Nong Khanh Linh

Email: lizkhanhlinh1@gmail.com | lizkhanhlinh@unist.ac.kr

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lizkhanhlinh13

EDUCATION

2026 | PhD in Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea

Thesis: Genome-scale evaluation of the transcriptional and metabolic network in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for its industrial applications

Supervisor: Dr Donghyuk Kim 

2017 | BSc in Biotechnology (First Class Honours), University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK

Thesis: Evaluation of the Combined Anticancer effect of Linalool and Diallyl disulphide on colorectal cancer in vitro

Supervisor: Dr Rajarshi Sankar Ray

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

20192025 | Research Assistant, Systems Biology and Machine Learning Lab, UNIST

2016 | Intern, University Medical Centre HCMC Laboratory Department 

2015 – 2017 | Laboratory Assistant, Management Development Institute of Singapore 

AWARDS

2025 | Best Poster Award, 2025 KSIEC Fall Meeting & Conference

2015 – 2016 | The Dean’s List for Outstanding Academic Performance 

PUBLICATIONS

Redefining HexR regulatory landscape in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 through integrative systems biology. Nong LK#, Sathesh-Prabu C, Lee SK, Kim D*. Metab Eng. 2025 Nov 17. doi:10.1016/j.ymben.2025.11.014

Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteriophages, KP1 and KP12, with deep learning-based structure prediction. Nong LK#, Kim YJ#, Lee SM#, Kim J, Kim SB, Kim D. Front Microbiol. 2023 Jan 24. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.990910.

ChEAP: ChIP-exo Analysis Pipeline and the investigation of Escherichia coli RpoN protein-DNA interactions. Nong LK#, Bang I#, Park JY, Le HT, Lee SM, Kim D. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2022 Dec 02. doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2022.11.053.

Experimental promoter identification of a food-borne pathogen Salmonella Enterica Subsp. Enterica Serovar Typhimurium with near single base-pair resolution. Lee SM#, Le HT#, Taizhanova A, Nong LK, Park JY, Lee EJ, Palsson BO, Kim D. Front Microbiol. 2024 Jan 04. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1271121.

Deep-learning optimized DEOCSU suite provides an iterable pipeline for accurate ChIP-exo peak calling. Bang I#, Lee SM#, Park S#, Park JY, Nong LK, Gao Y, Palsson BO, Kim D. Brief Bioinform. 2023 Jan 25. doi:10.1093/bib/bbad024.

Characterization of an Entner-Doudoroff pathway-activated Escherichia coli. Kim YE#, Cho KH#, Bang I#, Kim CH, Ryu YS, Kim Y, Choi EM, Nong LK, Kim D*, Lee SK*. Biotechnol Biofuels Bioprod. 2022 Nov 09. doi.org/10.1186/s13068-022-02219-6

Genome-wide Identification of DNA-protein Interaction to Reconstruct Bacterial Transcription Regulatory Network. Park JY#, Rimal H#, Bang I, Nong LK, Kim D. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng. 2020 Dec 29. doi:10.1007/s12257-020-0030-9.

Comprehensive genomic analysis on the novel species Sphingomonas panacis DCY99T reveals insights into iron tolerance of ginseng. Kim YJ#,*, Park JY#, Balusamy SR, Huo Y, Nong LK, Le HT, Yang DC, Kim D*. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Mar 16. doi:10.3390/ijms21062019.

REFERENCES 

Dr Donghyuk Kim, Associate Professor | dkim@unist.ac.kr

Dr Rajarshi Sankar Ray, Senior Lecturer | (+65) 6796 7832 | rajarshi_ray@mdis.edu.sg 

Dr Sukumar Ponnusamy, PhD | (+65) 6796 7842 | sukumar_ponnusamy@mdis.edu.sg