Eunjoon Kim

Eunjoon Kim
Eunjoon Kim
	김은준 교수
Born	Jan 20, 1964; Republic of Korea
Nationality	Korea
Alma mater	Michigan State University
	Scientific career
Fields	Department of Neuroscience
Institutions	KAIST
Doctoral advisor	James L. Bennett

Eunjoon Kim is a professor of KAIST and director of Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions within the 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.

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^[1]

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^[2]

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^[3]

References

^ Eunjoon, Kim. "Google Scholar". Google Scholar.
^ Kim, Eunjoon. "Michigan State University".
^ 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.

[1] Eunjoon, Kim. "Google Scholar". Google Scholar.

[Michigan_State_University-2] Kim, Eunjoon. "Michigan State University".

[Autistic-like_social_behavior_in_Shank2-mutant_mice_improved_by_restoring_NMDA_receptor_function-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.

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