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Recognition for the Ennoblement of the Human Sprit in Academics, The Arts, and Human Welfare

Screening and Selection

The Samsung Ho-Am Prize is presented each year on June 1st following a highly formal year-long process that includes nomination of candidates, establishment of Selection Committees, screening and evaluation, and announcement of selected candidates.

  • step1
    JUNE ~ JULY
    Nomination Forms sent out
    Official nomination forms are sent to selected persons at major university, research institutes and relevant organizations around the world.
  • step2
    AUGUST ~ OCTOBER
    Submission of Nomination
    The Samsung Ho-Am Prize Committee accepts candidate nominations by Oct. 31 of each year by regular mail or email.
  • step3
    NOVEMBER ~ MARCH
    Screening and Evaluation
    All candidates' achievements are carefully scrutinized and evaluated by the Selection Committee and foreign advisory scholars.
  • step4
    APRIL
    Announcement of Laureates
    Announcement of laureates are made in media following final evaluations and decisions by the Samsung Ho-Am Prize Committee.

2026 Selection Committee

Physics and
Mathematics
 

  • Hyeonsik Cheong
    Chair
    Professor,
    Sogang University
  • Hyung Do Kim
    Professor,
    Seoul National University
  • Changyong Song
    Professor,
    POSTECH
  • Yongnam Lee
    Associate Director,
    Center For Complex Geometry, IBS
  • Hawoong Jeong
    Professor,
    KAIST
  • Dohoon Choi
    Professor,
    Korea University
  • Peter Sarnak
    Professor,
    Princeton Univ., USA
  • Paul McEuen
    Professor,
    Cornell Univ., USA

Chemistry and
Life Sciences
 

  • Jinwoo Cheon
    Chair
    Underwood Professor,
    Yonsei University
  • So-Jung Park
    Professor,
    Ewha Womans University
  • Seung Bum Park
    Professor,
    Seoul National University
  • Chul-Seung Park
    Professor,
    GIST
  • Sven Lidin
    Professor,
    Lund University, Sweden
  • Aaron Ciechanover
    Distinguished Research Professor,
    Technion, Israel
  • Kwang-Hwan Jung
    Professor,
    Sogang University
  • Eunji Cheong
    Professor,
    Yonsei University

Engineering
 
 

  • Sung-Bae Cho
    Chair
    Underwood Professor,
    Yonsei University
  • Jung Kim
    Professor,
    KAIST
  • Dennis Sylvester
    ,
    University of Michigan, USA
  • Yang Yang
    Chair Professor,
    UCLA, USA
  • Jung-Hoon Chun
    Professor,
    Sungkyunkwan University
  • Yousung Jung
    Professor,
    Seoul National University
  • Moon-Ho Jo
    Mueunjae Chair Professor,
    POSTECH
  • Klaus-Robert Müller
    Professor,
    Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Medicine
 
 

  • Suk Woo Nam
    Chair
    Professor,
    The Catholic University of Korea
  • Jae-woo Kim
    Professor
    Yonsei University
  • Nils-Göran Larsson
    Professor,
    Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • Randy Schekman
    Professor,
    UC Berkeley, USA
  • Sun Ju Chung
    Professor,
    University of Ulsan
  • Kyungho Choi
    Professor,
    Seoul National University
  • Claes Gustafsson
    Professor,
    University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Huh Woo Seong
    Professor,
    Sungkyunkwan University

The Arts
 
 

  • Kyung Chan Min
    Chair
    Professor Emeritus,
    Korea National University of Arts
  • Su-Mi Kang
    Professor,
    Dongduk Women’s University
  • Hyo Hwan Kwak
    Poet,
    Professor,
    Kyungnam University
  • Young Jin Kim
    Professor,
    Myongji University
  • Kisun Sung
    Professor,
    Ewha Womans University
  • Hye-Kyoung Shin
    Professor,
    Seoul National University
  • Jeong Min Shim
    Dance Critic
     

Community Service
 
 

