Woo-Young received his B.S. degree in Applied Chemistry from Sejong University in Korea and his M.S. in Chemistry from Sejong University in Korea. He then served as a research scientist in the Chemical Analysis Center at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology in Daejeon, Korea under the advisement of Dr. Jonghyuk Kim from 2011-2012.  After stops at the University of Louisville (Louisville, KY) and BioSpectrum, Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, Korea), he became a research scholar in the resource center for stable isotope-resolved metabolomics (RC-SIRM) at the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky under the direction of Prof. Richard M. Higashi from 2016-2019.  Woo-Young joined the Prentice Group in the fall of 2019.

Woo-Young graduated with his PhD in the fall of 2024

Professional Experience

Awards

• UF Graduate Student Funding Award (GSFA) fellowship (2019-present)
• University Fellowship (University of Louisville, 2013)
• Dean’s Honor Scholarships (Sejong University, 2007-2008)
• Honors Scholarships (Sejong University, 2002-2003)

Publications

• Li, Y., Fan, T. W., Lane, A. N., Kang, W. Y., Arnold, S. M., Stromberg, A. J., … & Chen, L. (2019). SDA: A semi-parametric differential abundance analysis method for metabolomics and proteomics data. BMC bioinformatics, 20(1), 1-10.
• Kang, W. Y., Thompson, P. T., El-Amouri, S. S., Fan, T. W., Lane, A. N., & Higashi, R. M. (2019). Improved segmented-scan spectral stitching for stable isotope resolved metabolomics (SIRM) by ultra-high-resolution Fourier transform mass spectrometry. Analytica chimica acta, 1080, 104-115.
• Fan, T. W., Zhang, X., Wang, C., Yang, Y., Kang, W. Y., Arnold, S., … & Lane, A. N. (2018). Exosomal lipids for classifying early and late stage non-small cell lung cancer. Analytica chimica acta, 1037, 256-264.
• Kang, W. Y., Kim, S. H., & Chae, Y. K. (2012). Stress adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as monitored via metabolites using two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. FEMS yeast research, 12(5), 608-616.
• Chae, Y. K., Kang, W. Y., (2011). Quantitative Analysis Method of Metabolites Using HSQC NMR, KR Patent Registration No. 1010863520000
• Chae, Y. K., Kang, W. Y., Jang, J. H., & Choi, S. S. (2010). A simple NMR method to measure crosslink density of natural rubber composite. Polymer testing, 29(8), 953-957.
• Kang, W. Y., & Chae, Y. K. (2010). Stationary Phase Expression, Purification, and Characterization of XorKI, a Restriction Endonuclease from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Protein and Peptide Letters, 17(3), 381-385.
• Chae, Y. K., Kang, W. Y., Kim, S. H., Joo, J. E., Han, J. K., & Hong, B. W. (2010). Combining information of common metabolites reveals global differences between colorectal cancerous and normal tissues. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 31(2), 379-383.

Teaching Experience

• TA- General Chemistry 2 (UF 2020)
• TA- Instrumental Analysis (UF, 2019)
• TA- Biochemistry Experiment (Sejong University, 2010)
• TA- Spectroscopy and Laboratory (Sejong University, 2009)

Presentations

• Richard M. Higashi*, Woo-Young Kang, Teresa W.M. Fan, Andrew N. Lane, Ultrahigh Resolution MS3 by UV Photodissociation can Reveal Unprecedented Detail of Pathways under Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics (SIRM), 67th American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics 2019, Atlanta, GA, United States
• Woo-Young Kang, Teresa W.M. Fan, Andrew N. Lane, Richard M. Higashi*, Ultrahigh Resolution MS3 by UV Photodissociation can Reveal Unprecedented Detail of Pathways under Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics (SIRM), Gordon Research Conference Metabolomics and Human Health 2019, Ventura, CA, United States
• Woo-Young Kang*, Patrick T. Thompson, Salim El-Amouri, Teresa W.M. Fan, Andrew N. Lane, Richard M. Higashi, Application of Segmented Scan Spectral Stitching to Lipid Profile Analysis of Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics (SIRM), 66th American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics 2018, San Diego, CA, United States
• Young Kee Chae, Woo-Young Kang*, Metabolite Profiling of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae under Various Stress Conditions, 37th Korean Magnetic Resonance Society General Meetings 2010, Busan, Republic of Korea
• Young Kee Chae, Woo-Young Kang*, Urinary Metabolic Profiling of Colorectal Cancer Patients, 36th Korean Magnetic Resonance Society General Meetings 2010, Incheon, Republic of Korea
• Young Kee Chae, Woo Young Kang*, Joong-Hee Jang, Sung-Seen Choi, Investigation of cross-link density of elastomer using solvent and NMR spectroscopy, The Rubber Society of Korea 2009, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Young Kee Chae, Woo-Young Kang*, Metabolite Profiling by Two Dimensional Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy, 103th Korean Chemical Society General Meetings 2009, Seoul, Republic of Korea