Principal Investigator
Jihyun F. Kim, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Microbial Genomics and Systems/Synthetic Biology
Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University
Director, Microbiome Research Institute, Yonsei University
Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology
Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Fellow
Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology
Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Fellow
E-mail jfk1@yonsei.ac.kr · Telephone +82-2-2123-5561 · Google Scholar
EDUCATION
- 1989
- B.S., Department of Agricultural Biology, Seoul National University
- 1991
- M.S., Department of Agricultural Biology, Seoul National University
- 1997
- Ph.D., Molecular Plant Pathology Program, Cornell University
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- 1997–2000
- Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
- 2000–2012
- Senior Researcher, Principal Researcher, and Director, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
- 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 Division of Life Sciences, Yonsei University
AWARDS
- 2024
- Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Fellow, Yonsei University
- 2022
- Presidential Citation, the 25th Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Science and Technology Awards
- 2019
- Minister of Science and ICT Citation (National R&D Achievements 100)
- 2019
- The National Academy of Sciences Award (Natural Sciences – Basic), The National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea
- 2018
- Grand Prize for Academic Achievement, The Microbiological Society of Korea
- 2013, 2015–2017
- Excellence of Achievement Faculty Award (Research), Yonsei University
- 2014
- KRIBB Research Award (Leader), The Microbiological Society of Korea
- 2011
- Minister of Education, Science and Technology Award
- 2011
- Excellence in Research Supervision Award, University of Science and Technology
- 2010
- KRIBB Award – Grand Prize, KRIBB
- 2009
- da Vinci Award, Korea Research Council of Fundamental Sciences and Technology
- 2009
- On-BIT Award, Korean Society for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- 2009
- Excellence in Teaching Award (Microbial Genomics), University of Science and Technology
- 1991
- Korean Government Overseas Scholarship (1993–1996), Ministry of Education
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2028
- President (52nd), The Microbiological Society of Korea (elected 2026)
- 2025
- Co-chair, RECOMB 2025 — the 29th International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (Seoul, April 26–29, 2025)
- 2025
- Co-chair, RECOMB-Microbiome 2025
- 2018–
- Member, Review Committee for Research Contracts on Policy, Ministry of Science and ICT
- 2015–
- Review Board, Food-borne Pathogen Omics Research Center, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
- 2015–
- Review Board, The Agricultural Genome Center, Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program, Rural Development Administration
- 2015–2017
- Member, Project Administration Committee, Korea Post-Genome Project, Rural Development Administration
- 2014–
- Director, Strategic Initiative for Microbiomes in Agriculture and Food, Korea Post-Genome Project, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- 2014–2015
- Program Manager (Review Board for Microbiology), Division of Life Sciences, National Research Foundation of Korea
- 2012–2014
- Program Manager (Review Board for Microbiology and Parasitology), Division of Life Sciences, National Research Foundation of Korea
- 2012–2014
- Advisory Board, The Agricultural Genome Center, Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program, Rural Development Administration
- 2010–2012
- Program Manager (Review Board), Division of Biotechnology, National Research Foundation of Korea
- 2009
- Program Manager (Program Advisor), Division of Life Sciences, National Research Foundation of Korea
- 2002–2012
- Program Manager, Microbial Functional Genomics, 21C Frontier Microbial Genomics and Applications Center