**Yong-Seok Heo**

Yong-Seok Heo is currently a professor of chemistry, Konkuk University, Korea. He received his Bachelor's degree in 1996, Master's degree in 1999, and Ph.D. in 2005 at Seoul National University in chemistry, studying the structural biology of MAPK signaling. He joined LG chem. In 1999 and CrystalGenomics in 2000 as a research scientist for structure-based drug discovery. He joined Konkuk university in 2006 as a professor in the department of chemistry. His research focuses on the mechanism of action of biologics, including therapeutic antibodies. He has unveiled the molecular mechanisms underlying the therapeutic efficacies of antibody drugs used in cancer immunotherapy and to treat inflammatory autoimmune diseases. He is a member of the board of director of Korean Society for Structural Biology and editorial board of BioDesign.
