Hanjoong Jo, PhD

Biographical Sketch

Korea University, Seoul, Korea BS 02/1984 Animal Science
Pennsylvania State University PhD 05/1989 Physiology
Washington University in St. Louis Postdoc 05/1990 Cell Signaling
University of Alabama at Birmingham Postdoc 12/1993 Cell Signaling

Positions and Employment

1995-2000             Assistant Professor, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Pathology & Biomedical Engineering

2000-2006             Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Div. of Cardiology, GA Tech & Emory Univ.

2006-Present   Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Div. of Cardiology, GA Tech & Emory Univ.

2007-2012             Ada Lee and Pete Correll Professor in Biomedical Engineering, GA Tech & Emory Univ.

2009-2013             Visiting Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Bioinspired Science, Ewha Womans Univ, S. Korea

2012-2021         John and Jan Portman Professor in Biomedical Engineering, GA Tech and Emory Univ.

2013-Present         Associate Chair for Emory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, GA Tech and Emory Univ.

2021-Present Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Professor Chair, GA Tech and Emory Univ.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1983                Presidential Award to the Most Outstanding Student, Korea University
1983-1984        Lee, Myung-Hun Memorial Scholarship, Korea University
1989-1991        The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, New York, NY
2007                Outstanding Basic Science Research Award, Emory University, Department of Medicine
2013               Emory 1% Club (for those achieving 1% on grant application)
2014             Best Presenter Award, 2014 European Atherosclerosis Society Annual Meeting, Spain
2011               Elected Fellow, American Heart Association (AHA)
2013               Elected Fellow, American Physiological Society, Cardiovascular Section (APS)
2014             Elected Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
2015             Elected Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2021 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2007-2013        Cell and Molecular Bioengineering Journal, Associate Editor
2012-Present    Frontiers in Physiology, Vascular Biology, Guest Associate Editor
2013-Present    Physiology Journal, Associate Editor
2013-Present    Cardiovascular Engineering, Technology (CVET), Associate Editor
2015-Present    Nature Scientific Report, Editorial Board Member

2004-Present   Am. J Physiology: Cell Physiology.  Editorial Board Member
2005-Present     Circulation Research:  Editorial Board Member
2006-2011         Am. J Physiology: Heart & Circ Physiology.  Editorial Board Member
2008-Present     Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Editorial Board Member
2008-2013         American Journal of Pathology, Editorial Board Member
2012-Present     Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB), Editorial Board Member 

2002-2008, 2010   NIH VCMB Study Section, Ad Hoc and Chartered Member
2010-2012             Chair and Co-Chair, Am Heart Association, Vasc Endo Biology Study Section
2011-12                 Conference Chair, The 2012 Annual Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting
2011-12                 Co-Chair, The 6th International Symp Biomechanics in Vascular Biology Meeting
2012-Present         Co-Chair, Physiological Genomics Council, American Physiology Society,
2013-Present         Chair, American Heart Association, Vasc Endothelial Biology, Clinical Study section
2013-2014             Chair, UKC 2014 Convergence Symposium, San Francisco
2013-2014             Chair, US-Korea Annual Biomedical Engineering Society Workshop, Seattle & San Antonio

Professional Societies

Biomedical Eng Society, Am. Heart Assn., Am. Physiological Soc, Soc Free Radical Biology Medicine,
Heart Valve Disease Society. North American Vascular Biology Organization.