The team

The people behind the fold.

A growing group of clinicians, biologists, and computational scientists — learning the rules of the 3D genome together.

Principal investigator
Ji Hun Kim Kim LabKim Lab, KAIST — jihunkim.kaist.ac.kr
Ji Hun Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · GSMSE, KAIST

Studies how the 3D folding of the genome controls gene expression and disease — trained across Australia, the UK, and the USA before opening the lab at KAIST.

  • 2020–22 Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline 🇺🇸
  • 2016–19 Postdoc, Univ. of Pennsylvania — Jennifer Phillips-Cremins lab 🇺🇸
  • 2014–16 Postdoc, Jackson Laboratory — Charles Lee lab 🇺🇸
  • 2010 Visiting scientist, Univ. of Edinburgh — Bill Earnshaw lab 🇬🇧
  • 2009–14 Ph.D., chromosome biology, Univ. of Melbourne 🇦🇺
Full profile →  ·  jihkim@kaist.ac.kr
Graduate Students and postdocs
Kyung-Hwan Lee
Dr. Kyung-Hwan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
lkhwan0929@kaist.ac.kr
Sohee Choi
Sohee Choi
M.S./Ph.D. course
shchoi@kaist.ac.kr
Jung Yoon Jang
Jung Yoon Jang
M.S./Ph.D. course
jyoon_jang@kaist.ac.kr
Eunhye Jeong
Eunhye Jeong
M.S./Ph.D. course
eunheyj@kaist.ac.kr
Chankyu Lee
Chankyu Lee
M.S./Ph.D. course
cksrb1120@kaist.ac.kr
Collaborators & support
Dan Emerson
Dr. Dan Emerson, Ph.D.
Computational consultant
Jae Lim Oh
Jae Lim Oh
Administrative staff
jaelim@kaist.ac.kr
Alumni & past interns
Seyeon Kim
2026 WURF intern · Medicine, Konyang Univ.
Junyoung Choi
2026 WURF intern · Molecular Biology, Pusan National Univ.
Chaeyoung Kim
2026 WURF intern · Pharmacy, Duksung Women's Univ.
Kyunghye Han
2026 WURF intern · Biomedical Eng., UNIST
Da Eun Jeong
2025 SURF intern · Medicine, Chungnam National Univ.
Jee Yin Kim
2025 WURF intern · Chemical & Biological Eng., Sookmyung Women's Univ.
Yoon Jin Cho
2025 WURF intern · Medicine, Yonsei Univ.
Jeong Jin Shin
2025 WURF intern · Biosystems & Biomedical Science, Korea Univ.
Hyung Min Lee
2024 SURF intern · Konkuk Univ.
Yeji Han
2024 Medical Student Research Program · Medicine, CHA Univ.
Jong Min Kim
2023 SURF intern · Kyungpook National Univ.