Research Experiences

2024.3-present     Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.

2022.3-2024.2.     Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.

2020.5-2022.2      Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Skirball Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA. Advisor: Hyung Don Ryoo

                            and Greg S.B. Suh.

2015.12-2020.5    Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Skirball Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA. Advisor: Greg S.B. Suh.

2013.3 -2015.11   Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea. Advisor: Joonho Choe.

2007.3 - 2013.2    Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea. Advisor: Joonho Choe. (Drosophila genetics and neurobiology)

2006.3 - 2007.2    Undergraduate researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea. Advisor: Eunjoon Kim. (Neurobiology: synaptic brain

                            dysfunctions)

2005.9 - 2006.2    Undergraduate researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea. Advisor: Yeonsoo Seo. (Biochemistry: DNA replication)

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Education

2007.3 - 2013.2    Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, Ph. D. Advisor: Joonho Choe, Ph. D. (Drosophila genetics and neurobiology)

                             Dissertation: “Identification and characterization of the novel sleep regulatory pathways in Drosophila melanogaster.”

2003.3 - 2007.2    Dept of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, B.S. Advisor: Eunjoon Kim, Ph. D. (Neurobiology: synaptic brain dysfunctions)

 

Honors and Awards

2021.09             Hanmi Travel Grant Awards. 2021 KSMCB, Jeju, South Korea.

2019.10             Best poster presentation award. 2019 Skirball Institute Retreat, New York, NY, USA (October 28-30).

2012.6               Best poster presentation award. 5th BRC-UK joint symposium on neuroscience, Jeju, South Korea (June 27-29).

2012.5               Best poster presentation award. The 2012 meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR). San Destin, FA, USA (May 19-23).

2011.7               Best oral presentation award. The 41st Korean Drosophilists’ Association, Korea Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology Conference, South Korea 

2007.3 - 2012.2 Full Scholarship in the Ph.D. course, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea.

2003.3 - 2007.2 Presidential Science Scholarship for undergraduate students, National Research Foundation, South Korea.1

 

Research Interests

• Determine how the metabolites from gut microbiota affect the activity of nutrient-sensing neurons.

• Identify the external and internal sensors that detect and respond to gut microbial factors.

• Identify internal sensing systems that detect and respond to pathogens.