PEOPLE
 
 
 
 
Principle Investigator
 
Jihyun F. Kim
 
 
Laboratory of Microbial Genomics and Systems/Synthetic Biology
E-mail jfk1@yonsei.ac.kr   Telephone 02-2123-5561  Homepage http://www.microbiome.re.kr
 
 
EDUCATION
 
B.S. Department of Agricultural Biology, Seoul National University, 1989
M.S. Department of Agricultural Biology, Seoul National University, 1991
Ph.D. Molecular Plant Pathology Program, Cornell University, 1997
 
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
 
1997-2000         Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
2000-2012         Senior Researcher, Principal Researcher, and Director,
                          Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
2004-2012         Associate Professor and Professor (Adjunct),
                          University of Science and Technology
2009-2012         Professor (Adjunct),
                          Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
2012-present    Associate Professor and Professor,
                          Department of Systems Biology and Divison of Life Sciences,
                          Yonsei University
 
AWARDS
 
1991   Korean Government Overseas Scholarship (1993-1996), Ministry of Education
2009   Excellence in Teaching Award (Microbial Genomics),
           University of Science and Technology
2009   On-BIT Award, Korean Society for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
2009   da Vinci Award,
           Korea Research Council of Fundamental Sciences and Technology
2010   KRIBB Award-Grand Prize, KRIBB
2011   Excellence in Research Supervision Award,
           University of Science and Technology
2011   Minister of Education, Science and Technology Award (No. 10027)
2013   Excellence of Achievement Faculty Award (Research), Yonsei University
2014   KRIBB Research Award (Leader), The Microbiological Society of Korea
2015   Excellence of Achievement Faculty Award (Research), Yonsei University
2016   Excellence of Achievement Faculty Award (Research), Yonsei University
2017   Excellence of Achievement Faculty Award (Research), Yonsei University
2018   Grand Prize for Academic Achievement, The Microbiological Society of Korea
 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
2002-2012        Program Manager, Microbial Functional Genomics,
                         21C Frontier Microbial Genomics and Applications Center,
                         Ministry of Education and Science Technology
2009                 Program Manager (Program Advisor), Division of Life Sciences,
                         National Research Foundation of Korea
2010-2012        Program Manager (Review Board), Division of Biotechnology,
                         National Research Foundation of Korea
2012-2014        Advisory Board, The Agricultural Genome Center,
                         The Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program,
                         Rural Developmen Administration
2012-2014        Program Manager (Review Board for Microbiology and Parasitology),
                         Division of Life Sciences, National Research Foundation of Korea
2014-2015        Program Manager (Review Board for Microbiology),
                         Division of Life Sciences, National Research Foundation of Korea
2014-present   Director, Strategic Initiative for Microbiomes in Agriculture and Food,
                         Korea Post-Genome Project,
                         Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
2015-2017        Member, Project Administration Committee,
                         Korea Post-Genome Project, Rural Development Administration
2015-present   Review Board, The Agricultural Genome Center
                         The Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program,
                         Rural Developmen Administration
2015-present   Review Board, Food-borne pathogen Omics Research Center
                         Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
2018-present   Member, Review Committee for Research Contracts on Policy,
                         Ministry of Science and ICT