Principal Investigator

Professional Career

2022-present   Associate Director, Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, IBS

2018-present    Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

2013-2018         Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

2009-2013         Postdoctoral Fellow, HHMI, University of California, Berkeley

2007-2009         Postdoctoral Fellow, Seoul National University

2004-2005         Visiting Researcher, New York University School of Medicine  

2004                   Visiting Researcher, Columbia University

2000-2001         Research Assistant, Seoul National University

Educational Background

2007     Ph.D. School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University

2002     B.S. Dept. of Biology Education, Seoul National University

Honors and Awards

2021 ALBA-ELSEVIER Award Lecture on Brain Sciences 2021 Winner

2019 Blue Ribbon Lecture Award, The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology

2017 Scitech Korea Young Neuroscientist Award, The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science

2017 Outstanding Junior Faculty Travel Award, International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society, USA

2017 Ewon Assistant Professor, KAIST, Korea

2016 30 Young Scientists of Korea Award in Life Sciences, POSTECH, Dong-A ILBO, Korea

2015 Young Scientist Award, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions 2015, Dalian, China

2014 Travel Award for Excellent Presentation, The Japan Neuroscience Society, Japan

2013 NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, USA

2012 COSYNE Selected Speaker, Gatsby Travel Grant Award, USA

2010 Best Poster Presentation Award, Gordon Research Conference on Neurobiology of Cognition, USA

2007 Best Research Paper Award, the 5th Year-End Symposium,  IMBG, Seoul National University, Korea

2007 Selected Attendee for RIKEN Summer Lecture Course, Japan

2007 10 Outstanding Scientists Award, Korean Ministry of Science & Technology, Korea

2007 Best Thesis Award, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea

2007 Special Seoul Science Fellowship, Seoul City Government, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation 

2006 Outstanding Research Award, Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN), USA

2004 Individual Fellowship for International Cooperative Research Program, Korea