College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University

Seoul 151-742, South Korea

E-mail) surh@snu.ac.kr (surhyoungjoon@yahoo.co.kr)

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Dr. Young-Joon Surh currently serves as Professor of Biochemistry at College of Pharmacy at Seoul National University. He graduated from College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Prof. Surh earned a PhD degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and had postdoctoral training at MIT. After spending three and half years as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine, he relocated to Seoul National University in 1996. Since then, Prof. Surh has been investigating the molecular mechanisms of cancer chemoprevention with anti-inflammatory and antioxidative natural products, with focus on intracellular redox and inflammatory signaling molecules as prime targets. Beside his role as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cancer Prevention, Prof. Surh is currently Associate Editor of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology, Free Radical Research, and Editorial Board member of International Journal of Cancer, Cancer Letters, Cancer Prevention Research, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Genes and Disease, Genes and Nutrition, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, Precision Oncology, etc. He also co-edited following books: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Health (CRC Press), Molecular Targets & Therapeutic Use of Curcumin (Springer-Verlag), and Dietary Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways (CRC Press). Prof. Surh has published more than 400 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and about 70 invited editorials, reviews and book chapters. The total number of citations of his publications is about 25,000 (excluding self-citations). The H-Index reported by Thomson Reuter of Web Knowledge is 87. Thomson Reuter selected him as one of the 16 Korean scientists whose publication is most highly cited. Prof. Surh received numerous awards including Elizabeth C. Miller and James A. Miller Distinguished Scholar Award from Rutgers University (2011), McCormic Science Institute Award from American Society for Nutrition (2009), Scientist of the Year Award from the Korea Science Reporters Association (2008), the Distinguished Scientist Award given by President of South Korea (2013), etc. He currently serves as President_Elect of Society of Free Radical Research-Asia (SFRR-Asia) and Vice President of International Association for Environmental Mutagens and Gennomics Societies (IAEMGS).