Kim Group People

Ji-Man Park, PhD
Dr. Park completed his PhD at POSTECH in South Korea, followed by postdoctoral training at UNIST and Oregon Health Science Center, before joining the Kim lab. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of mTOR and autophagy signaling.

Dahye Lee, PhD
Dr. Lee earned her PhD under the mentorship of Chang Hwa Jung at the University of Science and Technology in South Korea. Her research focuses on protein degradation pathways in metabolic diseases. 

Seolsong Kim, PhD
Dr. Kim completed her PhD under the guidance of Eun-Kyoung Kim at DGIST in South Korea. Her research focuses on immunoproteasome function and regulation in immunity and metabolism.

Alex Dahle, BS
Alex is a PRIMED (Postbaccalaureate Readiness in Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes) fellow. He studies autophagy, mitochondrial quality control, and lipid metabolism.
 
Madeline Johnson, undergraduate researcher
Madeline is an undergraduate senior majoring in Biochemistry, with research interests in hypoxia responses and mitochondrial quality control mechanisms.
 

Do-Hyung Kim, PhD
Dr. Kim is a key contributor in the mTOR field. He discovered RAPTOR, the founding member of mTORC1, during his postdoctoral research at the Whitehead Institute/MIT. His pioneering work has been instrumental in establishing mTORC1 and mTORC2 pathways. Dr. Kim studied at KAIST, POSTECH, and Whitehead Institute/MIT.