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Eunjoon Kim

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Nationality
  
Korea

Role
  
Brain Researcher

Institutions
  
KAIST


Institution
  
KAIST

Name
  
Eunjoon Kim

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Fields
  
Department of Neuroscience

Doctoral advisor
  
James L. Bennett

Alma mater
  
Michigan State University

Academic advisor
  
James L. Bennett

Eunjoon Kim is a professor of KAIST and director of Institute for Basic Science (IBS). 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 researches focus on molecular organization of neuronal synapses and synapse dysfunction-related psychiatric disorders.

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Awards

  • 2013. POSCO Chungam Award, POSCO
  • 2012. Inchon Award, Dong-A Ilbo
  • 2012. Life Science Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cell Biology
  • 2011. Best Research Award, KAIST

    • Education

  • 1982. 3 – 1986. 2 B.S., Dept of Pharmacology, Busan National University, Korea
  • 1986. 3 – 1988. 2 M.S., Dept of Biological Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
  • 1991. 9 – 1994. 12 Ph.D., Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University

    • 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 (IBS), KAIST, Korea

    • References

    Eunjoon Kim Wikipedia
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