Meet Our Team

Research Interests
- Immune-Neuro Interaction in CNS Physiology and Pathology

- Microbiome-Immune-Neuro Crosstalk

Education
Ph.D.  Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea
M.S. Department of Life Science, Handong Global University, Republic of Korea
B.S. School of Life Science, Handong Global University, Republic of Korea

Professional Experiences
2022.09 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Korea University College of Medicine
2018 - 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School
2017 - 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST

Honors and Awards
2025  POSCO Science Fellowship, POSCO TJ Park Foundation (포스코사이언스펠로십, 포스코 청암재단)
2023 Ministerial Commendation for Contributions to the Advancement of Health and Medical Technology,
Ministry of Health and Welfare (보건의료 기술진흥 분야 신진연구 부문 보건복지부장관 표창)
2023 Travel Award for Excellent Presentation, Japan Neuroscience Society
2022 Publication Award for Postdoctoral Fellows in Immunology, Association of Korean Immunologists in America (AKIA)
2021 Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Fellow Award, Harvard Medical School/ Harvard School of Dental Medicine
2021 Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Award, Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN)
2018 Nurturing Next-generation Researcher fellowship, NRF Korea
2017 Young investigators’ session presentation award, KSBMB
2017 KSCB young scientist award, The Korean Society for Cell Biology
2012 Global Ph.D. fellowship (글로벌 박사 펠로우십), National Research Foundation of Korea
2012 Woo-Duk Yoon Duk-Byung Foundation Scholarship (우덕 윤덕병 재단 장학금)
2010 The Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholarship (관정 이종환 교육재단 장학금)