Professor
Kihyun Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Research Experience
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Sep 2022 – present
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, USA Sep 2018 – Aug 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar, Scientist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA Aug 2011 – July 2018
Ph.D. Graduate Student , Graduate Research Assistant
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Mar 2008 – Feb 2011
M.S. Graduate Student and Research Associate
Education
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York Aug 2011 – July 2018
Ph.D., Stem cell biology
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
M.S., Immunology Mar 2008 – Feb 2010
B.S., Pharmacy Mar 2004 – Feb 2008
Awards
2021 F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
2020 T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award
2017 Scholarship, Ewha Womans University Alumnae Association of North America
2017 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Students Scholarships, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association & The Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center
2017 NYKB Student Award, New York Korean Biologists
2017 Asclepius Laboratories Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Award, New England Science Symposium
2016 KASBP-Green Cross Fellowship, Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
2014 – 2015 Predoctoral Scholarship, Mogam Science Scholarship Foundation
2011 – 2013 Predoctoral Fellowship, Korea Government Scholarship Program for Study Overseas
2009 – 2010 Brain Korea 21 Graduate Study Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea
2006 – 2007 Ewha Scholarship, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
Awards
2021 F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
2020 T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award
2017 Scholarship, Ewha Womans University Alumnae Association of North America
2017 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Students Scholarships, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association & The Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center
2017 NYKB Student Award, New York Korean Biologists
2017 Asclepius Laboratories Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Award, New England Science Symposium
2016 KASBP-Green Cross Fellowship, Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
2014 – 2015 Predoctoral Scholarship, Mogam Science Scholarship Foundation
2011 – 2013 Predoctoral Fellowship, Korea Government Scholarship Program for Study Overseas
2009 – 2010 Brain Korea 21 Graduate Study Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea
2006 – 2007 Ewha Scholarship, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
Extramural Experience
2023 eLife guest editor
2020 President, Korean Life Scientists in the Bay Area
2019 Representative of University of California, San Francisco, Korean Life Scientists in the Bay Area
2018 – 2022 Gladstone Postdoc Advisory Committee, Gladstone Institutes
2016 – 2017 Vice President, New York Korean Biologist
2015 – 2016 Representative of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York Korean Biologist
2007 Head of the Pharmacy Department, Ewha Medical Care Program at Urganch, Uzbekistan
2006 – 2007 Student Representative, College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea
Media Coverage
2011.08 BRIC 한국을 빛내는 사람들 인터뷰
2016.10 KASBP-GREENCROSS Fellowship Award 수상 [데일리팜], [약업신문]
2017.03 BRIC 한국을 빛내는 사람들 인터뷰
2020.11 재미 한인생명공학자 단체 'KOLIS', 미 현지서 코로나관련 컨퍼런스 연다.
2020.12 제1회 전미 한인 생명과학자의 날 : KOREAN-AMERICAN BIOSCIENCE FORUM 2020
2022.09 KOSEN 한국 토종 미국 박사 한국 교수 도전하기
Other Experience
2023 JTBC Full Marathon Finisher, Seoul, South Korea
2021 BMW Berlin Full Marathon Finisher, Berlin, Germany
2015, 2019 TCS New York City Full Marathon Finisher, New York
Teaching
Genetics and Disease
Pharmaceutical Microbiology I, II
AAPS Biotechnology Fundamentals of Biotherapeutics Development
Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
K-MOOC:Unlocking the Future: CRISPR Gene Editing [EWHA×K-MOOC] 크리스퍼 유전자 조작이 바꿀 우리의 미래