The Lab: Virus and Molecular Genome Engineering

POSTECH

Members

Current members

Sungchul Kim

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, PhD

  • 2024-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • 2021-2024 Young Scientist Fellow, Center for RNA Research, Institute for Basic Science
  • 2016-2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology
  • 2013-2015 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Seoul National University 
  • 2007-2013 Doctor of Philosophy, Seoul National University
  • 2001-2006 Bachelor of Science, Seoul National University
  • sungchulkim@postech.ac.kr

Seongjin An

Graduate student

  • 2026-Present PhD course, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
    2023-2026 Master course, Korea University
    2019-2023 B.S in Division of Life Sciences, Korea University

Singing, drinking, and pipetting every day. Sometimes sleeping.

  • Co-supervised with Prof. Hunsang Lee, PhD in Korea University (Department of Biological Sciences)
  • CRISPR biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Single-molecule biophysics
  • a71914@korea.ac.kr

Sungjoon Son

Graduate student

  • 2025-Present PhD course, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • 2023-2025 M.S. in Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
  • 2013-2022 B.S. in Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University

Most likely to be obsessed with delivering scientific presentations featuring aesthetic illustrations he created.

  • Mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and its helicase
  • Unraveling novel prokaryotic membrane proteins related to immune systems
  • sungjoonson@postech.ac.kr

Jenoh Lee

Graduate student

  • 2025-Present M.S-Ph.D Integrated Program, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • 2021-2025 B.S. in Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University

You’ll usually find me either in the lab or at the gym—pipetting every day, lifting every day.

Yura Lee

Graduate student

  • 2025-Present M.S-Ph.D Integrated Program, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • 2021-2024 B.S. in Oriental Medicine Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University

Extroverted, iNtuitive, Feeling, and Judging
Multifaceted hobbyist (and a researcher hopefully someday..)

Yuri Song

Graduate student

  • 2025-Present M.S-Ph.D Integrated Program, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • 2020-2024 B.S. in Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University

Mostly diligent, but sometimes just zoning out with my coffee.

Sooyeon Choi

Graduate student

  • 2025 – Present M.S-Ph.D Integrated Program, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • 2021-2025 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Most likely to be found with an iced coffee or a pipette… and maybe a tiny, sweet apple pie.

Daeun Kim

Graduate student

  • 2026 – M.S-Ph.D Integrated Program, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • 2022-Present B.S. in Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University

Most likely to be found in a lab or a café, happily pairing a cup of coffee or tea with a gorgeous dessert.

Sion Kim

Undergraduate student

  • Present in Undergraduate research participant
  • 2024 – Present B.S. in Life Sciences, POSTECH

I enjoy going to the gym, cafés, shopping, and fashion, and I seek novelty in everyday moments.

  • Engineering NLS for SpCas9 efficiency

Seoyeon Jang

Undergraduate student

  • Present Undergraduate Internship (2026)
  • 2022-2025 B.S. in Microbiology, Pusan National University

I like traveling, trying various sports and watching scary things
Pet: Axolotl