YoungJu Choie

YoungJu Choie (최영주) is a South Korean mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH). Her research interests include number theory and modular forms.

Choie graduated from Ewha Womans University in 1982, and earned a doctorate in 1986 from Temple University under the supervision of Marvin Knopp. After temporary positions at Ohio State University and the University of Maryland, she became an assistant professor at University of Colorado in 1989, and moved to POSTECH as a full professor in 1990.

Choie has received several awards such as "The best Journal Paper Award (2002)" from the Korean Mathematical Society, "Kwon, Kyungwhan" Chaired Professor (2004) at Pohang university of Science and Technology, " The best woman Scientist of the year" award (2005) from Ministry of Science and Technology, "Amore-Pacifc The best Women in Science and Technology" (2007), KOFWST (Korea Federation of Woman's Science and Technology Association) and the "2014 Distinguished research" award from Ministry of Education of Korea. Choie has been an editor of International Journal of Number Theory since 2004. In 2010–2011 she was editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society. In 2013, Choie became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society. She became a president of the society of Korean Women in Mathematical Sciences in 2017. Choie became a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (http://www.kast.or.kr/kr/index.php ) in 2018.