Education
1988. 03 ~ 1994. 02
Ph.D. : History of Science and Science Chung-Hak Combined Program, Seoul National University
1984. 03 ~ 1986. 02
Master : History of Science and Science Chung-Hak Combined Program, Seoul National University
1980. 03 ~ 1984. 02
Bachelor : Biophysics, Seoul National University
Career
2006. 04 ~ present
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
2003. 05 ~ 2009. 05
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
2000. 07 ~ 2003. 05
Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science History, University of Toronto, Canada
1995. 07 ~ 2000. 06
Assistant Professor, Philosophy of Science History, University of Toronto, Canada
Research Interests
1. History of science
- Visualization and representation in physical sciences
- The Concept of progress in Darwinian evolutionary biology
2. History of technology
- The history of electrification in Korea, 1887-2007
- The formation of scientific electrical engineering
3. Science, technology and society (STS)
- Technological risk and governance
- Team creativity and leadership in science
- Neuroethics and neurohumanities
Publications
- Hong S (2008) Science with a Human Face (Seoul National University Press) in Korean.
- Hong S (2008) The Hwang Scandal that “Shook the World of Science”. East Asian Science, Technology, and Society an International Journal 2: 1-7.
- Hong S (2007) East Asian STS: Some Critical Issues. East Asian Science, Technology, and Society: an International Journal 1: 233-236.
- Hong S (2006) Korean Scientists Look at Japanese Colonization: The Emergence of an Idea of the Value-Neutrality and Objectivity of Science. Historia Scientiarum 15: 268-275.
- Hong S (2005) Marconi’s Error: The First Transatlantic Wireless Telegraphy in 1901. Social Research 72: 107-124.
