He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering and B.A. in Biochemistry from Lafayette College (Easton, PA) in 2002, and his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC, Baltimore, MD) in 2008. He also received his post-doctoral training in oncology from Samsung Biomedical Research Institute (Seoul, South Korea) from 2008 to 2011, after which he joined UA in 2012 as an assistant professor. Dr. Kim was recently recognized as an outstanding undergraduate research mentor for having mentored three of his students to win the Goldwater Scholarships. He also serves as an Executive Committee member of the American Chemical Society Division of Biochemical Technology. He has over peer-reviewed 40 publications, and his research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation.