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Education

• MD, Seoul National University (1974)
• PhD, Cornell University (1983)

Major Experience

• 1978 - 1980 Postdoctoral Fellow in Immunology, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer research
• 1983 - 1985 Research Associate in Genetics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
• 1985 - 1991 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, MIT/Associate Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
• 1991 - 2001 Associate Professor, Professor, Dept. Life Science, POSTECH
• 1996 - 1998 Director, Biotechnology Research Center, POSTECH
• 1997 - 2003 Director, National CRI Center for Calcium and Learning
• 2001 - 2012 Principal Research Scientist, KIST
• 2005 - 2011 Director, Center for Neural Science, KIST
• 2011 - 2012 Director-General, Brain Science Institute, KIST
• 2012 - Director, Center for Cognition and Sociality, IBS

Honors

• 2018 American Association for Advancement of Science Fellow
• 2010 National Academy of Science, Korea, Member
• 2009 National Academy of Science, USA, Foreign Associate
• 2006 National Honor Scientist, Korea
• 2004 Hoam prize
• 2004 Order of Civil Merit(Dongbaeg Medal), Korea

Major Publication

• Neural circuits underlying a psychotherapeutic regimen for fear disorders, Nature. (2019)
• Neural Basis of Observational Fear Learning: A Potential Model of Affective Empathy. Neuron. (2019, An invited review)
• A missense variant at the Nrxn3 locus enhances empathy fear in the mouse. Neuron. (2018)
  (This article has been highlighted in Neuron by a Preview Article by Dr. Gloria Choi.)
  (This article has been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000 Faculty Member Louis F Reichardt.)
• Mice in conflict show rule-observance behavior enhancing long-term benefit. Nature Communications. (2017)
  (This article has been highlighted in Nature by a NEWS & VIEWS article by Scott M. Rennie and Michael Platt.)
• Bidirectional modulation of fear extinction by mediodorsal thalamic firing in mice. Nature Neuroscience (2012)
• Observational fear learning involves affective pain system and Cav1.2 Ca2+ channels in ACC. Nature Neuroscience.
  (This article has been highlighted in Nature by a News & Views article by Andrea Luethi.)
• Thalamic control of visceral nociception mediated by T-type Ca2+ channels. Science. (2003)

Research

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