Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information:

• Gehoon Chung, DDS., PhD.

• Associate Professor, Department of Oral Physiology & Neurobiology

• Seoul National University, School of Dentistry

• Bldg 86, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, South Korea

Educational Background:

• 2006-2011: Ph.D. Oral Physiology, Graduate School, Seoul National University

• 1997-2003: D.D.S. College of Dentistry, Seoul National University

Professional Experience:

• 2015-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Oral Physiology & Neurobiology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• 2015-Present: Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, USA

• 2011-2015: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Physiology & Neurobiology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• 2009-2011: Teaching Assistant, Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• 2008-2009: Special Research Student, Department of Oral Physiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

• 2003-2006: Dentist, Public Health Center, Goesan, Chungbuk, Korea

Honors and Awards:

• Best Paper Award (2012): Korean Academy of Oral Biology (KAOB)

• 58th Annual Meeting Travel Award (2011): Japanese Division of International Association of Dental Research (JADR)

• Bumho New Scientist Award (2007): Korean Division of International Association of Dental Research (KADR)

Publication:

1. Lee K, Choi S, Choi LM, Lee J, Kim JH, Chung G, et al. Desipramine inhibits salivary Ca²⁺ signaling and aquaporin translocation. Oral Diseases (2015) 21(4), 530–535. (10.1111/odi.12317)

2. 오석배, 정승준, 정지훈, 김용호, 이상훈. 유제놀을 유효성분으로 함유하는 아토피성 피부염의 예방 또는 치료용 조성물. 한국(KR)/등록특허 10-1510595-0000. 2015-04-02. (KOR1020140101130)

3. Chung G, Saito M, Kawasaki Y, Kawano T, Yin D, Lee S, et al. Generation of resonance-dependent oscillation by mGluR-I activation switches single spiking to bursting in mesencephalic trigeminal sensory neurons. The European Journal of Neuroscience (2015) 41(8), 998–1012. (10.1111/ejn.12858)

4. Choi TY, Jung S, Nah J, Ko HY, Jo SH, Chung G, et al. Low levels of methyl β-cyclodextrin disrupt GluA1-dependent synaptic potentiation but not synaptic depression. J Neurochem (2015) 132(3), 276–285. (10.1111/jnc.12995)

5. Kwon M, Baek SH, Park C-K, Chung G, Oh SB. Single-cell RT-PCR and immunocytochemical detection of mechanosensitive transient receptor potential channels in acutely isolated rat odontoblasts. Archives of Oral Biology (2014) 59(12), 1266–1271. (10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.07.016)

6. Chung G, Im ST, Kim YH, Kim YH, Jung SJ, et al. Activation of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 by eugenol. Neuroscience (2014) 261, 153–160. (10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.047)

7. Chung G, Jung SJ, Oh SB. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of dental nociception. Journal of Dental Research (2013) 92(11), 948–955. (10.1177/0022034513501877)

8. Badral, B., Davies AJ, Kim YH, Chung G, Kim J-S, Oh SB. Pain fiber anesthetic reduces brainstem Fos after tooth extraction. Journal of Dental Research (2013) 92(11), 1005–1010. (10.1177/0022034513505620)

9. Chung G, Oh SB. TRP Channels in Dental Pain. The Open Pain Journal. 2013 Mar 8;(6):31–6. (10.2174/1876386301306010031)

10. Chung G, Oh SB. Eugenol as local anesthetic. Natural Products. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; 2013;(Chapter 171):4001–15. (10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_171)

11. Chung G, Kim J-S, Jung SJ, Kim HY, Oh SB, Park S-B, et al. Neurochemical properties of dental primary afferent neurons. Exp Neurobiol. 2012 Jun;21(2):68–74. (10.5607/en.2012.21.2.68)

12. Yeon K-Y¹, Chung G¹, Kim YH, Hwang JH, Davies AJ, Park M-K, et al. Eugenol reverses mechanical allodynia after peripheral nerve injury by inhibiting hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels. Pain. 2011 Sep;152(9):2108–16. (21664051)

13. Kim HY, Chung G, Jo HJ, Kim YS, Bae YC, Jung SJ, et al. Characterization of dental nociceptive neurons. J Dent Res. 2011 Jun;90(6):771–6. (DOI, PMID)

14. Chung G. Cellular mechanisms of thermal and proprioceptive information processing in the trigeminal system. Thesis for Ph.D. 2011.

15. Kim HY, Kim K, Li HY, Chung G, Park C-K, Kim J-S, et al. Selectively targeting pain in the trigeminal system. Pain. 2010 Jul;150(1):29–40.

16. Chung G, Jung SJ, Oh SB. The transient receptor potential (TRP) family in pain and temperature sensation. In: Beaulieu P, Lussier D, Porreca F, Dickenson A, editors. Pharmacology of pain. 1st ed. Seattle: IASP Press; 2010. pp. 327–46. (Google, Amazon)

17. Binshtok AM, Gerner P, Oh SB, Puopolo M, Suzuki S, Roberson DP, Herbert T, Wang C-F, Kim D, Chung G, Mitani AA, Wang GK, Bean BP, Woolf CJ. Coapplication of lidocaine and the permanently charged sodium channel blocker QX-314 produces a long-lasting nociceptive blockade in rodents. Anesthesiology 2009;111(1):127-137.

18. Yeon KY¹, Chung G¹, Shin MS, Jung SJ, Kim JS, Oh SB. Adult rat odontoblasts lack noxious thermal sensitivity. J Dent Res 2009;88(4):328-332.

19. Chung G, Oh SB. Mechanosensitivity of the Nervous System. Kamkim A, Kamkim EBA, Kiseleva I, editors. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009. 27 p.

20. Chung G, Oh SB. Ion channels with mechanosensitivity in the nervous system. In: Kamkin A, Kiseleva I, editors. Mechanosensitivity of the Nervous System. Dordrecht: Springer; 2009. pp. 23–49.

21. Chung G¹, Rhee JN¹, Jung SJ, Kim J-S, Oh SB. Modulation of CaV2.3 calcium channel currents by eugenol. J Dent Res. 2008 Feb;87(2):137–41.

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