Sanggil Park

Dr. Sanggil Park is Senior Fellow for Nuclear Energy and Director of the U.S.-Korea Energy Forum at the Center for the National Interest.

Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Park served as an advisor in the energy practice at Lee & Ko, one of South Korea’s largest law firms. As nuclear engineer with deep private-sector experience, he has provided strategic guidance to government agencies, state-owned enterprises, and private entities on overseas nuclear projects, advanced nuclear reactor technology development, licensing, supply chains, fuel cycles, project development, export controls, and nonproliferation issues.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Park worked as a researcher in nuclear safety at the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, an expert body supporting Korea’s nuclear regulatory authority, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, and Switzerland’s Paul Scherrer Institute. He also served as a research fellow at Samsung Global Research.

Dr. Park holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Seoul National University. He earned a joint Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL Lausanne), and completed his Ph.D. at ETH Zurich in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Additionally, he holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Yonsei University and has completed coursework toward a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) in International Law at Korea University.