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Youngbok Ryu

Assistant teaching professor at the Global & Social Enterprise Domain, College of Professional Studies

Biography

Dr. Ryu joined the College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University in 2020. Before coming to Boston, he has been a faculty member at the Department of Business and Technology Management, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He also worked with RAND Corporation as an assistant policy researcher and with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow. After serving as a military officer in the Corps of Engineering, in addition, he worked as a patent data analyst and consultant for five years in South Korea.

Professional Experience

2020 – Present: Assistant Teaching Professor at the College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University

2017 – 2020: Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Business and Technology Management, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

2014: Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

2011 – 2017: Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Professional Activities & Accomplishments

2020: Research Grant on the Acquisition Research Program from the U.S. Department of Defense

          Social Studies of Emerging Technologies Fellowship from the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure

2019: Civic Engagement Microgrant from Research!America

          Energy Innovation Policy and Management Fellowship from Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

2017: Studio G (Student Business Accelerator Program) Grant from Daniels Fund

          Brian Stockdale Memorial Award from Patent Information Users Group

2014: Dissertation Fellowship from the National Defense Research Institute

          Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellowship from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Education

PhD from Pardee Rand Graduate School of Policy Studies (2017)

Area of Expertise

Entrepreneurial Innovation, Regional Economic Development, Small Business Innovation Research, Transportation Decarbonization