICRS15-RPSD2026 Local Organizing Committee
2023 - present: Member, ICRP Committee 2 - Link
2023: Secretary General, ISORD-11 Organizing Committee
2025 - present: Member, ICRP Task Group 130
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 - present: Member, ICRP Task Group 103
2016 - 2020: Member, ICRP Task Group 90
Domestic Services
2025 - present: Chair, KARP YSG Committee
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, KSMP Scientific Committee
2022 - 2024: Member, KARP YSG Committee
Academic Awards
2025: Young Investigator Award, Korean Association for Radiation Protection, South Korea
2025: Bo Lindell Medal for the Promotion of Radiological Protection, International Commission on Radiological Protection - Link (대한민국 최초 수상자)
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: Early Stage Radiation Investigator Travel Award, the 2018 Conference on Radiation and Health & Radiation Research Society, USA
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
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