Life Summary
Yang O-bong is the President of Jeonbuk National University.

He is dedicated to making Jeonbuk National University a global hub and a flagship university.

Born in 1962 in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do.

He graduated from Jeonju High School and studied chemical engineering at Korea University, then received his master's and doctoral degrees from KAIST.

After working at Hanwha Energy and Pohang Institute of Industrial Technology, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Jeonbuk National University in 1995.

He served as a visiting professor at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, a visiting scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States, and a visiting professor at the University of Valencia in Spain.

At Jeonbuk National University, he served as the head of the Silicon-based Solar Cell Advanced Human Resources Training Project Group and the director of the Solar Energy Research Center before being appointed as president.

He has been a member of the Special Committee on Regional Policy and Pledges under the Presidential Committee on Regional Development, a civilian member of the Saemangeum Committee for Energy and New Industries under the Prime Minister's Office, the Planning Committee Chair for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells at the Korea Energy Technology Evaluation Institute, and the president of the Korean Society for Solar Energy.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and the head of the National Support Committee for Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province.

He is a chemical engineer researching renewable energy, solar cell materials and devices, and energy storage materials.

As the first president of the Glocal University 30 University Council, he is committed to the successful establishment of the Glocal University 3.0 project.

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