Prof. Young-Joon Surh graduated from College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. He gained a PhD degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and had postdoctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prof. Surh then served as Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine before he relocated to Korea.

Prof. Surh is currently Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cancer Prevention; Associate Editor of Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology, Molecular Carcinogenesis, Free Radical Research, and Journal of Ovarian Research; Honorary Editor of Journal of Traditional & Complementary Medicine; and Editorial Board member of International Journal of Cancer, Cancer Letters, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Oxygen, Genes & Disease, Genes and Nutrition, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, Human Nutrition & Metabolism, etc. He also co-edited following books: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Health (CRC Press), Molecular Targets & Therapeutic Use of Curcumin (Springer-Verlag), and Dietary Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways (CRC Press).

Prof. Surh has published more than 420 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and about 70 invited editorials, reviews and book chapters. The total number of citations of his publications is about 40,000 with the H-Index 110. Thomson Reuter selected him as one of the 16 Korean scientists whose publication is most highly cited. Prof. Surh received numerous awards including Elizabeth C. Miller and James A. Miller Distinguished Scholar Award from Rutgers University (2011), McCormic Science Institute Award from American Society for Nutrition (2009), Scientist of the Year Award from the Korea Science Reporters Association (2008), the Korea Science Award given by President of South Korea (2013), etc. He served as President of Asia Pacific Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics Organization (2017-2018) and President of Society of Free Radical Research-Asia (2023-2024).