2026.03 - Present   Assistant Professor, Department of Infection Biology, 

                                Chungnam National University College of Medicine 

2024.03 – 2026.02  Research Assistant Professor

                                Center for Systems Geroscience, Seoul National University

2021.09 – 2024.02  Senior Researcher

Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University

2018.03 – 2021.08   Postdoctoral Researcher

Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University

2009.06 – 2011.02   Researcher

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB)

Education

Seoul National University

2011.03 – 2018.02   Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program in Genetic Engineering

Kangwon National University

2005.03 – 2009.02   B.S., Biochemistry

Honors and Awards

2023.12

     Excellent Research Award (우수연구상), Young Scientist Symposium of Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG), Seoul National University, Korea

2021.11

Merck350 Future Researcher Award (미래연구자상), International Conference of the Korea Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB), Korea

2020.12

Excellent Research Award (우수연구상), Young Scientist Symposium of Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG), Seoul National University, Korea

2015.12

Excellent Research Award (우수연구상), Young Scientist Symposium of Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG), Seoul National University, Korea

Fellowships

2025.06 – 2028.05

Post-Doc. 성장형 연구지원 (공동연구 유형), National Research Foundation of Korea

Project Title: Developing mitochondrial functional restoration through chaperone regulation and aging-related disease treatment (RS-2025-02653992)

2023.03 – 2028.02

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sejong Science Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea

Project Title: Regulation of the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease by fumarate 

(RS-2023-00211029)

Patents

1. CISD2 sequence-derived peptide as a therapeutic agent for Wolfram syndrome,10-2025-0041373, Jongkyeong Chung, Su Jin Ham, Eunju Yoon, 2025, Korea

2. CISD2 sequence-derived peptide as a therapeutic agent for diabetes, 10-2025-0041389, Jongkyeong Chung, Su Jin Ham, Eunju Yoon, 2025, Korea