Baek Sung-hee

Baek Sung-hee (born 1970) is a South Korean scientist specialising in molecular genetics. Her work is focused on the chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulatory mechanism in cancer. She received her BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from Seoul National University. Following her postdoctoral research in Michael Rosenfeld’s lab at HHMI and following research assistant professor at HHMI, she joined the faculty of Seoul National University in 2003, and now works as an associate professor. Baek received numerous awards and honors, including the L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Award.

Awards

 * 2005 Breakthrough Award, L’Oréal Korea-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
 * 2011 Academic Achievement Award, L’Oréal Korea-UNESCO for Women in Science Award
 * 2012 Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
 * 2015 Kyung-Ahm Prize