Koh Gou Young is a researcher from South Korea studying organ vasculature and lymphatic vessels with an interest in angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, adipogenesis, and cardiogenesis.

His research has contributed to the publication of more than 200 journal articles,[2] including multiple publications on how Tie2 deficits are related to sepsis,[3] blood-retinal barrier damage,[4] and an imbalance of intraocular pressure in Schlemm's canal which induces glaucoma.

[5] He is a distinguished professor at KAIST and the founding director of the Institute for Basic Science Center for Vascular Research.

and PhD in 1983 and 1991, respectively, from Chonbuk National University Medical School in Jeonju.

[7] He became the founding director of the IBS Center for Vascular Research in July 2015; their first in the field of basic medical sciences.