Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
Seojeong Kim
๐ฉ contact: seojeongkim@g.skku.edu
Seojeong received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She is interested in how emotions are experienced and regulated in daily life, particularly the gap between emotion regulation ability and achievement across individuals with emotional disorders. In her free time, she enjoys camping, reading, and exploring coffee shops in her city.
*Graduated in February 2026 ๐๐
Eunseo Soh
๐ฉ contact: ableunseo@gmail.com
Eunseo studied Social Psychology at SMWU. She is broadly interested in how individuals cope with various emotions, focusing on interpersonal and digital emotion regulation tactics in daily life contexts. Her research interests especially include social media use. In her free time, she enjoys exploring new eateries and chilling at home with her plants and books.
*Completed coursework for a Masterโs degree in February 2026
*Researcher at Gangnam Severance Hospital (๊ฐ๋จ์ธ๋ธ๋์ค๋ณ์)
Jaeyeon Jang
๐ฉ contact: peter8077@g.skku.edu
JaeYeon majored in Psychology at SKKU. Interested in daily life variables like physical activity and social rhythm that impact mental health, he wants to learn and study variables related with emotion (i.e. emotion regulation goals and motivations). During his free time, he enjoys the physical activities such as weight training and hiking and loves eating delicious foods from around the world.
*Completed coursework for a Masterโs degree in August 2025
Eunbi Kang
Eunbi received her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from SKKU. Her research interests include optimal well-being after suicidal behaviors, emotion regulation and well-being, depression, and happiness. Outside of the lab, she enjoys hanging out with her friends, listening to music, and going to concerts or festivals.
*Graduated in February 2025 ๐๐
Sooyeon Kim
Sooyeon majored in Art and Psychology at SKKU. Her interests broadly lie in emotion and emotion regulation in daily life, with a special focus on the role of culturally-driven desired affect and pro/contra-hedonic motivation in the emotion regulation strategies used in the response modulation phase. In her free time, she enjoys meeting her friends, crocheting, and exploring nature.ย
*Graduated in February 2025 ๐๐ย
* Ph.D student at the University of Melbourneย
Yunsu Kim
Yunsu earned her B.S. in Public Administration and Psychology from SKKU. Her research interest revolves around the appraisal and regulation of emotions in the context of depression, including beliefs about emotions, emotional awareness and positive emotion regulation. Apart from her academic pursuits, she loves reading good books and playing the piano.
*Graduated in August 2024 ๐๐
*Post-master researcher at Samsung Medical Center (์ผ์ฑ์์ธ๋ณ์)
Gyuseok Choi
Gyuseok majored in Portuguese and Psychology at Dankook University. He is interested in understanding why depressed individuals struggle to regulate their emotions and whether they employ cognitive reappraisal as intended. Other than research, Gyuseok enjoys coffee, fitness, and playing badminton.
*Graduated in August 2025 ๐๐
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Past Members
Nagyeom Yangย ย former undergraduate research assistant (~2024); currently studying Pharmacy at SMWU
Jimin Lim former undergraduate research assistant (~2024)
Danah Jo former undergraduate research assistant (~2024)
Soobin Kim former undergraduate research assistant (~2024)
Moonjeong Kang former research assistant (~2024); She received her B.A. in Psychology from Sogang Unversity, currently enrolled as a graduate student in the sport psychology program at Florida State University. Her research interests include how culture and diversity are linked to emotion, and the role of sport and physical activity on mental health.
Jinah Kim former research assistant (~2024); She double majored in Psychology and Business Administration at SKKU. Her research interests include beliefs about emotion and how these beliefs influence the emotional experiences of individuals in their daily lives.
Nayeon Kim Nayeon studied Psychology(BSc) at University of Bristol, UK. Her research interests include individual differences in emotion reactivity and emotion sensitivity, personality traits and emotion regulation, and minfulness-based interventions. During her free time, she enjoys taking photos of nature and animals, going to concerts, listening to music on speakers or LPs, and collecting cute things.
Yumin Lee ย ย former research assistant (~2025); Yumin is majoring in psychology at the Catholic University of Korea. She is interested in internalizing disorders and cognitive risk and protective factors in the mechanisms of emotion regulation. In her free time, she enjoys going to concerts.