Dr. Woo, former president of Yeungnam University in Korea, is a 2009-2010 Fulbright Senior Research Schlar.  He was a board member of Korean Council for University Education, and a member of Personnel and Policy Advisory Committee of the Civil Service Commisson of Korea.

He received a Ph.D. in Socio-Economic Planning from University of Tsukuba, Japan, an M.S. in Human Settlements Development from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and a B.A. in Public Administration from Yeungnam University, Korea.