People

Meet the members of our research team. 

Lab Director

Dr. Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Sungkyunkwan University where he is also affiliated with the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research at the Institute for Basic Science. He is the director of the Human Affective Neuroscience lab. In the academia, Dr. Kim is also known as M. Justin Kim (his "pen name"). 

Before joining the faculty at SKKU in 2020, Dr. Kim was a Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University, then an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Kim holds a Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences from Dartmouth College, and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Seoul National University. Dr. Kim was named an APS Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science, and the recipient of the Early Career Award from the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society.

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JUSTIN MINUE KIM, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

E-YOUNG JUNG

E-young was a Psychology and Surface Design double major at SKKU. She joined the HumAN lab as an undergraduate research assistant, and became a graduate student via the CBM program. ​ 

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SEOHYEON LEE

Seohyeon was a student at SKKU majoring in Psychology. She joined HumAN lab as an undergraduate research assistant. ​ She transitioned to a graduate student in the Fall of 2023 via the CBM program.

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SEOHYUN PARK

Seohyun studied Psychology and Germanistik at SKKU. She joined HumAN lab as an undergraduate research assistant and became a graduate student via the CBM program. ​ 

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LIAN YOO

Lian was a Psychology major at SKKU. She joined HumAN lab as an undergraduate research assistant and became a graduate student via the CBM program. ​ 

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JIHYE JEON

Jihye studied Psychology as an undergraduate at SKKU. She joined HumAN lab as a graduate student in Spring 2024.​ 

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BOKYEONG JEONG

Bokyeong majored Psychology as an undergraduate at SKKU. She joined HumAN lab as an undergraduate research assistant. She become a graduate student via the CBM program. 

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NAHYEON LEE

Nahyeon was a Psychology and Sensibility Cognition Software double major at Chungnam National University. She joined the HumAN lab as a graduate student in Fall 2024.

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DAEWON JEONG

Daewon is double major in Business and Psychology at SKKU. He joined HumAN lab as an undergraduate research assistant, and will transition to a graduate student via the CBM program. 

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JIYUN LEE

Jiyun was a Psychology major at Sogang University. She will be officially joining the HumAN lab as a graduate student in the Spring 2025

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YURIM LEE

Yurim studied Psychology and English at SKKU. She is joined the HumAN lab as an undergraduate research assistant in 2024, She will become a graduate student in Spring 2025.

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Research Assistants

SOLHA HWANG

Solha is double major in Psychology and Business at SKKU. After starting as an undergraduate research assistant in the HumAN lab, sh will trainsition to a graduate student via the CBM program. 

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Alumni

Sujin Park, M.A., Former Master's student. Ph.D. student at the UC San Diego (Greene lab)


Chaebin Yoo, M.A., Former Master's student. Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland (SLD Lab)


Hayoung Ryu, M.A., Former Master's student. Working at SNOW Corp.


Wonyoung Kim, M.A., Former Master's student. Ph.D. student at the University of Melbourne


Nayoung Kim, M.A., Former Master's student


Kyuli Lee, M.A., Former Master's student


Yujin Choi, Former undergraduate research assistant. Graduate student at the University of Vienna


Sumin Shin, Former undergraduate research assistant


Yunsu Kim, Former undergraduate research assistant

Collaborators

Daeun Park (MAP lab), Sungkyunkwan University


Sunkyung Yoon (EDC lab), Sungkyunkwan University


Min-Suk Kang (VCNL lab), Sungkyunkwan University


Juyoen Hur (CAD lab), Yonsei University


Ain Chung (CoLD lab), KAIST


Wonkwang Jo, Seoul National University


Pin-Hao Andy Chen (CHEN lab), National Taiwan University


Maital Neta (CAN lab), University of Nebraska-Lincoln


Pilyoung Kim (FCN lab), University of Denver