- Biography
Hwan Su Yoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. He received his PhD in biology from Chungnam National University. After research training at the University of Iowa, he worked at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. His research interests include eukaryotic biodiversity, phylogeny, single-cell genomics, and genome evolution, with a focus on red algae and red algal plastid descendants (e.g., the cryptophytes, haptophytes, stramenopiles, dinoflagellates).

- Education:
1994 – 1999 Ph.D. Biology, Chungnam National University, Korea.
Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Alariaceae and Laminariaceae (Phaeophyta).
1992 – 1994 M.S. Biology, Chungnam National University, Korea.
Morphology, hybridization and systematics of Ceramium kondoi (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta).
1988 – 1992 B.S. Biology, Chungnam National University, Korea.
Honors thesis, Morphology and karyotype of Convallaria majalis (Liliaceae) in Korea.

- Professional Positions and Academic Experiences:
2014 – Present Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
2012 – Present Visiting Adjunct Scholar, Rutgers University
2011 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University.
2007 – 2011 Principle Investigator (Senior Research Scientist): Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
2004 – 2007 Senior Scientist: University of Iowa, Assembling the tree of eukaryotic microbial diversity, NSF.
2001 – 2004 Post Doctoral Fellow: University of Iowa, Secondary symbiotic origin of algal plastids and the phylogeny of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta), NSF.
2000 – 2001 Post Doctoral Fellow: the University of Iowa, The origin of algal plastids and Gracilaria plastid genomics (Rhodophyta), KOSEF.