Skip to main content Dr. Hong-Gu Kang
- Associate Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee.
2022 - Present.
- Member, Search Committee for the Assistant Vice President and Chief Research Compliance Officer.
October 2025 - Present.
- Member, Scholarship Committee, Korean-American Scientist & Engineer Association.
September 2024 - Present.
- Officer, Austin Chapter of Korean-American Scientist & Engineer Association.
June 2020 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Plant Biotechnology Reports.
2019 - Present.
- Technical Support Personnel.
September 2017 - Present.
- Member, Department Seminar Committee.
September 2017 - Present.
- Review editor, Frontiers in Plant Science.
2015 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, BMC-Plant Biology, Planta, Plant Journal, Molecular Plant Pathology, PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Genetics, Frontier in Plant Science, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Plant, Plant Cell, Physiology and Biochemistry, Scientific Reports, Trends in Plant Science.
January 2012 - Present.
2025
- Reviewer / Referee, NSF-MCB.
May 2025.
- Member, Faculty Search Committee - Aquatic Microbiology.
February 2025 - April 2025.
- Reviewer / Referee, NSF-IRES.
January 2025.
2024
- Member, Faculty Search Committee - Microbial Functional Genomics.
January 2024 - April 2024.
2023
- Member, Tenure-track faculty mentoring committee - Camila Carlos-Shanley.
2018 - 2023.
- Member, Faculty Search Committee - Evolutionary Ecology.
February 2023 - April 2023.
2022
- Reviewer / Referee, NSF-IOS.
September 2022.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Mini symposium in Plant Science at Boyce Thompson Institute.
May 2022.
- Grant Panelist, NSF-IOS.
March 2022.
- Reviewer / Referee, NSF-IOS.
February 2022.
2021
- Member, Tenure-track faculty mentoring committee - Mar Huertas.
2016 - 2021.
- Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee.
2014 - 2021.
2020
- Organizer, National Mathematics & Science Competition.
2017 - 2020.
- Grant Panelist, NSF-IOS.
September 2020.
- Chair, Austin Chapter of Korean-American Scientist & Engineer Association.
June 2017 - May 2020.
2019
- Associate editor, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.
2016 - 2019.
- Judge, Alamo Regional Science Fair.
February 2019.
2018
- Member, Faculty Search Committee - Microbial Functional Genomics.
2018.
- Reviewer / Referee, NSF-IOS.
2018.
- Judge, Alamo Regional Science Fair.
February 2018.
2017
- Judge, Alamo Regional Science Fair.
February 2017.
2016
- Grant Panelist, NSF-IOS.
August 2016.
2015
- Grant Ad Hoc Reviewer, Hungary National Research, Development and Innovation Office.
2015.
- Symposium Chair, Epigenetics Session, Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
2015.
- Judge, ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair.
March 2015.
- Judge, Austin Energy Regional Science Festival.
February 2015.
- Judge, Bowie High School Science Fair.
January 2015.
2014
- Grant Panelist, NSF-IOS.
March 2014.
- Judge, ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair.
March 2014.
- Judge, Austin Energy Regional Science Festival.
February 2014.
- Judge, Bowie High School Science Fair.
January 2014.
2013
- Member, Strategic Hiring Plan Committee.
2013.
- Judge, Bowie High School Science Fair.
January 2013.
2012
- Grant Ad Hoc Reviewer, German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development.
2012.
2008
- Symposium Chair, Plant Pathogen Interactions Session, Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
2008.
