{"firstName":"Sang-Jun","lastName":"Ha","position":"Professor","department":"Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University","homepages":["https://labsi.yonsei.ac.kr/"],"homepage":"https://labsi.yonsei.ac.kr/","orcid":"","googleScholar":"https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=p9v_IEgAAAAJ","emails":["sjha@yonsei.ac.kr"],"email":"sjha@yonsei.ac.kr","phoneOffice":"02-2123-2696","phoneNumbers":[],"phoneLab":"","thumbAlt":"","listDescription":"","listThumbAlt":"","visibility":"public","researchKeywords":["Cancer Immunology","Infection & Immunology","Immune Modulation"],"researchInterest":["Spatial immunology for tumor microenvironment","Systemic modulation of immune cell interaction","Development of novel platform cancer vaccine"],"education":[{"period":"1998-2001","content":"POSTECH (Ph.D. Division of Molecular and Life Sciences)"},{"period":"1996-1998","content":"POSTECH (M.S. Department of Life Science)"},{"period":"1992-1996","content":"Yonsei University (B.S. Department of Biochemistry)"}],"career":[{"period":"2024–Present","content":"Associate Dean, Office of Research Affairs, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2024–Present","content":"Director, Research Ethics Center, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2024–Present","content":"Director, Yonsei Center for Research Facilities, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2022–Present","content":"CEO, FORTUGA BIO, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2021–2023","content":"Chair, Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2019–Present","content":"Affiliate Faculty, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea"},{"period":"2019–Present","content":"Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2019–2020","content":"Visiting Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, US"},{"period":"2016–2018","content":"Associate Dean, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2014–2019","content":"Associate Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2009–2014","content":"Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea"},{"period":"2007–2009","content":"Research Associate, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, US"},{"period":"2004–2007","content":"Post-doc fellow, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, US"},{"period":"2001–2004","content":"Post-doc fellow, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea"}],"patents":[{"year":"2025.01.02","content":"A method for determining the specificity of a TCR-antigen using a single cell analysis, Reg. No. 10-2751115, Korea"},{"year":"2025.11.25","content":"Method for providing information on therapeutic reaction of cancer immunotherapy and kit using same, Reg. No. 12,480,949, US"},{"year":"2023.11.28","content":"Pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, or combination thereof, and method for using same, Reg. No. 11,826,324, US"},{"year":"2023.11.08","content":"A Method for screening immune checkpoint inhibitor, Reg. No. 10-2601437, Korea"},{"year":"2023.07.04","content":"Method for prediction of response to cancer immunotherapy in lung cancer, Reg. No. 10-2553128, Korea"},{"year":"2022.10.26","content":"Method for prediction of response to cancer immunotherapy and composition for treatment of cancer based on tox, Reg. No. 10-2461058, Korea"},{"year":"2022.04.01","content":"A series of technologies related to dendritic cell mimicking functional nanostructures, Technology transfer: Yonsei University to Fortugabio Inc."},{"year":"2022.01.11","content":"Method of prediction and enhancing responses to cancer immunotherapy based on human gut microbiome and methods of screening prebiotics candidates, Reg. No. 10-2351601, Korea"},{"year":"2021.02.09","content":"Method for prediction of response to cancer immunotherapy, Reg. No. 10-2216725, Korea"},{"year":"2020.10.19","content":"Pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, or combination thereof, and method for using same, Reg. No. 10-2169590, Korea"},{"year":"2020.09.04","content":"Novel composition for BCG prime booster vaccine comprising Rv3628/Rv0351, Reg. No. 10-2154572, Korea"},{"year":"2020.03.16","content":"Method for providing information about responses to cancer immunotherapy and kits using the same, Reg. No. 10-2091637, Korea"},{"year":"2020.02.26","content":"Method for providing information on therapeutic reaction of cancer immunotherapy and kit using same, Reg. No. 10-2084196, Korea"},{"year":"2019.04.11","content":"Method of measuring amount of ex vivo interferon-gamma for diagnosing, monitoring, or prognosing in autoimmune disease, Reg. No. 10-1970007, Korea"},{"year":"2017.05.08","content":"Animal model forming necrotic granuloma for study of Tuberculosis and method for producing the same, Reg. No. 10-1735499, Korea"},{"year":"2016.01.26","content":"Method for enhanced diagnosis of Tuberculosis, Reg. No. 10-1590324, Korea"}],"awards":[{"period":"2024","content":"KAI Best Paper Award, The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea"},{"period":"2024","content":"KAI Basic & Clinical Joint Academic Award, The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea"},{"period":"2023","content":"Underwood Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University, Korea"},{"period":"2023","content":"KAI-Genexine Grand Achievement Award, The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea"},{"period":"2023","content":"Excellent Research Award, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea"},{"period":"2023","content":"Excellent Lecture Professor Award, Yonsei University, Korea"},{"period":"2022","content":"Excellent Research Award, Vaccine Innovative Technology Alliance Korea, Korea"},{"period":"2019","content":"Yang Young Foundation Research Professor, Yang Young Foundation, Korea"},{"period":"2017","content":"Excellent Lecture Professor Award, Yonsei University, Korea"},{"period":"2017","content":"Young Scientist, Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST), Korea"},{"period":"2013","content":"Next Generation Frontier Research Scientist, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Korea"},{"period":"2011","content":"Excellent Lecture Professor Award, Yonsei University, Korea"},{"period":"2009","content":"TJ Park Junior Faculty Fellowship, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Korea"},{"period":"2007","content":"Keystone Symposia Scholarship, National Cancer Institute, US"},{"period":"2003","content":"FIMSA/ASI Travel Award, Australian Society of Immunology, Australia"},{"period":"2003","content":"Young Scientist Award, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea"}]}