Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Kihoon Han, Ph.D. (한기훈)
Research Interests
Molecular and Synaptic Pathophysiology of Brain Disorders
Professional Experience
2023 - present Department of Neuroscience, and Biomedical Sciences, Korea University College of Medicine, Professor (Tenured)
2018 - 2023 Department of Neuroscience, and Biomedical Sciences, Korea University College of Medicine, Associate Professor
2015 - 2018 Department of Neuroscience, and Biomedical Sciences, Korea University College of Medicine, Assistant Professor
2010 - 2015 HHMI, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Post-Doc (Advisor: Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.)
2009 - 2010 Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Post-Doc (Advisor: Eunjoon Kim, Ph.D.)
Educational Background
2003 - 2009 Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Ph.D. (Advisor: Eunjoon Kim, Ph.D.)
1999 - 2003 Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, B.S. (Valedictorian)
Honors and Awards
Scitech Korea Young Neuroscientist Award, The 25th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences, 2022
Travel Award for Excellent Presentation, The 39th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, 2016
Outstanding Research Award, Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN), 2007
Award for Valedictorian at KAIST, The Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, 2003
Editorial Board
2021 - Present Molecules and Cells
Lab Manager/Research Assistant
Yoonhee Kim, M.S. (김윤희)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yinhua Zhang, Ph.D. (장은화)
Hyae Rim Kang, Ph.D. (강혜림)
Graduate Students
Ruiying Ma (마서영)
U Suk Kim (김우석)
Alumni
Grad Students
- Shinhyun Kim (김신현) (M.S., 석사): 2017-2019
Thesis: Development of experimental protocols for identifying synaptic substrates of Lysine63-specific deubiquitinase CYLD
- Yinhua Zhang (장은화) (Ph.D., 석박통합): 2016-2021
Thesis: Research on regulation of neuronal functions in the medial prefrontal cortex by neurological disorder-associated CYFIP2
- Chunmei Jin (김춘미) (Ph.D., 박사): 2018-2022
Thesis: The role of Shank3 protein in regulating postsynaptic protein synthesis and lysine 63-linked ubiquitination
- Hyae Rim Kang (강혜림) (Ph.D., 석박통합): 2019-2024
Thesis: Research on the role of CYFIP2 in membraneless organelle formation and protein synthesis
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Yeunkum Lee (이연금) (Research Professor, 연구교수): 2016-2020
- Chunmei Jin (김춘미) (Postdoc, 박사후연구원): 2022
Research Assistants
- Bokyoung Lee (이보경) (Research Assistant, 연구원): 2016-2017
Other Lab Members
- Yeju Kang (강예주) (Undergraduate Student, 의대본과 몰입형의과학연구실습): 2019
- Ji-Eun Lim (임지은) (Undergraduate Student, 의대본과 학생연구활동프로그램): 2019
- Seoyeon Kim (김서연) (Undergraduate Student, 의대본과 학생연구활동프로그램): 2019
- Hyunyoung Seong (성현영) (M.D. Anam Hospital Anesthesiologist, 융합형의사과학자프로그램): 2020
- Huiling Li (이혜령) (M.S.-Ph.D Program, 석박통합과정): 2022-2023