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20+ Years’ Experience in Recombinant Protein Technology,
Tumor Immunology, and Biotechnology Research
CEO
SaeGwang Park, M.D./Ph.D.
Positions Held

(Current) Professor, Inje University College of Medicine
(Previous) Visiting Professor, University of Chicago
M.A./Ph.D., Seoul National University
M.D., Inje University College of Medicine
Research Experience

Research on recombinant DNA technology
Research on antibody engineering
Published studies on Herceptin (trastuzumab)’s immunotherapy mechanism of action and animal testing for correct use in clinical trials at University of Chicago (2007 - 2009)
Established 3 animal models for macular degeneration, retinopathy of prematurity, and uveitis while conducting retinal research (2012)
Joint research on EBP proteins with Hanyang University Professor Dong Woo Lim, advancing biobetter development platform (2013)
Joint research on thrombocytopenia with Professors Jee-Yeong Jeong and Kyung Moo Yea through a National Research Grant on Bio & Medical Technology
20+ Years’ Experience in Blood Disease
and Biotechnology Research
CTO
Jee-Yeong Jeong, Ph.D.
Positions Held

(Current) Professor, Kosin University College of Medicine
(Previous) Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Scientist, LG Chem Biotech Research Institute
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Purdue University
B.S./M.S., Biochemistry, Yonsei University
Research Experience

Received Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Purdue University (Research on intracellular signaling and Protein Ser/Thr phosphatase 5 (PP5), 2002)
Served as instructor at Harvard Medical School (next generation drug development for anemia, research on a novel tumor suppressor candidate SBP-1, research on various blood diseases, 2003~2012)
Served as expert committee member at Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Served as expert committee member at National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation
Director of Kosin University Medical Research Institute (2020~)
Review Board, Directorate for National Strategic R&D Programs, National Research Foundation of Korea
Committee member of the Basic Research Promotion Council, a branch of Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology (PACST)
The key executives operate NexThera based on
differentiated expertise and industry knowledge.
Leadership
SaeGwang Park
CEO

(Current) Professor, Inje University College of Medicine
(Previous) Visiting Professor, University of Chicago
M.S./Ph.D., Seoul National University
M.D., Inje University College of Medicine
Jee-Yeong Jeong
CTO

(Current) Professor, Kosin University College of Medicine
(Previous) Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Scientist, LG Chem Biotech Research Institute
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Purdue University
B.S./M.S., Biochemistry, Yonsei University
Stephan Jeong
COO

(Current) COO, NexThera
(Previous) CEO PPG Korea/Japan cum Platform Director, PPG Asia Pacific
Executive Education, Yale University
B.S., Polymer Science & Engineering, Busan National University
Sung Su Yea
Director of R&D Center

(Current) Director of Research, NexThera
Professor and Chair, Inje University College of Medicine
(Previous) Visiting Professor, UC Irvine
M.S./Ph.D., Toxicology, KAIST
B.S., Biochemistry, Yonsei University
Expert Committee Member, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation
Expert Committee Member, Ministry of Environment
Jihye Kang
CSO

(Current) CSO, NexThera
Ph.D., in Pharmacy, Seoul National University
(Previous) Senior Managing Director, Curacle Co., Ltd.
(Previous) Clinical Team Leader, Handok Inc.
(Previous) Principal Researcher, Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp.
(Previous) Staff Scientist, Sequoia Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
(Previous) Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute-Frederick/NIH, USA
Kyung Sun Lee
Director of Development Team

(Current) Director of Development Team, NexThera
(Previous) General Manager, Aprilbio
(Previous) TS Corporation R&D center, Principal (or senior) research engineer
Ph.D., Marine Science and Biological Engineering ,Inha University
M.S., Biological Engineering ,Inha University
B.S., Chemical, Polymer & Biological Engineering,Inha University
Key Personnel in R&D
Kug-Hwan Roh
Senior Researcher
Education

Inje University Ph.D. in Microbiology
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Retinal disease therapeutics research
Development and efficacy testing of macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy animal models
Min-Jung Kim
Senior Researcher
Education

Kosin University Ph.D. in Biochemistry
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Blood disease research
Blood stem cell / hematopoietic stem cell expansion & differentiation
Blood cancer therapeutics development
Cho Won Kim
Senior Researcher
Education

Kyungpook National University Ph.D in Biological Science
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

mRNA vaccine development and optimisation
Protein vaccine design and production
Therapeutic and vaccine efficacy evaluation
Jin Hee Park
Senior Researcher
Education

Inje University Ph.D. in Immunology
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Tumor animal models
Immunological mechanism study of radiotherapy
Efficacy testing and mechanism study of anti-cancer immunotherapy
Hyeongseok Kim
Senior Researcher
Education

The Catholic University of Korea Ph.D. in Cancer Biology
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Tumorigenesis mechanism study
Tumor dielectric base study
Hana Jung
Senior Researcher
Education

University of Ulsan M.S. in Biological Science
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Protein polymer research
Protein polymer design and manufacturing
Functional evaluation of recombinant proteins
Na-Young Lim
Senior Researcher
Education

Busan National University M.S. in Molecular Biology
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Retinal disease therapeutics research
Efficacy testing of functional peptides
Efficacy testing of topical eye delivery
You Song Lee
Assistant Researcher
Education

Dong-A University M.S in Health Sciences
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Retinal disease therapeutics research
Ji An Kang
Senior Researcher
Education

Chungnam National University M.S. in medical science
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Blood disease research
Ji Hyeong Han
Assistant Researcher
Education

Dong-A University B.S in Biological Science
Major R&D Fields and Expertise

Blood disease research
Collaborating Institutions