Lab Members 

Seyun Kim, Ph.D.   Principle Investigator 

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

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST (2012-2017) 

Education:

Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2007-2011)

Ph.D. Dept. Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2007)

M.S. Dept. Molecular Biology, Seoul National University (2000)

B.S. Dept. Molecular Biology, Seoul National University (1998)

Awards:

Grand Prize for The SooYoung Lee Teaching Innovation Award (KAIST, 2023)

Best Paper Award (The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, 2022) 

Grand Prize for Excellent Lecture (KAIST, 2021)

Excellent Lecture Award (KAIST, 2018)

Harold M. Weintraub Award (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 2007)

Martin & Carol Macht Young Investigator's Award (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2007)

Honors:

POSCO TJ Park Science Fellowship for Junior Faculty (POSCO TJ Park Foundation, 2013)

Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship (Jane Coffin Childs Foundation, 2007-2010)

Korean Government Scholarship for Overseas Study (2001) 

Professional Service:

Associate editor - Animal Cells and Systems (2018-present)

Topic editor - Molecules (2020-present)

Editorial board member - Molecules and Cells (2018-present)

Steering member of Academic Affairs, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (2020, 2021)