Koong-Nah Chung, Ph.D.

Dr. Koong-Nah Chung is Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, and Instructor of Cell Biology and Physiology. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1980 and a doctorate in molecular biology and biochemistry from Washington University School of Medicine in 1986. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California in Berkeley and a senior staff fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, she joined the School of Medicine in 1996 as a research assistant professor.

Dr. Chung is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Society of Cell Biology. In 1995, she received the Young Investigator Award from the Society of Biomedical Research. Her research interests include organelle biogenesis, and cell membrane structures called caveolae.


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