Professor
Soohyun Yang, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Seoul National University
E-mail: soohyunyang@snu.ac.kr
ORCID: 0000 0002 9125 9880
ResearcherID: HZK-4421-2023
Scopus Author ID: 57194212347
Education
Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2019 Ph.D. Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Ecological Sciences & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program,
Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Sep. 2013 –Dec. 2015 Master of Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Mar. 2008 – Aug. 2013 Bachelor (Dual degree), Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering & Business School,
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Professional Experiences
Mar. 2023 – Present Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Jun. 2022 – Dec. 2022 Post-Doctoral Researcher (Joint affiliation with UFZ), Center for Advanced Systems Understanding,
Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Görlitz, Germany
Oct. 2019 – Dec. 2022 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis,
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany
Professional Affiliations
Journal Editorial Activities - Review Board
- Water Resources Research
- Hydrological Processes
- Hydrological Sciences Journal
- PLOS One
- Frontiers in Environmental Science [Review editor since 2022]
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology
- KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
- Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
- Hydrological Sciences Section Secretary [2025 – Present]
Korea Water Resources Association (한국수자원학회)
- 기획위원회 학회홍보분과 간사 [2025 – Present]
- 여성위원회 위원 [2025 – Present]
- 차세대 여성 수자원 과학기술인재 육성을 위한 멘토링 사업 멘토 [2024 – Present]
Korean Society of Civil Engineers (대한토목학회)
- 평의원 [2024.6 – 2025.5]
- 여성기술위원회 위원 [2024 – Present]
- 중장기발전위원회 위원 [2024]
Water Engineering Society Conference (물공학회)
- 운영위원회 위원 [2023 – Present]
Korean Society of Ecology and Infrastructure Engineering (응용생태공학회)
- 기획위원회 이사 [2025 – Present]
Other Memberships
- AGU (American Geophysics Union) [2017 – Present]
- EGU (European Geosciences Union) [2017 – Present]
- Korean Society on Water Environment (한국물환경학회) [2024 – Present]
Honors
Kamide Lecture Award (2024), Section of Hydrological Sciences, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (click for Abstract)
Best Paper Award (2023), Korean Society of Ecology and Infrastructure Engineering
Best Presentation Award (2021), Water Engineering Society Conference
The Future Talent Award (2020), The Korea Federation of Women’s Science & Technology Associations
WRR Editor’s Choice Award (2019 and 2017), Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union
Young Scientist’s Travel Award (2015), European Geosciences Union General Assembly
Young Woman Researcher Award (2014), Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology & Korean Society of Civil Engineers
Best Student Paper Award (2014), Korean Society of Civil Engineers