-1993 부산대학교 해양과학과 
-1997 충북대학교 원예학과 농학석사
-2002 충북대학교 원예학과 농학박사 

1993. 8 ~ 1998. 1 충북농업기술원 농업연구사
2001. 9 ~ 2003. 1 충북대학교 첨단원예기술개발연구센터 박사후연구원
2003. 1 ~ 2003. 9 국립산림과학원 박사후연구원
2007. 11 ~ 2009. 7 University of British Columbia(캐나다) 방문연구원
2003. 10 ~ 2012. 2 국립산림과학원 임업연구사
2012. 3 ~ 2016. 3 충북대학교 원예과학과 조교수
2016. 4 ~ 2021. 3 충북대학교 원예과학과 부교수
2021. 4 ~ 현재 충북대학교 원예과학과 교수 

*화훼학, 식물생명공학, 식물이차대사, 세포생물학

Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Milen I. Georgiev, Yun-Soo Kim, Cheol-Seung Jeong, Sun-Ja Kim, So-Young Park, Kee-Yoeup Paek. 2014. Ginsenosides: prospective for sustainable biotechnological production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2014) 98:6243 - 6254

Song-Quan Wu, Xiao-Kun Yu, Mei-Lan Lian, So-Young Park, Xuan-Chun Piao. 2014. Several factors affecting hypericin production of Hypericum perforatum during adventitious root culture in airlift bioreactors. Acta Physiol Plant (2014) 36:975–981

Lee Hyoshin, Moon Heung-kyu, Park So-Young Park. 2014. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation via somatic embryogenesis system in Korean fir (Abies koreana Wil.) a Korean native conifer. Korean J. Plant Res. 27: 242-248 (Print ISSN 1226-3591, Online ISSN 2287-8203)

Dandin V. S., Naik PM, H. N. Murthy, S.Y. Park, E. J. Lee, K.Y. Paek. 2014. Rapid regeneration and analysis of genetic fidelity and scopoletin contents of micropropagated plants of Spilanthes oleracea L.. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology. 89: 79–85

71. (SCIE IF 1.3) Ri Gao, Song-Quan Wu, Xuan-Chun Piao, So-Young Park & Mei-Lan Lian. 2014. Micropropagation of Cymbidium sinense using continuous and temporary airlift bioreactor systems. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. ISSN 0137-5881 36:117-124

Kong-Sik Shin, So-Young Park*, Kee-Yoeup Paek. 2014. Physiological and biochemical changes during acclimatization in Doritaenopsis hybrid cultivated in different microenvironment in vitro. Environmental and Experimental Botany 100: 26-33

Joon-Hyok Kim, Hyoshin Lee, Eun-Kyung Bae, Hanna Shin, Jae-Soon Lee, Kyu-Suk Kang and So-Young Park, 2013, Identification of upregulated genes in laminarin-treated poplar (Populus alba × P. tremula var. glandulosa) suspension cells by suppression subtractive hybridization and cDNA microarray. Silvae Genetica 62, 239-245 (IF 0.44)

Jin MY, X.C. Piao, J.R. Xiu, S.Y. Park, M.L. Lian. 2013. Micropropagation using a bioreactor system and subsequent acclimatization of grape rootstock ‘5BB’. Scientia Horticulturae 164: 35–40 (IF 1.4)

Heung-Kyu Moon, Yong-WookKim, Yong-PyoHong, So-YoungPark*, 2013. Improvement of somatic embryogenesis and plantlet conversion of Oplopanax elatus, an endangered medicinal woody plant. SpringerPlus 2:428

Kong-Sik Shin, So-Young Park2,3*,Kee-YoeupPaek. 2013. Sugar metabolism, photosynthesis, and growth of in vitro plantlets of Doritaenopsis under controlled microenvironmental conditions. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.—Plant (2013) 49:445454

Eun-Kyung Bae, Hyoshin Lee, Jae-Soon Lee, Young-Im Choi, So-Young Park. 2013. The Nuclear DNA Content and Histological Characteristics of Triploid Poplars Grown In Vitro. Jour. Korean For. Soc. 102(2): 198~203

Shou Ming Wang, Xuan Chun Piao, So-Young Park & Mei Lan Lian. 2013.

Improved micropropagation of Gypsophila paniculata with bioreactor and factors

affecting ex vitro rooting in microponic system. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 49(1): 70-78

So-Young Park, Yong-Wook Kim, Heung-Kyu Moon. 2012. Practical Factors Controlling in vitro Multiplication and Rooting in Empetrum nigrum var. japonicum, an Endangered Woody Species. Korean J. Plant Res. 25(6):739-744(2012)

Shin DJ, Kong H, Popova EV, Moon HK, Park SY, Park SU, Lee SC, Kim HH. 2012. Cryopreservation of Kalopanax septemlobus embryogenic callus using vitrification and droplet-vitrification. Cryo Letters. 33(5):402-10