Sun, You-jeong 사진
Sun, You-jeong
Major
History of Modern and Contemporary Science in Korea
Position
lecturer
TEL
063-270-3433
Email
sunyoujeong@gmail.com

Education

Ph.D. in Science and Technology Culture, Chonbuk National University, August 2012
M.Sc. in Science Studies, Chonbuk National University, February 2005
B.Sc. in Science Studies, Chonbuk National University, February 2002

Professional Experience

Research Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, National Research Foundation of Korea, June 2023 – Present

Senior Researcher, Science Culture Research Center, Chonbuk National University, July 2023 – Present

Senior Researcher, Center for General Education Research, Gyeongnam National University, October 2022 – June 2023

Senior Researcher, Basic Research Support Project, Chonbuk National University, March 2016 – August 2021
Lecturer, Department of Science Studies, Chonbuk National University, August 2006 – Present
Visiting Researcher, Laboratory of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, April 2013 – March 2014
Research Fellow, Humanities Korea (HK) Rice, Rice Civilization Research Institute, Chonbuk National University, September 2008 – October 2010

Selected Publications

Sun, Y. Jeong, “Growing as the Leading Force in Korean Agricultural Science: Koreans at Kyushu Imperial University, Faculty of Agriculture,” Korean Journal of Modern and Contemporary History, 2024.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “The Politicization of Water: Stories of Artificial Rain in 1960s Korea,” Journal of Science and Technology Studies, 2023.
Sun, Y. Jeong, Kim, K. Bae, “The Trajectory of Oyster Mushroom Research in Korea: Kim Sam-soon’s Breakthrough in Cultivation Techniques,” Journal of Korean History of Science, 2021.
Sun, Y. Jeong, Kim, K. Bae, “A History of Science Approach to Mycologist Kim Sam-soon’s Research Activities,” Journal of the Korean Mycological Society, 2021.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “Women Scientists in Colonial Korea and Japan: A Comparative Study of Michiyo Tsujimura and Kim Sam-soon,” Asian Culture Studies, 2021.
Sun, Y. Jeong, Kim, K. Bae, “Biographical Studies in the History of Modern Korean Science and Technology,” Journal of Korean History of Science, 2021.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “Koreans’ Admission to Imperial Universities and Its Significance: The Case of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto Imperial University,” Journal of Humanities Studies, 2021.
Moon, M. Yong, Sun, Y. Jeong, Kang, H. G., “The History of Korean Mathematics and the Birth of the ‘Gyeongbuk School’: Formation and Development of Mathematical Research Tradition at Kyungpook National University,” Journal for History of Mathematics, 2020.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “Pioneer of Korea’s Petroleum Industry: The Life and Significance of Jeon Min-je,” Journal of Business History, 2020.
Sun, Y. Jeong, Moon, M. Yong, “Research on Local Scientific and Industrial Heritage: Focusing on Daegu and Gyeongbuk Regions,” Journal of Community Studies, 2018.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “The Growth of Hyeon Shin-gyu as a Forestry Scientist during Japanese Colonial Rule and Its Significance,” Korean Biographical Studies, 2014.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “From Scientific Spaces to Political Spaces: The Development and Distribution of Eunsuwon Ash Trees,” Journal of Korean History of Science, 2009.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “Science Meets Politics: Park Chung-hee’s Tongil Rice in Huh Moon-hoe’s IR667,” Journal of Korean History of Science, 2008.
Sun, Y. Jeong, “Hyeon Shin-gyu’s Research on Ligiteda Pine,” Journal of Korean History of Science, 2005.

Books

Kim, K. Bae, Sun, Y. Jeong, Lee, E. Kyung, The Birth of Scientists in the Republic of Korea: Biographies of Korean Science and Technology Figures – Natural Sciences Volume, Sero Books, 2024.
Lee, E. Kyung, Kim, K. Bae, Sun, Y. Jeong, Shin, M. Young, Kang, M. Hwa, Science, Technology, and Society, Sorinae, 2016.
Kim, K. Bae, Sun, Y. Jeong, et al. (13 authors), Korean Science Contingency Plan, Deulnyeok, 2016.
Park, M. Na, Sun, Y. Jeong, Jeong, W. On, Exploring Science through the Humanities, Korean Literature Press, 2015.
Lee, M. Gyu, Sun, Y. Jeong, et al. (5 authors), A Stroll Through the History of Science, Sorinae, 2015.
Jo, J. Mi, Sun, Y. Jeong, et al. (6 authors), (For University Students) An Integrated Understanding of Science and Technology, Korea Academic Information, 2013.