Hyung Ju Park

Born in Buyeo, South Korea, Park studied physics at Seoul National University and received his undergraduate degree in 1986. He then received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics at University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1995.^[1]

From 1995 to 2004, Park was with the Department of Mathematics at Oakland University, California, USA as a professor. From 2004 to 2009, he was professor at School of Computational Sciences, Korean Institute for Advanced Study. Park was a member of the executive committee of the Korean Mathematical Society from 2005 to 2006. From 2009 to 2015, he was professor at School of Mathematics, POSTECH.^[2] He was President of the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences from 2015 to 2017.^[3] From 2015 to 2018, he was a chair professor at Ajou University. In 2018, he became the 16th president of Ajou University.^[4]