Principal Investigator
Education
2003 - 2007 B.S. Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea
2007 - 2014 Ph.D. Department of Life Science, POSTECH, Republic of Korea
Career
2014 - 2020 Postdoc Fellow Institute for Cell Engineering (ICE), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSoM), USA
2020 - 2021 Research Associate ICE, JHUSoM, USA
2021 - 2025 Assistant Professor Department of Biology, Chungbuk National University (CBNU), Republic of Korea
2025 - Associate Professor Department of Biology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
Ph.D. Students
Education
2016 - 2023 B.S. (Valedictorian)
Department of Biology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
2022 - 2024 M.S.
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
2024 -
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
Research Interest
Approach to identify the role of glial cells in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
Education
2015 - 2020 B.S.
Department of Biology, Wonkwang University, Republic of Korea
2022 -
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
Research Interest
Dissecting the role of the genetic risk factors in Parkinson's disease
Education
2017 - 2024 B.S. (Valedictorian)
Department of Biology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
2023 - 2025 M.S.
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
2025 -
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
Research Interest
Unraveling the role of lipid metabolism
in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
Master's Students
Education
2017 - 2024 B.S.
Department of Biology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
2024 -
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
Research Interest
Investigate the role of mitochondrial DNA release in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
Education
2020 - 2024 B.S.
Department of Biology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
2024 -
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
Research Interest
Understanding the mechanisms of lysosomal stress caused by GBA1 deficiency in Lewy body dementia
Undergraduate Students
Education
2021 -
Department of Biology, CBNU, Republic of Korea
Research Interest
Understanding of α-Syn fibril strains in different neurodegenerative disorders
Alumni
류 혜 국 (Hye Guk Ryu)
Postdoctoral Fellow
April 2023 - June 2023
이 광 연 (Kwang Yeon Lee)
Undergraduate student
August 2023
임 수 정 (Soojung Lim)
Undergraduate student
March 2023 - Feb 2024
윤 혜 선 (Hye Sun Yoon)
Undergraduate student
February 2024 - August 2024
정 훈 교 (Hungyo Jeong)
Undergraduate student
September 2024 - December 2024
배 소 민 (Somin Bae)
Undergraduate student
January 2025 - February 2025
김 혜 린 (Hyerynn Kim)
Undergraduate - M.S. student
September 2022 - August 2025
KRIBB, National Primate Research Center