Hyun-A Park received the BS degree from the Department of Mathematics at Korea University, Seoul, in 2003, and the MS and PhD degrees in Information Security from Korea University, Seoul, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. Currently, she is with Honam University in South Korea as an Assistant Professor. She has around 50 publications, several patents registrations and awards. Additionally, she has been a member of over 10 communities and editors.

Her main research interests include Medical (Health) Information Security, Practical Retrieval System on Encrypted Database Systems. She is interested in Database Security, Access Control, Privacy Preserving in Data Mining (PPDM), Anonymous Communication Channel, Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET), and Cryptographic Protocols.