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

• Co-supervised with Prof. Hunsang Lee, PhD in Korea University (Department of Biological Sciences)
• CRISPR Adaptation
• a71914@postech.ac.kr

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

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

• Engineering Type III-E CRISPR-Cas systems
• zeno0427@postech.ac.kr

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

• Single-molecule Peptide Screening
• youragy@potech.ac.kr
  

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

• CRISPR recorder
• Memory in gene circuit
• thddbfl121@postech.ac.kr

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)

• Photoswitchable Cas9
• syeonchoi@postech.ac.kr

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

Daeun Kim

Graduate student

• 2026 – Present M.S-Ph.D Integrated Program, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
• 2022-2026 B.S. in Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University
• Protease-mediated CRISPR RNA tools
• daeunkim@postech.ac.kr

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

Seoyeon Jang

Graduate student

• 2026 – Present M.S-Ph.D Integrated Program, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
• 2026 Undergraduate Internship
• 2022-2025 B.S. in Microbiology, Pusan National University
• CRISPR RNA Adaptation
• wkdtjdus0919@postech.ac.kr

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

Yeonju Bae

Undergraduate student

• Present in Undergraduate research participant
• 2024 – Present B.S. in Life Sciences, POSTECH
• HTS for Cas1-Cas2-based molecular recording systems
• apricot0918@postech.ac.kr

My favorite moments usually involve a cappella, a great workout, or whatever I’m currently obsessed with.