People
Orlando D. Schärer, Section Head
Distinguished Professor, UNIST; Associate Director, IBS Center for Genomic Integrity
Before joining UNIST and IBS in 2017, I held positions at Stony Brook University, NY, USA (2005-2016) and the University of Zürich (1999-2005). I did postdoctoral studies at Erasmus University, Netherlands (Advisors: Profs. Roland Kanaar and Jan Hoeijmakers), have a PhD from Harvard University, USA (Advisor: Prof. Gregory L. Verdine) and a M.Sc. from the ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Advisor: Prof. Duilio Arigoni). For many years, my research interests have centered around the chemistry and biology of DNA damage and repair and cancer therapy.
Young Kun Cheun, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
I received both B.S. in Biochemistry and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. I am interested in synthesizing biologically relevant DNA interstrand crosslink substrates and use them to better understand the mechanism of DNA interstrand crosslink repair. I also enjoy reading history books, listening to classical music, and playing soccer.
Arnold Groehler, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
I received my B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and my Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Minnesota (PI: Prof. Natalia Tretyakova). I am currently investigating protein-protein interactions between XPC and other NER proteins, and developing methods to detect cisplatin-induced DNA cross-links. I also enjoy learning korean and watching anime in my free time.
Visaseto Mor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kook Son, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
I received my B.S. in Biology from Stony Brook University, and my Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (PI: Prof. Jie Chen). My research interest is to advance our understanding in the molecular mechanism of DNA repair in response to DNA damages and improve the therapeutic strategies for cancer.
Jiyoung Park, Researcher
Anuar Makhmut, Undergraduate student, UNIST
I am a senior undergraduate student majoring in chemistry with special emphasis on biochemistry. I am working on the synthesis of interstrand crosslink (ICL) containing DNA oligonucleotides which are used in revealing mechanisms of ICL repair. I enjoy reading novels, play guitar and swim in my free time.
Former Members
Jirawas Sornkom, Postdoctoral Research Fellow