Park Ye-Eun, BSc, MSc

Scientific career

09/2025 – 03/2026
Research fellow on the topic “TAS2R activation by long-chain fatty acids and their hydroxy metabolites” at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Research Group: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Veronika Somoza, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria

Since 09/2024
Ph.D. candidate in Food Science & Technology, Research Group: Prof. Dr. Jin-Byung Park, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
Publication: Functionalization of Plant Oil-Derived Fatty Acids into Di- and Trihydroxy Fatty Acids by Using a Linoleate Diol Synthase as a Key Enzyme – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 73(31), 19576-19586.

09/2021 – 08/2024
Completed an integrated Master’s and Ph.D. program in Food Science & Technology, Research Group: Prof. Dr. Jin-Byung Park, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
Publication: Unveiling the biological activities of the microbial long chain hydroxy fatty acids as dual agonists of GPR40 and GPR120 -  Food Chemistry 465 (2025): 142010.; Lysolecithin-fatty acid liposomes as novel antibacterial agents to suppress the growth of periodontal Porphyromonas gingivalis - Food Bioscience 59 (2024): 104059.

03/2017 – 08/2021
Bachelor's degree in Food Science & Technology, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
Bachelor’s thesis: Reaction properties and activity comparison of Phospholipase A2 and its S38G mutant from Sciscionella marina