Graduate Students

권소연 Soyeon KWON

[Major]

• Systematics of Ascidiacea (Chordata: Tunicata)

[Education]

• Ph.D. course in Environmental Horticulture (Taxonomy & Ecology track), Sahmyook University, 2026–present

• M.S. in Environmental Horticulture (Taxonomy & Ecology track), Sahmyook University, 2025

• B.Sc. in Animal Biotechnology and Resources, Sahmyook University, 2023

[Publications]

• Soyeon Kwon, Jinho Lee, Sehun Jeon, Hoon Jeong, Taekjun Lee, 2025. First record of Herdmania pallida (Ascidiacea: Stolidobranchia: Pyuridae) in South Korea and genetic evidence suggesting cryptic diversity. Zootaxa, 5701(2):149-166 [SCIE]

[Additional Skills and Interests]

• PADI Divemaster

전세훈 Sehun JEON

[Major]

• Systematics of Asteroidea, emphasizing on Henricia (Asteroidea: Spinulosida: Echinasteridae)

[Education]

• M.S. course in Environmental Horticulture (Taxonomy & Ecology track), Sahmyook University, 2025–present

• B.S. in Animal Biotechnology and Resources, Sahmyook University, 2025

[Additional Skills and Interests]

• SDI Open Water License

• Light Aircraft Pilot Certificate (3rd Class)

최유진 Yujin CHOI

[Major]

• Population genetics of Mesocentrotus nudus (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Strongylocentrotidae)

• Systematics of Echinoidea (Echinodermata) 

[Education]

• M.S. course in Environmental Horticulture (Taxonomy & Ecology track), Sahmyook University, 2026–present

• B.S. in Animal Biotechnology and Resources, Sahmyook University, 2026

[Publications]

• Han Soo Kim‡, Yujin Choi‡, Jeongwon Choi, Hyun-Gi Min, Soyeon Kwon, Byung Rae Jin, Yun Hui Kim, Ji Hyun Woo, Lee-Hyeon Jeon, Taekjun Lee, Yun-Sik Lee, 2026. The complete mitochondrial genome of Bionychiurus tamilensis (Collembola: Onychiuridae). Mitochondrial DNA part B, 11(5):681-685 [SCIE] ‡co-1st author

[Additional Skills and Interests]

• SNSI Open Water License

• Enjoys reading and discussing a wide variety of books

김성재 Seongjae KIM

[Education]

• M.S. in Environmental Horticulture (Taxonomy & Ecology track), 2025

[Publications]

• Seongjae Kim, Taekjun Lee, Jeounghee Lee, 2026. Spatiotemporal dynamics of Watersipora subtorquata in Korean coastal harbors: effect of water temperature and salinity on percent cover. Aquatic Invasions, 21(3):185-201. [SCIE]