2012-2015, Ph.D., College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University

2009-2011, M.S.,  Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2003-2009, B.S., College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University

2023-Current, Associate Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

2019-2023, Assistant Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

2017-2019,  Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

2015-2016, Postdoctoral Researcher, Seoul National University

2011-2012, Researcher, Seoul National University

Kong & Ryu, Bacteriophage PBC1 and its endolysin as an antimicrobial agent against Bacillus cereus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015:81(7):2274-83.

Kong et al., Lateral flow assay-based bacterial detection using engineered cell wall binding domains of a phage endolysin. Biosens Bioelectron. 2017:15(96):173-177.

Kong et al., LysPBC2, a novel endolysin harboring a Bacillus cereus spore binding domain. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019:85(5): e02462-18. “Selected as spotlight of the issue”

Kong et al., Cell-specific cargo delivery using synthetic bacterial spores, Cell Rep. 2023:42(1):111955. "Selected as front cover article" 

Biology

Foodborne Pathogens

Molecular Biology

Advanced Food Hygiene

Special Topics in Food Biotechnology