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


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