People

Jong-Chan Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, 2024-Current

Assistant Professor, 2018-2024

Department of New Biology, DGIST

New Biology Research Center, DGIST

Department of Biomedical Science & Engineering, DGIST

Quantum Information Science Major, DGIST

GIST InnoCORE AI-Nano Convergence Institute for Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Address: 333, Techno jungang-daero, E6-614, Hyeonpung-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, 42988, Rep. of KOREA

Phone: +82-53-785-1780

Email: jclee@dgist.ac.kr

Post-doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2016-2018

Post-doctoral Fellow, POSTECH, 2015-2016

Ph.D. POSTECH, 2015, Physics

B.S. POSTECH, 2009, Physics

Sarmistha Mitra, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow, DGIST, 2023-Current

Ph.D. Dongguk University, College of Medicine, 2023, Medicine

M.S. Kwangwoon University, 2020, Engineering

B.S. University of Chittagong, 2018, Pharmacy

Email: mitrasar@dgist.ac.kr

Seon Woo Lim, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow, DGIST, 2025-Current

Ph.D. UNIST, 2025, Physics

B.S. UNIST, 2019, Physics

Email: seonwoolim@dgist.ac.kr

Jinkwang Kim, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow, DGIST, 2026-Current

Ph.D. DGIST, 2026, New Biology

B.S. DGIST, 2018, Transdisciplinary Studies

Email: akfls2870@dgist.ac.kr

Eunha Gwak

B.S. Changwon National University, 2020, Biology and Chemistry

Email: eunha4315@dgist.ac.kr

Daewon Hwang

B.S. DGIST, 2024, Transdisciplinary Studies

Email: daewoun0355@dgist.ac.kr

Dongbin Ko

B.S. DGIST, 2025, Transdisciplinary Studies

Email: dbkoh@dgist.ac.kr

Hyeon Su Lee

B.S. Kyungpook National University, 2024, Life Science

Email: leehyeonsu@dgist.ac.kr

Heyung Seung Ahn

B.S. Seoul National University, 2021, Biology Education

Email: tjdguddks@naver.com

Nayeon Ahn

DGIST

Email: kellyann1201@dgist.ac.kr

Changhyeok Lee

DGIST

Email: changhyeok@dgist.ac.kr

Chaejung Yoon

DGIST

Email: ycj0418@dgist.ac.kr

Donghyeok Lee

DGIST

Email: dhl516@dgist.ac.kr

Seungho Jeong

DGIST

Email: jsho391774@dgist.ac.kr

Jun Seok Kim

DGIST

Email: jake7014@dgist.ac.kr

Sejoo Jeong, Ph.D.

Currently Postdoc at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden

Ph.D. DGIST, 2026, New Biology

B.S. DGIST, 2019, Transdisciplinary Studies

Email: sj960129@dgist.ac.kr

Tae-Bin Park

Currently at National Institute of Medical Device Safety Information, Korea

M.S. DGIST, 2025, New Biology

B.S. Hanyang University, 2023, Food&Nutrition

Sugarjav Dorjrentsen

Currently at Vitafit, Mongolia

M.S. DGIST, 2025, New Biology

B.S. Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, 2020, Biomedical Sciences

Shinji Kim

Currently at POSTECH, Korea

B.S. DGIST, 2026, Transdisciplinary Studies

Jaeyong Kim

M.S. DGIST, 2022, New Biology

B.S. DGIST, 2020, Transdisciplinary Studies

Wonhee Lee, Ph.D.

Currently Postdoc at University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA

Ph.D. DGIST, 2021, New Biology

B.S. KAIST, 2014

Rupak Timilsina, Ph.D.

Currently Assistant Professor at Rogers State University, USA 

Postdoc, University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA, 2021–2024

Post-doctoral Fellow, DGIST, 2020-2021

Ph.D. DGIST, 2019, New Biology

M.S. POSTECH, 2015, Biological Science

B.S. Kathmandu University, 2011, Biotechnology

SangMoon Lhee, Ph.D.

Research Fellow, 2019-2019