Songon “Song” An (안성언)
As a first generation college student, he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry and Organic Chemistry (Mentor: Prof. Kwan Soo Kim), respectively, from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. He earned his Ph.D. from the Chemistry Department at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Mentor: Prof. Karin Musier-Forsyth). After a period as a postdoctoral scholar at the Pennsylvania State University (Mentor: Prof. Stephen J. Benkovic), he joined the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2011. He is the first Asian faculty who got promoted with a tenure at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UMBC.
Songon An_CV (updated 02.14.24).PDF
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
September 2019 – Present Faculty Member, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland
October 2018 – Present Faculty Member, Program in Oncology, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
September 2011 – Present Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Life Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland
August 2011 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Grant Reviewer
2023 Panel Reviewer, NIH F04S Study Section
2021 Panel Reviewer, NIH ZCA1-SRB-K(O1) Study Section
2020 Grant Reviewer, ERC (Europepan Research Council), European Union
2020 Grant Reviewer, ANR (French National Research Agency), France
2019 Panel Reviewer, NIH MSFA Study Section
2018 Grant Reviewer, ANR (French National Research Agency), France
2017 Panel Reviewer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program
2016 Early Career Reviewer, NIH MSFC Study Section
2016 Grant Reviewer, MRC (Medical Research Council), UK
2015 Panel Reviewer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Editorial Board Member
2023.11-present Associate Editor, the Cellular Biochemistry section in Frontiers (frontiersin.org)
2023.3.-2023.11. Review Editor, Editorial Board of the Cellular Biochemistry section in Frontiers (frontiersin.org)
2023.3.-present Review Editor, Editorial Board of the Molecular Biophysics section in Frontiers (frontiersin.org)
2016-2021 Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
2014-2017 Editorial Board Member of AACR – Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group (CICR)
2013-2022 Editorial Board Member of Faculty of 1000 (F1000Prime) for Chemical Biology
INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS / SESSION CHAIRS (Selected)
2024_July 30: The 2024 Gordon Research Conference – Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Metabolic Pathways, Waterville Valley, NH.
2024_May 4: (Co-organizer) The Mid-Atlantic Frontiers in Chemistry and Biology Interface Symposium (FCBIS), UMBC, Baltimore, MD.
2024_February 23: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI.
2023 November 15: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
2022_December 3-7: (Co-organizer) Special Interest Subgroup – Organization and Regulation of Cell Metabolism by Enzyme Assemblies: Metabolons and Filaments, Cell Bio 2022 – ASCB/EMBO meeting, Washington, DC.
2021_July 15: The 2021 InSiDE Seminar Series: Signaling Dynamics and Encoding.
2021_March 1: (Invitation by Graduate Student Association) The Graduate School of “Protein Complex Assembly”, Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany.
2020_Feb 25: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
2019_Nov 9: (Co-organizer) The 6th Chesapeake Bay Area Single Molecule Biology (CBASMB) Meeting, UMBC, Baltimore, MD.
2019_April: Keystone Symposia-Biomolecular Condensates: Phase-Separated Organizers of Cellular Biochemistry (D5), Snowbird, Utah.
2019_February: The 2019 Winter Quantitative Biology Meeting, Oahu, HI.
2018_October: The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
2018_September: The 2018 AACR Metabolism and Cancer (Plenary Session 5), New York City, NY.
2018_September: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2018_February: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Arlington, TX.
2018_January: The 7th Annual Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Retreat, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
2017_September: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.
2017_May: The Department of Pharmacology and The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA.
2017_April: The Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
2017_March: The Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
2017_March: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas and Fairfax, VA.
2017_January: (Session Chair) The 25th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL.
2016_November: The Institute of Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
2016_September: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
2016_September: Biology, Chemistry and Physics of Non-membranous Organelle, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
2016_August: Technical Group Symposium – Chemistry, The US-Korea Conference 2016 in Sciences, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport, Dallas, TX.
2016_July: The 2016 Gordon Research Conference – Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Metabolic Pathways, Waterville Valley, NH.
2015_May 16: (Co-organizer) The 8th Frontiers in Chemistry and Biology Interface Symposium (FCBIS), UMBC, Baltimore, MD.
2015_January: The Protein Meet-Up Symposium 2015, The Protein Society, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.
2014_December: Special Interests Subgroup – Cytoophidia, Snakes within the Cell: Compartmentalization and Filamentation of Metabolic Pathways, the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia, PA
2014_September: 5th World Congress on Bioavailability and Bioequivanlence: Pharmaceutical R&D Summit, Baltimore, MD
2014_February: (Invitation by Graduate Student Association) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
2014_January: The 3rd Annual Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Retreat, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2013_December: Baltimore Life Scientist Association, Baltimore, MD
2013_August: Technical Group Symposium – Cancer and Metabolism, The US-Korea Conference 2013 on Sciences, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center, NJ.
2013_February: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2012_September: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
2012_April: 5th Annual Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2012- Member, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
2012- Member, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
2012- Member, Baltimore Chapter, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
2011- Member, Baltimore Life Scientist Association (http://www.blsa.or.kr)
2010- Member, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
2008-2014 Member, American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004-2005 Financial Affairs–Minnesota Chapter, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
2003-2004 General Affairs–Minnesota Chapter, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
2002-2005 Guest Columnist, The Busan Ilbo (Local Newspaper), Busan, Korea
2002- Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
1997-1999 Member, Korean Chemical Society
LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICES
2024 Invited Speaker, The RISE (Research In Science and Engineering) Conference, Hosted by High School Students in Science National Honor Society (SNHS) and National Math Honor Society (NMSC) at Centennial High School, Howard County, Ellicott City, MD.
2017-2021 Faculty Advisor, The Society for Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), UMBC Chapter, Baltimore.
2016-2019 Planning Committee Member, Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, UMBC.
2015-2024 Planning Committee Member, Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD), UMBC.
2014- Research Mentor, High-School Students from Howard and Baltimore County Public School Systems, MD.
2011- Volunteer Judge, Various Levels of Science Fairs at Howard County Public School Systems, MD.
SOCIAL NETWORKS
ORCID, Linked-In and ResearchGate