Mun Mi-ock (Korean: 문미옥; Hanja: 文美玉; born 20 December 1968) is a former South Korean research professor at Yonsei University and Ewha Womans University serving as the President of Science and Technology Policy Institute from January 2021.
Before entering politics and after leaving academia, Mun had led Planning and Policy Division of Center for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET) from 2011 and Science Engineering Technology Cooperative (SETCOOP) from 2013 - both policy instruments of the Ministry to support Korean scientists and innovations.
[3] Mun was the last person recruited by then-party leader Moon Jae-in for the 2016 general election.
[5] In 2017 Mun was appointed to the newly created post, an advisor to the president for science and technology, automatically losing her seat at the parliament which was taken by Lee Soo Hyuck, now-South Korean ambassador to the United States.
After leaving the Ministry in 2019, Mun then applied to become her party's candidate for Songpa A constituency for upcoming 2020 general election but lost.