Park Sukyung

Park Sukyung (Korean: 박수경; born 1973) is a South Korean professor of mechanical engineering at KAIST with expertise in Biomechanics[1][2] currently serving as the Science and Technology Advisor to the President Moon Jae-in from May 2020.[3][4]

Park Sukyung
박수경
Advisor to the President for Science and Technology
Assumed office
4 May 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byLee Kong-joo
Personal details
Born1973
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materKAIST
University of Michigan
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park is the youngest person President Moon has ever appointed for a vice-ministerial post[5] as well as for a senior member of Office of the President.[6]

Park was also the first woman to join the faculty of mechanical engineering department at KAIST as a professor[7] and the first student to graduate from Seoul Science High School in two years.[2]

She is also a member of board of trustees of the KAIST.[2] She was previously a senior researcher at government-funded Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials and a member of President Moon's Advisory Council on Science and Technology.

Park holds three degrees in mechanical engineering - a bachelor and a master's from KAIST and a doctorate from University of Michigan.[2][3]

References
  1. "KAIST MECHANICAL ENGINEERING". KAIST MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  2. "영문뉴스센터". news.kaist.ac.kr. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  3. "문 대통령, 과학기술보좌관에 박수경 교수 임명". www.hani.co.kr (in Korean). 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  4. "Moon Picks KAIST Professor As New Science Policy Adviser". TBS (in Korean). 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  5. "[레이더P] 文대통령, 40대 여성 첫 차관급 발탁…박수경 靑 과기보좌관". 매일경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  6. "47세 최연소 청와대 수석 나왔다···첫 여성 KAIST 교수 박수경". 중앙일보 (in Korean). 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  7. "靑 과기보좌관에 40대 박수경 교수". 매일경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-05.
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