Portrait of Dr. Hong-Gu Kang

Dr. Hong-Gu Kang

  • Associate Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Plant Biotechnology Reports. 2019 - Present.
  • Science Fair Judge, Alamo Regional Science Fair. 2017 - Present.
  • Technical Support Personnel. September 2017 - Present.
  • Member, Department Seminar Committee. September 2017 - Present.
  • Review editor, Frontiers in Plant Science. 2015 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee - Aquatic Microbiology. February 2025 - April 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.

2021

  • Member, Tenure-track faculty mentoring committee - Mar Huertas. 2016 - 2021.
  • Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee. 2014 - 2021.

2020

  • Grant Panelist, NSF - IOS. September 2020.
  • President, Austin Chapter of Korean-American Scientist & Engineer Association. September 2017 - May 2020.

2019

  • Associate editor, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2016 - 2019.

2018

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee - Microbial Functional Genomics. 2018.

2016

  • Grant Panelist, NSF-IOS. 2016.
  • Science Fair Judge, Austin Energy Regional Science Festival. 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.
  • Science Fair Judge, ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair. 2015.
  • Science Fair Judge, Austin Energy Regional Science Festival. 2015.
  • Science Fair Judge, Bowie High School Science Fair. 2015.

2014

  • Grant Panelist, NSF-IOS. 2014.
  • Science Fair Judge, ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair. 2014.
  • Science Fair Judge, Austin Energy Regional Science Festival. 2014.
  • Science Fair Judge, Bowie High School Science Fair. 2014.

2013

  • Science Fair Judge, Bowie High School Science Fair. 2013.
  • Member, Strategic Hiring Plan Committee. 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.