Jum Sook Chung (Korean정점숙) is a South Korean carcinologist who researches the impact of neuroendocrine regulation on crustacean physiology, sex differentiation, and stress responses. She is a professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology.

J. Sook Chung
정점숙
Born
Jum Sook Chung
Alma materPusan National University
Seoul National University
Texas A&M University
Scientific career
FieldsCarcinology, neuroendocrinology
InstitutionsBirkbeck, University of London
University of Wales
University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Doctoral advisorCho Wan-kyoo

Education

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Jum Sook Chung completed a B.S. from Pusan National University in 1979. In 1981, she earned a M.S. in the department of zoology at Seoul National University. Her academic supervisor was Cho Wan-kyoo. Chung earned a Ph.D. in the department of entomology at Texas A&M University in 1991 under academic advisor Larry L. Keeley.[1]

Career

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Chung was a research associate in the department of biology at Birkbeck, University of London from 1991 to 1994. She was a research scientist in the school of biological sciences at University of Wales from 1994 to 2003. Chung was an assistant professor in the center of marine biotechnology at the University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research from 2004 to 2010. In 2010, she joined the faculty at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology. She was promoted to associate professor in 2012.[1] Chung is a professor.[2]

Research

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Chung researches the impact of neuroendocrine regulation on crustacean physiology, sex differentiation, and stress responses.[2] Her laboratory sequenced and mapped the full genome of a Callinectes sapidus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chung, J. Sook (2016). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  2. ^ a b "Dr. J Sook Chung". University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  3. ^ Cox, Jeremy (November 9, 2021). "Scientists crack genetic code of Chesapeake Bay blue crab". Bay Journal. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
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