Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
Email: tae-kim@gist.ac.kr
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School
MD, PhD degree at College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University
Residency in psychiatry at Kyung Hee Medical Center, Seoul
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Clinical Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Clinical Instructor, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Public Health Doctor, Gongju National Hospital
LICENSURE
1999 Licensed as a Physician by Minister of Health & Welfare, Korea
2004 Licensed as a Psychiatrist by Minister of Health & Welfare, Korea
Research project
#1: Gamma oscillations in vitamin D deficiency
#2: tDCS mechanism
#3: Gamma entrainment by game
Research projects
#1: Homeostatic sleep regulation in CRBN knockout mice
#2: Cognitive reserve project
Research projects
#1: The association between sleep deprivation and neuropathic pain via homer1a
Research project
#1: Gamma entrainment therapy for neuropathic pain
#2: Trends in the epidemiology of mental health problems
#3: Role of norepinephrine dynamics in insomnia disorder
#4: Development of optogenetics-based neurovascular coupling monitoring system
Research projects
#1: Gap junction and gamma oscillations
#2: Sleep banking
Research projects
#1: The impact of acute hyperglycemia on sleep architecture and its neurobiological mechanism
Research projects
#1: Mefloquine effect on gap junction and gamma oscillation
#2: Glymphatic clearance and Infaslow oscillation on multiple sleep related regions
Research projects
#1: tPBM effects on sleep homeostasis regulation and cross-link to circadian rhythm regulation
#2: deep brain PBM stimulation and its neuroprotective effect
Research project
#1: Cortisol & Sleep Literature Review
#2: Cancer, Sleep & Microbiome Project
Research project
#1: Therapeutic effect of auditory gamma entrainment
Research interest
#1: Sleep & Emotional regulation
Research interest
#1: HPA axis & Depression-AD pathway
#2: Cortisol & Depression-AD Link
Research project
#1: Parvalbumin and generation of gamma oscillations
Jiseung Kang, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor at the School of Health and Environmental Science at Korea University
Victor J. Drew, PhD (2023)
Postdoc at Institute of Basic Sciences (IBS) at Daejeon
Jieun Jung, PhD (2024)
Postdoc at Chosun University College of Medicine
Mincheol Park, PhD (2025)
Postdoc at T-Neuro Lab
Ju-Ho Lee, MS
Research Associate, Amyloid Solutions
Juhyeon Lee, MS
Research Associate, Korean Brain Research Institute
Jihye Huh, MS
Research Associate, Samsung Biologics
Chaeyeon Kim, MS
Mahnoor Zaheer, MS (2024)
Preparing for further study