People

Min Kyu Yum, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST

Office: N26 (CHIPS) Room# 324

E-mail: minkyu.yum(at)kaist.ac.kr


2023.09 - present, SUHF Fellow (Suh Kyungbae Foundation)

2022.09 - present, Assistant Professor, KAIST

2017 - 2022, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Cambridge

2017, Postdoctoral fellow, Seoul National University

2017, Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Seoul National University

2011, B.S. Biology, Korea University

Hyo Jae Shin, B.S.

M.S./Ph.D. Course (의과학자 과정)

E-mail: hyojae.shin(at)kaist.ac.kr

 

2023.03 - present, M.S./Ph.D. student, KAIST

2019.03 – 2022.08, Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk university

 

•  Research interest: Metastatic dormancy & Cell competition

Yongseok Kho, M.D.

Ph.D. Course (의사과학자 과정)

E-mail: zebra1357(at)kaist.ac.kr

 

2023.03 - present, Ph.D. student, KAIST

2021-2023 M.S. Medicine, Seoul National University

2019-2023 Resident training Urology, Seoul National University Hospital

2012-2018 M.D. Medicine, Seoul National University

 

•  Research interest: Uro-oncology

Hyun Jong Woo, B.S.

M.S./Ph.D. Course (의과학자 과정)

E-mail: dnguswhd13(at)kaist.ac.kr

 

2024.03 - present, M.S./Ph.D. student, KAIST

2017.03 – 2024.02, B.S, Biological Science & Chemistry (Double major), Sungkyunkwan University 

 

•  Research interest: Aging, Microenvironment of aged tissue

Da Hyun Kim, B.S.

M.S./Ph.D. Course (의과학자 과정)

E-mail: dahyun(at)kaist.ac.kr 

 

2024.03 - present, M.S./Ph.D. student, KAIST

2020.03 – 2024.02, Department of stem cell and regenerative biotechnology, Konkuk university

 

•  Research interest: Tumorigenesis

Sohee Hong, B.S.

Intern

E-mail: soheeh(at)kaist.ac.kr 


2023.11 - present, Internship, KAIST

2019.03 - 2024.02, Division of Life Sciences, Korea University

 

•  Research interest: Tissue regeneration & Cellular plasticity

Inseo Jung, B.S.


Intern

E-mail: spritemonkey(at)kaist.ac.kr 

 

2024.11 - present, Internship, KAIST

2020.03 – 2024.02, Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University 

 

•  Research interest: Cancer

Bo Min Kim, M.S.

Researcher

E-mail:  bbomin2452(at)kaist.ac.kr 


2025.01 - present, researcher, KAIST

2022 - 2024, Bio researcher, Pharmaceutical company

2019 - 2021, M.S. Medical Science, Ewha Womens University

2015 - 2019, B.S. Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University 

 

•  Research interest: Organoid & Mouse disease modelling

Gyeong Min Lee, B.A.

Administrative staff

E-mail: gmlee123(at)kaist.ac.kr 


Research interns & URPs

류채연, Undergraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 2023 Summer URF  

김이정, Undergraduate, KAIST, 2023 Summer URF   

김예은, Undergraduate, Korea University, 2024 Winter URF  

박기석, B.S., Korea University, 2024.07

임소은, Undergraduate, Seoul National University, 2024.02 - 2024.06

최서현, Undergraduate, Sungkyunkwan University, 2024 Winter URF, 2024.09 - 2024.11

구소연, Undergraduate, Chung-Ang University, 2025 Winter URF 

정연수, Undergraduate, Korea University, 2025 Winter URF