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KyungMin An
KyungMin An
Assistant Professor in Psychology
Centre for Human Brain Health
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Biography
Biography
Dr Kyung-min An took her BA in Psychology at Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea. She took her MSc in Medical Physics at the University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea. During her MSc, she studied on brain responses to the somatosensory processing measured by Magnetoencephalography (MEG). She took her PhD in Child Development at Osaka University, Japan. She studied on brain activities during motor control in children with autism spectrum disorders using child-customized MEG. As a postdoctoral fellow, she focused on the neural and cognitive development in young children at the Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University, Japan.
In 2020, she was employed as an assistant professor at the Kanazawa University, Japan. She focused on the topic of neuroimaging of child development, autism spectrum disorders, and preterm-birth children using MEG. She developed MEG system with multi-channel optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) to measure the auditory gamma activity. Her research was funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Collaborative Research Network for Asian Children with Developmental Disorders.
She joined the School of Psychology and Centre for Human Brain Health at the University of Birmingham in June 2022. Her research interests are mainly focused on 1) developing an OPM-MEG system for infants, children, and adolescents, 2) applying it to study on child development and developmental disorders.
Fundings
Fundings
OPM research on emotional processing in infants
Principal Investigator
BBSRC Pioneer Awards Funding
UK Research Innovation
2023-2025; £200,000 (~257,000 USD)
Advancing the state-of-the-art through multimodal Focused Ultrasound Stimulation (FUS)
Co-Investigator
MRC Equipment Funding
UK Research Innovation
2023-2024; £310,000 (~400,000 USD)
Developing Early Diagnostic Methods for Autism using MEG and Novel Graph Neural Network
Principal Investigator
SMQB Interdisciplinary Research Seed Corn Funding
SMQB, University of Birmingham
2023; £10,000 (~13,000 USD)
Human infant/child OPM gear
Principal Investigator
LES Equipment funding
2022 – 2023 ; £40,000 (~48,600 USD)
Exploring the use of metaphor and iconic gestures by autistic and allistic people when communicating positive and negative emotional experiences
Co-Investigator
IGI IAS Pump Priming Research Funding
IGI IAS, University of Birmingham
2023; £5,000 (~6,500 USD)
A Study on the Brain activity related to the Motor Development of Preterm Birth Using Child-customized MEG
Principal Investigator
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2022.04.01 – 2025.03.31 ; 4,550,000 JPY (~£30,000 = ~36,500 USD)
International Collaborative Research with the U.K. and Republic of Korea for Investigating the Cortical Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Principal Investigator
Center of Innovation Program for collaborative research
Japan Science and Technology Agency
2020.04.01 – 2022.03.31 ; 27,378,000 JPY (~£176,000 = ~213,800 USD)
Neural Network related to Motor Dysfunctions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Child-customized MEG
Principal Investigator
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (grant number: 20K16622)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2020.04.01 – 2022.03.31 ; 4,160,000 JPY (~£27,000 = ~32,800 USD)
Investigation of the symptom diversity corresponding to characteristics of brain activity in young children with autism spectrum disorder
Co-Investigator
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (grant number: 20H03599)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2020.04.01 – 2023.03.31 ; 17,680,000 JPY (~£114,000 = ~138,500 USD)
Korea-Japan Joint Research on Psychological Pain, Addiction and Self-Control in Children
Co-Investigator
BK 21 Four Project of Chungnam National University
National Research Foundation of Korea
2020.09.01 – 2021.02.28 ; 10,000,000 KRW (~£6,200 = ~7,600 USD)
2021.07.01 – 2022.02.28 ; 10,000,000 KRW (~£6,200 = ~7,600 USD)
Research experience
Research experience
University of Birmingham 2022. 06 – Present
Assistant Professor in Psychology
Kanazawa University 2020. 02 – 2022. 03
Assistant Professor
- Neurophysiological development in children using MEG
- Brain oscillations in children with autism spectrum disorders
- MEG recordings using optically pumped magnetometers
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) 2020. 10 – 2022. 03
Visiting Professor
- Brain activity during tactile perception using MEG
- MEG using OPM sensors
University of Birmingham 2021. 06 – 2021. 12
Visiting Professor
- Cross-frequency coupling in children with autism spectrum disorders
Kanazawa University 2019. 04 – 2020. 02
Post-doctoral Fellowship
- Brain structures associated with the autism endophenotype
- Neurophysiological development in young children using MEG
Kanazawa University 2017. 04 – 2019. 03
Researcher
- Gamma oscillations in children with autism spectrum disorders
Korea Research Institute of Standard and Science (KRISS) 2014. 03 – 2016. 08
Research Assistant
- Brain activity during cutaneous warmth sensation using MEG
Samsung Medical Center and KRISS 2013. 03 – 2014. 02
Researcher
- Inter-ictal epileptiform discharge using EEG/MEG
Education
Education
Osaka University 2017. 04 – 2019. 03
PhD. in Child Development
Japan
University of Science and Technology 2014. 03 – 2016. 08
MSc. in Medical Physics
South Korea
Chungnam National University 2007. 03 – 2011. 08
BSc. in Psychology
South Korea
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