JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Dec. 29, 2022) – Dr. Yoon Hwang, of Seoul, South Korea, a probe microbiologist, assigned to the Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, was recognized by Commanding Officer Capt. Gerald DeLong arsenic the Fiscal Year 2022 “Science Staff” Civilian of the Year during Mission Impossible held astatine the Tri-Service Research Laboratory, Dec. 14.
Working wrong the Environmental Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, Hwang plans and directs studies successful a assortment of fields including craniofacial wellness and restorative medicine, combat casualty attraction and operational medicine, and allied wellness sciences with an accent connected microbiology, carnal physiology, toxicology, immunology, virology, bacteriology, biophysics, biochemistry, integrated chemistry, and aesculapian science.
Hwang, who earned his doctorate from Seoul National University successful 1996, has been supporting naval aesculapian probe and improvement for 12 years.
“Becoming a subject probe idiosyncratic was the realization of a imagination my household and I person had for years,” said Hwang, whose begetter and uncle served successful the Korean Marine Corps. “I cognize that I person invaluable skills and talents that volition importantly lend to the information of the American people.”
Upon entering the United States, Hwang was selected for a post-doctoral fellowship astatine the National Institute of Health.
“This acquisition provided maine with usage of highly method facilities and fantabulous mentors who inspired maine to go a much dedicated scientist,” said Hwang, who besides earned a master’s grade successful Management Information Systems astatine the University of Memphis. “This created a coagulated instauration for my continued enactment astatine St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.”
Hwang has 12 years of acquisition successful microbiology which has equipped him with the full repertoire of bacteriology, mycology, virology, pathology, genetics, and biochemistry. During his doctoral work, helium utilized Mass Spectrometer and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to place respective bio-products of a fungus.
Additionally, helium attained 27 years of probe acquisition successful toxicology, molecular biology, pathology, bioinformatics, and proteomics utilizing Atomic Absorption Spectrometry to see Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS-MS).
According to Hwang, helium wants to usage his cognition and acquisition to support the lives of Sailors, Marines, and their families.
“With the unspeakable dangers caused by terrorists and different enemies of freedom, the U.S. subject needs the skills that I offer,” said Hwang. “This is wherefore I privation to service my state arsenic a probe scientist. It is the top of honors to service arsenic a microbiologist, toxicologist, and biochemist researcher successful America’s Navy.”
Hwang’s erstwhile accolades see the 2020 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award on with obtaining 2 patents and authoring of 12 technological publications.
“Dr. Hwang is simply a superb idiosyncratic that works tirelessly to amended the attraction and readiness of our warfighter,” said Dr. Sylvain Cardin, NAMRU San Antonio’s main subject director. “He is an indispensable plus to NAMRU-SA and is good deserving of this coveted award.”
NAMRU San Antonio is 1 of the starring probe and improvement laboratories for the U.S. Navy nether the Department of Defense and is 1 of 8 subordinate probe commands successful the planetary web of laboratories operating nether the Naval Medical Research Center successful Silver Spring, Md.
Its ngo is to behaviour spread driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed vigor probe to amended survival, operational readiness, and information of DOD unit engaged successful regular and expeditionary operations.
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