Korean Society of Toxicology

History

1977 - 1980

First president of the KEMS: Taek-gu Yoon (Korea Cancer Center Hospital)

1981 - 1982

2nd president of the KEMS: Wan Kyoo Cho (College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University)

1983 - 1984

3rd president of the KEMS: Wan-gyu Cho (College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University)

1985 - 1986

4th president of the KEMS: Jung Kyu Lim (College of Medicine, Seoul National University)

1987 - 1988

5th president of the KEMS: Sang Sup Lee (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

1987 - 1988

2nd president of the KSOT: Chan-Woong Park (College of Medicine, Seoul National University)

1989 - 1990

3rd / 6th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Nak Doo Kim (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

June 14 - 16, 1990

The Korea-Japan Toxicology Conference (New Castle Plaza Hotel, Nagoya, Japan)

1991 - 1992

4th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Hyen Sam Kang (College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University)

1993 - 1994

5th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Sang-Dai Park (College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University)

November 26 - 27 1993

The 1993 Korea-Japan International Symposium and Conference

1995 - 1996

6th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Il Moo Chang (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

1997 - 1998

7th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Kyu Hwan Yang (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

June 29 - July 2 1997

The Asia Toxicology Conference

1999 - 2000

8th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Young Soon Lee (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)

1997 - 2000

2nd president of the Asian Society of Toxicology: Il-moo Jang (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

August 23 - 25 2000

The 2nd Asia Toxicology Conference (Hyatt Regency Hotel, Jeju, Korea)

2001 - 2002

9th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Myung-Hee Chung (College of Medicine, Seoul National University)

2003 - 2004

10th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Young Chul Kim (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

2005 - 2006

11th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Hai Won Chung (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)

2007 - 2008

12th president of the KSOT / KEMS; Sang-Seop Han (Safety Evaluation Lab, Korea Chemical Research Institute)

July 18 2007

Hosted the XIII International Congress of Toxicology

2009 - 2010

13th president of the KSOT / KEMS: Jin-Ho Chung (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

Jan 2011 - June 2012

14th president of the KSOT/KEMS; Byung-Mu Lee (College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University)

July 2012 - Dec 2013

15th president of the KSOT/KEMS; Sang Geon Kim (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

June 30 - July 4 2013

The XIII International Congress of Toxicology

2014 - 2015

16th president of the KSOT / KEMS; Myung-Haing Cho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)

June 23 - 26 2015

The 7th International Congress of Toxicology of Asian Society of Toxicology (ASIATOX 2015)

2016-2017

17th president of the KSOT / KEMS; Hoonjeong Kwon (College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)

November 12 - 16 2017

The 12th International & 5th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagen (ICEM 2017)

2018-2019

18th president of the KSOT / KEMS; Byung-Hoon Lee (College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University)

December 2019

KSOT and JSOT sign a MOU for academic cooperation

2020-2021

19th president of the KSOT / KEMS; Jung-Duck Park (College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)

2022-2023

20th president of the KSOT / KEMS; Young-Jin Chun (College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University)

2024-2025

21st president of the KSOT / KEMS; Kyung-Chul Choi (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University)