Yeon Soo Yeom (염연수)

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 - Link

• 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 - present: Member, ICRP Task Group 103

• 2016 - 2020: Member, ICRP Task Group 90

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 - 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

Publications (Dec 2024)

• 85 Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

• 4 ICRP Publications (143, 144, 145, 156)

• Citations: 1282, h-index:20, i10-index: 40 (Google Scholar)