All biological processes of life are controlled by complex networks of chemical reactions between inorganic and organic materials and biological molecules, including nucleic acids and proteins. Among these, proteins play the most critical role as structural constituents and as functional regulators in virtually all aspects of biochemical events occurring in living organisms. Physicochemical and biochemical properties as well as physiological roles of proteins are determined by genetic information encoded in the genomes. Genomic structures and molecular mechanisms underlying genome function are being extensively studies in recent years. In particular, very recent studies on gene-protein relationships in eukaryotes have revealed that roles of the genes residing in the genomes are regulated at multiple steps through elaborate regulatory schemes. The newly emerging regulatory schemes include microRNA, small interfering peptides, and controlled protein degradations in addition to molecular interactions between diverse biomolecules, such as proteins, DNA and RNA, and lipids. Our researches are mainly focused on these postgenomic tools with an aim of elucidating molecular and biochemical mechanisms underlying functional roles of genes and proteins in the regulation of growth, flowering, and stem cell proliferation. We have recently set out bioenergy researches in which the genomic and postgenomic tools are applied to engineer crop plants that can be used for production of bioenergy.

• Ph.D. Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, 1993
• B.S. Biology, Seoul National University, Korea, 1983

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences,
• State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, 1993-1995
• Researcher, The Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, USA, 1995-1996
• Principal Investigator, Kumho Life & Environmental Science Laboratory, Kwangju, KOREA, 1996-2002
• Adjunct professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Mokpo National University, Mokpo, KOREA, 1999-2001
• Associate professor, Graduate School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,
• Seoul National University, KOREA, 2002-Present

1. “HOS1 Activates DNA Repair Systems to Enhance Plant Thermotolerance.” S.H. Han, Y.J. Park, and C.M. Park, Nat. Plants 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41477-020-00809-6. Online.
2. “GIGANTEA Shapes the Photoperiodic Rhythms of Thermomorphogenic Growth in Arabidopsis.”
3. Y.J. Park, J.Y. Kim, J.H. Lee, B.D. Lee, N.C. Paek, and C.M. Park, Mol. Plant 2020, 13, 459-470.
4. “ZEITLUPE Contributes to a Thermoresponsive Protein Quality Control System in Arabidopsis.” K.E. Gil, W.Y. Kim, H.J. Lee, M. Faisal, Q. Saquib, A.A. Alatar, C.M. Park, Plant Cell 2017, 29, 2882-2894.
5. “Thermo-Induced Maintenance of Photo-oxidoreductases Underlies Plant Autotrophic Development.” J.H. Ha, H.J. Lee, J.H. Jung, and C.M. Park, Dev. Cell 2017, 41, 170-179.
6. “Stem-Piped Light Activates Phytochrome B to Trigger Light Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana Roots.” H.J. Lee, J.H. Ha, S.G. Kim, H.K. Choi, Z.H. Kim, Y.J. Han, J.I. Kim, Y. Oh, V. Fragoso, K. Shin, T. Hyeon, H.G. Choi, K.H. Oh, I.T. Baldwin, and C.M. Park, Sci. Signal. 2016, 9, ra106.
7. “FCA Mediates Thermal Adaptation of Stem Growth by Attenuating Auxin Action in Arabidopsis.”
8. H.J. Lee, J.H. Jung, L.L. Cortés, S.G. Kim, S. Lee, I.T. Baldwin, and C.M. Park, Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 5473.