Principal Investigator

Gyunghee Jo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Life Science, Hanyang University

Gyunghee Jo

Professional Experience

  • 2026.09 – present Assistant Professor Department of Life Science
    Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2022.10 – 2026.08 Postdoctoral Associate Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
    The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
    Advisor: Prof. Andrew B. Ward
  • 2022.03 – 2022.08 Senior Researcher Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Structure
    Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Korea
    Advisor: Prof. Ho Min Kim
  • 2021.08 – 2022.02 Postdoctoral Associate Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Structure
    Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon, Korea
    Advisor: Prof. Ho Min Kim

Education

  • 2018.03 – 2021.08 Ph.D. in Medical Science and Engineering Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering
    KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
    Advisor: Prof. Ho Min Kim
  • 2016.03 – 2018.02 M.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences Department of System Immunology
    Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
    Advisor: Prof. Hyo Jeong Hong
  • 2011.03 – 2016.02 B.S. in System Immunology Department of System Immunology
    Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
    Advisor: Prof. Hyo Jeong Hong

Awards & Honors

  • 2026KASBP Fellowship AwardKorean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP) Spring Symposium
  • 2025Postdoctoral Scholar Travel Award44th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology (ASV)
  • 2024ISV Travel Award & Best Poster AwardInternational Society for Vaccines (ISV) Annual Congress
  • 2023Overseas Postdoctoral FellowshipNational Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
  • 2021PDBj Poster PrizeProtein Data Bank (PDB) 50th Anniversary Symposium in Asia, hosted by PDB Japan (PDBj)
  • 2021Best Poster Presentation AwardsSummer Symposium, Korean Society for Structural Biology (KSSB)
    International Conference, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (KSBMB)
    International Conference, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB)
    33rd Workshop, Korean Synchrotron Radiation User's Association