# Eunjoon Kim

Eunjoon Kim is a professor of KAIST and director of Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). His current research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders and synaptic brain dysfunctions. With over 200 publications to his name, his research has been cited over 30,000 times giving him an h-index of 84. He graduated from Busan National University in 1986, received master's degree at KAIST in 1988, received PhD degree at Michigan State University in 1994, and worked at Harvard Medical School as a postdoctoral fellow during 1995-1996. His current research focuses on molecular organization of neuronal synapses and synapse dysfunction-related psychiatric disorders.

## Education

* 1982. 3 – 1986. 2 B.S., Dept of Pharmacology, Busan National University, Korea
* 1986. 3 – 1988. 2 M.S., Dept of Biological Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
* 1991. 9 – 1994. 12 Ph.D., Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University

## Work

* 1988. 3 – 1991. 8 Research Associate, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea
* 1995. 1 – 1997. 2 Postdoc, Dept of Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School.P.I.: Morgan Sheng
* 1997. 3 – 2000. 2 Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Busan National University, Korea
* 2000. 3 – 2014 Assistant, Associate, & Full Professor, Dept of Biol. Sci., KAIST, Korea
* 2003. 7 – 2012.5 Director, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Synaptogenesis, Korea
* 2012. 6 – present Director, Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, Institute for Basic Science, KAIST, Korea

## Awards

* 2018: Asan Award in Medicine, ASAN Foundation
* 2014: KAISTian of the Year, KAIST
* 2013: POSCO TJ Park Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation
* 2012: Life Science Award, Korean Society for Molecular Cell Biology
* 2012: Inchon Award, The Dong-a Ilbo
* 2012: Life Science Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cell Biology
* 2011: Best Research Award, KAIST
* 2005: BPS Award, Korean BioPharmacal Society
* 2004: Young Scientist Award, Korean Academy of Science and Technology
* 2003: Academic Award, KAIST
* 1991: Korean Government Overseas Scholarship, Ministry of Education

## Selected publications

* Kim, Eunjoon; Sheng, Morgan (1 October 2004). "PDZ domain proteins of synapses". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 5 (10): 771–781. doi:10.1038/nrn1517. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
* Doyle, Declan A.; Lee, Alice; Lewis, John; Kim, Eunjoon; Sheng, Morgan; MacKinnon, Roderick (28 June 1996). "Crystal structures of a complexed and peptide-free membrane protein–binding domain: molecular basis of peptide recognition by PDZ". Cell. 85 (7). Elsevier: 1067–1076. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81307-0.
* Kim, Eunjoon; Niethammer, Martin; Rothschild, Adam; Jan, Yuh Nung; Sheng, Morgan (2 November 1995). "Clustering of Shaker-type K+ channels by interaction with a family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases". Nature. 378 (6552). Nature Publishing Group UK: 85–88. doi:10.1038/378085a0. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
* Naisbitt, Scott; Kim, Eunjoon; Tu, Jian Cheng; Xiao, Bo; Sala, Carlo; Valtschanoff, Juli; Weinberg, Richard J.; Worley, Paul F.; Sheng, Morgan (1 July 1997). "Shank, a novel family of postsynaptic density proteins that binds to the NMDA receptor/PSD-95/GKAP complex and cortactin" (PDF). Neuron. 23 (3). Elsevier: 569–582. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
* Niethammer, Martin; Kim, Eunjoon; Sheng, Morgan (1996). "Interaction between the C terminus of NMDA receptor subunits and multiple members of the PSD-95 family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases". Journal of Neuroscience. 16 (7). Society for Neuroscience: 2157–2163. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-07-02157.1996. PMC 6578538. PMID 8601796.