Members

Principal Investigator

  • Hajin Kim (CV)

    Assosicate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Office: 052-217-2557
    hajinkim(at)unist.ac.kr

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Seung-Won Lee

    DNA replication (PCNA) dynamics, mitochondrial transcription, DNA interstrand crosslink repair
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    Ph.D., UNIST, Biomedical Engineering (Feb 2025) B.Sc., UNIST
    https://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?user=mVlQJIgAAAAJ&hl=en

Graduate Students

  • Jae-Kyeong Im

    CRISPR-induced DNA repair dynamics
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B. Sc., UNIST

  • Si-Hyeong Nho

    Single molecule mechanobiology, regulation of nucleosome stacking
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B.Sc., UNIST

  • Chanwoo Kim

    Microhomology-mediated end joining, genome organization, DNA looping dynamics
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B.Sc., Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland

  • Nimitha C. Rajesh

    Interstrand crosslink repair, ultrafine chromatin bridge
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B.Sc., Zoology, SNGS College of Pattambi

  • Nathan Campbell

    Chromatin phase separation, DNA replication dynamics
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B.Sc., North Carolina State University

Undergraduate Students

  • Seungjae Ko

    Chromatin compaction, DNA looping dynamics
    UIRP internship
    B.Sc. Program, UNIST, Biomedical Engineering

  • Hyunseung Yang

    Chromatin dynamics, Inter-nucleosome interaction
    UIRP internship
    B.Sc. Program, UNIST, Biomedical Engineering

  • Minsu Kim

    DNA interstrand crosslink repair
    UIRP internship
    B.Sc. Program, UNIST, Biomedical Engineering

Alumni

  • Sung-Ho Kim

    Imaging-based identification of microbiome
    2018-2022, Ph.D. program
    Current: Staff Scientist at Clinomics

  • Narendra Chaudhary

    Live chromatin dynamics, genome visualization
    2015-2021, Ph.D. program
    Current: Postdoc at Stanford University (Sanulli group)

  • Byeong-Kwon Sohn

    Histone epigenetics, transcription initiation dynamics
    2016-2019, M.S. program
    B.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, UNIST
    Current: GPCR Therapeutics

  • Haeyeon Won

    Transcription dynamics
    B.Sc. Program, Biomedical Engineering

  • Anel Zhunussova

    DNA looping dynamics
    2021, Undergraduate Internship

  • Kihyeon Nam

    Live genome imaging, telomere maintenance
    2019-2022, M.S program

  • Jooyoung Lee

    Cancer-specific chromatin reorganization
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B.Sc., UNIST

  • Eui-Jin Park

    Super-resolved chromatin imaging
    M.S./Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B.Sc., UNIST

  • Narangerel Gantumur

    Live genome imaging methodology
    2015-2017, Researcher
    Current: University of Wollongong, M.S. program

  • Hyewon Cho

    Single molecule measurement of IDR dynamics
    2015-2017 M.S. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    B.Sc., UNIST
    Current: IQVIA

  • Hong Soo Lee

    Force-fluorescence microscopy development
    2014-2017 M.S. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    Current: Bioneer, Co.

  • Chan-Ho Park

    Single molecule measurement of chromatin dynamics
    2016-2017 Undergraduate Internship

  • Hyunju Kang

    Nucleic acids biophysics, DNA repair mechanism
    2015-2017, M.S. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    Current: KAIST, Ph.D. program

  • Ha-Yoon Cho

    Transcription initiation dynamics, molecular motors
    2015-2017, M.S. Program, Biomedical Engineering
    Current: Samsung Biologics

  • Zhassulan Shaikhygali

    Chromosome structure mapping
    2015-2016, Undergraduate Internship

  • Allyson Roberts

    mRNA live tracking using CRISPR
    2015.7-8, SPIKE Program (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Songyi Lee

    In vivo RNA tracking
    2015-2017, M.S. Program, Biomedical Engineering

  • Yerassyl Zeinolla

    Development of magnetic tweezers setup
    2015-2016, Undergraduate Internship

  • Zhassulan Shaikhygali

    Bioinformatics-based study of chromatin structure
    B.Sc., UNIST
    2015-2016, M.S. Program, Biomedical Engineering

  • Doyeon Kwak

    Genome visualization
    2015-2016, Undergraduate Internship

  • Chase Barlow

    B.Sc., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    2016, research internship

  • Ah-Reum Jung

    Lamina-DNA interaction, helicase translocation
    B.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, UNIST
    2014-2016, research internship

  • Hanan Jamal Mohamed

    Chromatin dynamics
    B.Sc. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
    2015, research internship

  • Allyson Roberts

    B.Sc., Johns Hopkins University
    2015, research internship

  • Min-Jong Kim

    B.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, UNIST
    2015, research internship

  • So-Yeon Tak

    B.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, UNIST
    2014, research internship