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CEO of Seegene Inc.
Chun Jong-yoon
Commitment to Humility and Accountability: The Vision for Popularizing Molecular Diagnostics
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Last Updated on Oct 11, 2023
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CEO of Seegene Inc.
Life Summary
Chun Jong-yoon is the CEO of Seegene.
He is seeking new drivers to continue Seegene's growth following the transition of COVID-19 to an endemic phase.
Born on July 6, 1957, in Yongseong-myeon, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, he was the third child among three sons and two daughters.
He graduated from Konkuk University with a degree in agriculture and received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Tennessee.
He completed his postdoctoral research at Harvard University and UC Berkeley and worked as a full-time researcher at the Kumho Life Sciences Research Institute.
He served as a professor in the Department of Life Sciences at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and in the Department of Biological Sciences at Ewha Womans University.
In 2000, while a professor at Ewha Womans University, he founded Seegene, encouraged by his uncle Chun Kyung-joon, former Vice President of Technology at Samsung Electronics and chairman of Seegene.
After resigning from his professorship in 2001, he devoted himself to managing Seegene.
By developing timely COVID-19 diagnostic products, he grew the company into a KRW 1 trillion (US$ 720 million) enterprise.
He is seeking new drivers to continue Seegene's growth following the transition of COVID-19 to an endemic phase.
Born on July 6, 1957, in Yongseong-myeon, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, he was the third child among three sons and two daughters.
He graduated from Konkuk University with a degree in agriculture and received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Tennessee.
He completed his postdoctoral research at Harvard University and UC Berkeley and worked as a full-time researcher at the Kumho Life Sciences Research Institute.
He served as a professor in the Department of Life Sciences at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and in the Department of Biological Sciences at Ewha Womans University.
In 2000, while a professor at Ewha Womans University, he founded Seegene, encouraged by his uncle Chun Kyung-joon, former Vice President of Technology at Samsung Electronics and chairman of Seegene.
After resigning from his professorship in 2001, he devoted himself to managing Seegene.
By developing timely COVID-19 diagnostic products, he grew the company into a KRW 1 trillion (US$ 720 million) enterprise.