Prof. Dr. Jang-Cheon CHO
Work: Dept. Biological Sciences, Inha University
Office: 5N538
Wet lab: 5N541
Dry lab: 5N417B
Office phone: +82-32-860-7711
Laboratory phone: +82-32-876-5541
Fax: +82-32-232-0541
E-mail: chojc at inha.ac.kr
Homepage: www.cholabinha.org
Address: Dept. Biological Sciences, Inha University,
Inharo 100, Incheon 22212, Korea
Research & Lectures
Research Area
Culturing the uncultured, Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiology
Marine Microbiology, Freshwater Microbiology, Microbial Multi-omics
Major Research Interest
Cultivation of as-yet-uncultured microorganisms (generally colony non-formers) Autecological research on the as-yet-uncultured microorganisms based on multi-omics Eco-physiology of hard-to-be-cultured prokaryotes
Aquatic (marine and freshwater) microbial ecology
Isolation of viruses infecting hard-to-be-cultured prokaryotes & their ecology
Antibiotic resistance genes mediated by viruses
Taxonomy and evolution of hard-to-be-cultured prokaryotes
Lectures: Undergraduate
Biology 101, Biology 102
General Microbiology
Applied Microbiology
Microbes Changing the World
CEO & Entpreunership
Lectures: Graduate School
Microbial Ecology, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, and etc.
Education
B.Sc.: Dept. Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. 1987~1992
M.Sc.: Dept. Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. 1992~1994
Ph.D.: Dept. Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. 1994~2000
M.Sc. Thesis: Composition and bacterial utilization of dissolved organic matters in the water
column of Daechung Reservoir
Ph.D. Dissertation: Molecular ecological study on the microbial community structure and the survival of pathogens in groundwater environment
Professional Services
2009~present: Inha Fellow Professor, Inha University
2014~present: Full Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University
2009~2014: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University
2005~2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences, Inha University
2001~2005: Research Associate, Oregon State University, USA (PI: Steve Giovannoni)
2000~2001: Post-doc, Research Center for Molecular Microbiology, Seoul National University
Academic Activities
2018~present: Scientific Reports, Editorial Board
2019~present: Journal of Microbiology (JM), Associate Editor
2018~present: Journal of Species Research (JSR), Associate Editor
2008~present: J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (JMB), Editor
2015~2021: The ISME Journal, Editorial Board
2014~2021: BiSMiS (Bergey’s Int. Soc. for Microbial Systematics), Associate Editor
2013~2014: J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (JMB), Associate Editor
2011~present: Microbes and Environment (M&E), Associate Editor
2010~2015: Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (IJSEM), Associate Editor
2010~2012: Journal of Microbiology (JM), Associate Editor
2005~2012: Journal of Microbiology (JM), Editor
