Mun Choi
Mun Choi | |
|---|---|
Choi in 2020 | |
| 11th President of the University of Missouri System | |
| Assumed office March 1, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Wolfe |
| 10th Chancellor of the University of Missouri | |
| Assumed office March 25, 2020 Acting: March 25, 2020 – July 28, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Cartwright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Choi Mun Young March 19, 1964 Seoul, South Korea |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS) Princeton University (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Droplet combustion characteristics under microgravity and normal-gravity conditions (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederick L. Dryer |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최문영 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Munyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Munyŏng |
Mun Young Choi (Korean: 최문영; born March 19, 1964) is a Korean-American academic. He currently serves as Chancellor of the University of Missouri and President of the University of Missouri System. Prior to his appointment at Missouri he was Provost & Executive Vice President at the University of Connecticut. He has also taught at Drexel University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He lives in Columbia, Missouri.
For updated list of achievements at the University of Missouri, refer to the "Office of the President" on the University of Missouri System site About_the_President