  • Do Seon Eur
    Chair
    Professor,
    Korea University
  • Mi Ran Kwak
    Executive Director,
    Wholistic Interest Through Health
  • Jung Min Park
    Professor,
    Seoul National University
  • In Han SONG
    Professor,
    Yonsei University
  • Dongkeun Lee
    Managing Partner,
    YOON & YANG
  • Seonghee Chung
    Former Editorial Writer,
    The Dong-A Ilbo
  • Junsoo Hur
    Professor,
    Soongsil University

2026 Foreign Advisory Scholars

  • Katsuhiko Hayashi
    Professor,
    The University of Osaka,
    Japan
  • Gang Tian
    Professor,
    Peking University,
    China
  • Gerhard Huisken
    Professor,
    University of Tübingen,
    Germany
  • Diana Bautista
    Professor,
    UC Berkeley,
    USA
  • Daniel Kaplan
    Professor,
    University of Pittsburg,
    USA
  • David Wineland
    Research Professor,
    University of Oregon,
    USA
  • Donna Blackmond
    Professor,
    Scripps Research,
    USA
  • Rodolphe Barrangou
    Distinguished Professor,
    North Carolina State University,
    USA
  • Luciano Marraffini
    Professor,
    The Rockefeller University,
    USA
  • Michael S. Okun
    Professor,
    University of Florida,
    USA
  • Marc Raibert
    Executive Director,
    Robotics and AI Institute,
    USA
  • Malin Parmar
    Professor,
    Lund University,
    Sweden
  • Mihalis Dafermos
    Professor,
    Princeton University,
    USA
  • Virginijus Šikšnys
    Professor,
    Vilnius University,
    Lithuania
  • Seth Hutchinson
    Professor,
    Northeastern University,
    USA
  • Shoji Takeuchi
    Professor,
    The University of Tokyo,
    Japan
  • Stephen Quake
    Professor,
    Stanford University,
    USA
  • Amir Mortazawi
    Professor,
    University of Michigan,
    USA
  • Antonio Bicchi
    Professor,
    University of Pisa,
    Italy
  • Ali Yazdani
    Professor,
    Princeton University,
    USA
  • Alfonso Araque
    Professor,
    University of Minnesota,
    USA
  • Yoshinori Tokura
    Distinguished Professor,
    The University of Tokyo,
    Japan
  • Abby Dernburg
    Professor,
    UC Berkeley,
    USA
  • Aymeric Robert
    Deputy Science Director,
    MAX IV Laboratory,
    Sweden
  • Evan Snyder
    Professor,
    Sanford Burnham Prebys,
    USA
  • Elisabet Stener-Victorin
    Professor,
    Karolinska Institute,
    Sweden
  • Oussama Khatib
    Professor,
    Stanford University,
    USA
  • Joseph Staudinger
    Faculty Associate,
    Arizona State University,
    USA
  • George Neil
    Distinguished Consulting Scientist, xLight Inc.,
    USA
  • John A. Rogers
    Professor,
    Northwestern University,
    USA
  • Jin-Quan Yu
    Professor,
    Scripps Research,
    USA
  • Chi-Chang Kao
    Professor,
    Stanford University,
    USA
  • Qing Qin
    Distinguished Professor,
    Peking University,
    China
  • Karl Jansen
    Director,
    DESY-Center for Quantum Technologies and Applications, Germany
  • Clifford J. Woolf
    Professor,
    Harvard Medical School,
    USA
  • Terence Tao
    Professor,
    UCLA,
    USA
  • Tim Donohoe
    Professor,
    The University of Oxford,
    UK
  • Francisco Quintana
    Professor,
    Harvard Medical School,
    USA
  • Peter Lodahl
    Professor,
    University of Copenhagen,
    Denmark
  • Peter Asbeck
    Professor Emeritus,
    UC San Diego,
    USA
  • Peter Weber
    Professor,
    Brown University,
    USA
  • Philippe Wernet
    Professor,
    Uppsala University,
    Sweden