Park Sukyung Explained

Office:Advisor to the President for Science and Technology
Termstart:4 May 2020
Predecessor:Lee Kong-joo
President:Moon Jae-in
Birth Date:1973
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Alma Mater:KAIST
University of Michigan
Termend:9 May 2022
Successor:Cho Sung-kyung

Park Sukyung (; born 1973) is a South Korean professor of mechanical engineering at KAIST with expertise in Biomechanics[1] served as Science and Technology Advisor to President Moon Jae-in from 2020 to 2022.[2] [3]

Park is the youngest person appointed by Moon to a vice-ministerial post[4] as well as the youngest senior member of the Office of the President.[5]

Park was the first female professor to join the faculty of mechanical engineering at KAIST[6] and the first student to graduate from Seoul Science High School in only two years.

Park is a member of the KAIST board of trustees.[7] She was previously a senior researcher at the government-funded Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials and a member of the President's Advisory Council on Science and Technology.

Park holds three degrees in mechanical engineering - a bachelor's and master's from KAIST and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

References

  1. Web site: KAIST MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. KAIST MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. en. 2020-05-05.
  2. Web site: 문 대통령, 과학기술보좌관에 박수경 교수 임명. 2020-05-04. The Hankyoreh. ko. 2020-05-05.
  3. Web site: 2020-05-04. Moon Picks KAIST Professor As New Science Policy Adviser. 2020-12-29. TBS. ko.
  4. Web site: [레이더P] 文대통령, 40대 여성 첫 차관급 발탁…박수경 靑 과기보좌관]. 매일경제. ko. 2020-05-05.
  5. Web site: 47세 최연소 청와대 수석 나왔다···첫 여성 KAIST 교수 박수경. 2020-05-04. JoongAng Ilbo. ko. 2020-05-05.
  6. Web site: 靑 과기보좌관에 40대 박수경 교수. 매일경제. ko. 2020-05-05.
  7. Web site: 영문뉴스센터. news.kaist.ac.kr. en. 2020-05-07.