Professor Chul Soon Yong graduated from the College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University in 1980 and completed his master’s degree in the same university in Department of Pharmaceutics. On receiving his PhD degree from the University of South Carolina in 1991, he joined the College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University and served as the dean in 2009. He was president of The Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, president of The Asian Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences (AFPS), vice-president of The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea, chair of Organizing Committee for AFPS Conference 2013 and vice-chairman of The Local Organizing Committee of FIP Seoul Congress 2017. Professor Yong has published around 300 papers in SCI journal and around 90 publications in Korean Journals, and edited several books.

His research interests cover the development of novel drug delivery systems and have expanded to include the application of various nanoparticles in drug delivery to treat cancers. He has been supervised more than 85 M.S. and 36 Ph.D. scientists in his academic carrier.