15th International Congress on EXTREMOPHILES 2026
13(Sun) - 17(Thu)September 2026
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Congress Committees
Congress Committees
President of International Society for Extremophiles (ISE)
Marco Moracci
University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy
Vice-president of ISE
Haruyuki Atomi
Kyoto University, Japan
Congress Chair
Dong-Woo Lee
Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
Co-Chairs
Sung Gyun Kang
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Ok-Sun Kim
Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea
International Organizing Committee
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Michael W. W. Adams | University of Georgia, USA |
| Garabed Antranikian | Hamburg University of Technology, Germany |
| Haruyuki Atomi | Kyoto University, Japan |
| Don A. Cowan | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Marco Moracci | University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy |
| Helena Santos | Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| Antonio Ventosa | Universidad de Sevilla, Spain |
| Konstantinos Vorgias | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
National Organizing Committee
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Jaeho Cha | Pusan National University, Republic of Korea |
| Sun-Shin Cha | Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea |
| Hackwon Do | Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea |
| Jong-Hyun Jung | The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea |
| Seong Bo Kim | Yonsei University, Republic of Korea |
| Changhan Lee | Ajou University, Republic of Korea |
| Han-Seung Lee | Yonsei University, Republic of Korea |
| Hyun Sook Lee | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea |
| Sang Jae Lee | Silla University, Republic of Korea |
| Cheon-Seok Park | Kyunghee University, Republic of Korea |
| Jee Eun Park | Macrogen Inc., Republic of Korea |
| Jae-Ho Shin | Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea |
| Yong-Keol Shin | Enzynomics Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea |
International Advisory Board
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Sonja-Verena Albers | University of Freiburg, Germany |
| Beate Averhoff | Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany |
| Mirko Basen | Universität Rostock, Germany |
| Stephen D. Bell | The Ohio State University, USA |
| George Guo-Qiang Chen | Tsinghua University, China |
| Fevzi Daldal | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Arnold J. M. Driessen | University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Jerry Eichler | Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
| Donato Giovannelli | University of Naples "Federico II", Italy |
| Arjan De Groot | Aix Marseille University, France |
| Brian P. Hedlund | University of Nevada, USA |
| James F. Holden | University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA |
| Roberta Iacono | University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
| Yoshizumi Ishino | Kyushu University, Japan |
| Masahiro Ito | Toyo University, Japan |
| Mohamed Jebbar | Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France |
| Zvi Kelman | National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA |
| Eugene Koonin | National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Mart Krupovic | Institut Pasteur, France |
| Nikos Kyrpides | DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA |
| Jennifer A. Littlechild | Exeter University, UK |
| Marco Mangiagalli | University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy |
| Hannu Myllykallio | Ecole Polytechnique, France |
| Volker Müller | Goethe University, Germany |
| Takuro Nunoura | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan |
| John van der Oost | Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| Aharon Oren | The Hebrew University, Israel |
| Hovik Panosyan | Yerevan State University, Armenia |
| Mechthild Pohlschröder | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| John C. Priscu | Montana State University, USA |
| Simon Rittmann | Universität Wien, Austria |
| Thomas J. Santangelo | Colorado State University, USA |
| Bettina Siebers | University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| Ken Takai | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan |
| Michael Terns | University of Georgia, USA |
| Costantino Vetriani | Rutgers University, USA |
| Fengping Wang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| Kelly M. Zatopek | New England Biolabs Research, USА |
National Advisory Board
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Minkyung Baek | Seoul National University, Republic of Korea |
| Yong-Sun Bahn | Yonsei University, Republic of Korea |
| Byung-Kwan Cho | KAIST, Republic of Korea |
| Jang-Chun Cho | Inha University, Republic of Korea |
| Dong Wook Kim | Hanyang University, Republic of Korea |
| Jihyun F. Kim | Yonsei University, Republic of Korea |
| Yun-Jae Kim | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea |
| Kae Kyoung Kwon | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea |
| Ju Huck Lee | Korean Collection for Type Culture (KCTC), Republic of Korea |
| Jung Sook Lee | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Republic of Korea |
| Sung Haeng Lee | Chosun University, Republic of Korea |
| Seung-Goo Lee | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Republic of Korea |
| Sung-Jae Lee | Kyunghee University, Republic of KoreaKorea |
| Sang Jun Lee | Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea |
| Seong Hyuk Lee | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea |
| Sangyong Lim | Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Republic of Korea |
| Joungmin Lee | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of Korea |
| Heejoon Myung | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea |
| Sung-Keun Rhee | Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea |
| Seong Woon Roh | LISCure Biosciences Inc., Republic of Korea |
| Sungmin Hwang | Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Republic of Korea |