Eunjoon Kim

Eunjoon Kim
Born Jan 20, 1964
Republic of Korea
Residence Daejeon
Nationality Korea
Alma mater Busan National University, KAIST, Michigan State University
Scientific career
Fields Neuroscience, autism, protein receptors
Institutions KAIST, Institute for Basic Science, Harvard Medical School
Doctoral advisor James L. Bennett
Korean name
Hangul 김은준
Revised Romanization Gim Eunjun
McCune–Reischauer Kim Ŭnchun
Website IBS Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions

Eunjoon Kim is a professor of KAIST and director of Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). With over 150 publications to his name, his research has been cited over 16,000 times giving him an h-index of 61 and i10-index of 121.[1] He graduated from Busan National University in 1986, received master's degree at KAIST in 1988, received PhD degree at Michigan State University in 1994, and worked at Harvard Medical School as a postdoctoral fellow during 1995-1996. His current research focuses on molecular organization of neuronal synapses and synapse dysfunction-related psychiatric disorders.

Education

Work

  • 1988. 3 – 1991. 8 Research Associate, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea
  • 1995. 1 – 1997. 2 Postdoc, Dept of Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School.P.I.: Morgan Sheng
  • 1997. 3 – 2000. 2 Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Busan National University, Korea
  • 2000. 3 – 2014 Assistant, Associate, & Full Professor, Dept of Biol. Sci., KAIST, Korea
  • 2003. 7 – 2012.5 Director, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Synaptogenesis, Korea
  • 2012. 6 – present Director, Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, Institute for Basic Science, KAIST, Korea[3]

Awards

  • 2018: ASAN Awards in Medicine, ASAN Foundation[4][5][6]
  • 2014: KAISTian of the Year, KAIST[7]
  • 2013: POSCO Chungam Award, POSCO[8][9]
  • 2012: Life Science Award, Korean Society for Molecular Cell Biology[10][11]
  • 2012: Inchon Award, Dong-A Ilbo[12][13]
  • 2012: Life Science Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cell Biology
  • 2011: Best Research Award, KAIST[14]
  • 2005: BPS Award, Korean BioPharmacal Society
  • 2004: Young Investigator Award, Korean Ministry of Science and Technology
  • 2003: Academic Award, KAIST
  • 1991: Korean Government Overseas Scholarship, Ministry of Education

References

  1. ↑ Eunjoon, Kim. "Google Scholar". Google Scholar.
  2. ↑ Kim, Eunjoon. "Michigan State University".
  3. ↑ Eunjoon, Kim (2012). "Autistic-like social behavior in Shank2-mutant mice improved by restoring NMDA receptor function". Nature. 486: 261–265. doi:10.1038/nature11208. PMID 22699620.
  4. ↑ "2008 - 2018 Laureates Asan Award in Medicine - Asan Medical Center". Asan Award in Medicine. Asan Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Kim, Hyoyeon (11 April 2018). "The 11th Asan Award in Medicine Laureates". KAIST Herald. KAIST. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Four Scientists to Receive 2018 ASAN Awards". Asian Scientist. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions Lab". Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions Lab. KAIST. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Science Prize Awardees(2013): Eun-jun Kim". TJ Park Foundation. POSCO. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  9. ↑ 박, 민규 (5 February 2013). "포스코 청암상에 김은준·윤병훈·서영남 씨 선정". 아시아경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  10. ↑ 박, 혜정 (10 January 2018). "아산의학상에 김은준·방영주 교수 선정". 아시아경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  11. ↑ 이, 에스더 (11 January 2018). "아산의학상에 김은준·방영주 교수". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  12. ↑ 황, 인찬 (30 August 2012). "[제26회 인촌상 수상자]인촌상 영광의 얼굴들… 수상소감과 공적". DongA (in Korean). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "인촌상 김은준 교수". Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  14. ↑ 김, 봉구 (5 January 2015). 한국경제 (in Korean). 한국경제신문 http://news.hankyung.com/article/201501055447g?nv=o. Retrieved 5 September 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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