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Gwangpyo Ko

Gwangpyo Ko BS, MS, PhD

Immunology and Microbiology
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

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GwangPyo began his career as a microbiologist, working in research for a number of years before finding a Kobiolabs. He has published more than 100 papers and patents on health and food environment such as microbiome. Since 2011, he has been a director of Center for Human and Environmental Microbiome(Seoul National University) and also a PI and board member of International Human Microbiome Consortium. Prior to joining Seoul National University as a professor of Environmental Health Microbiology, he conducted post-doctoral work from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and served as a assistant professor at Dept. of Environmental Health from University of Texas Health Science Center afterwards. He earned a M.S. and Sc.D. in Environmental Health from Harvard University.
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