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.
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.
Research Interests
Affective interactions in dyads vs. small groups
Social aspects of affective neuroscience
Publications & Honors
Jung EY & Kim MJ (in press). Separable and overlapping functional connectome architecture for impulsivity and anxiety. Current Psychology
Best Poster Award, 2024 CNIR Workshop
Grand Prize, 2021-2 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team Social Distancing
1st Prize, 2021-1 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team I Lobe You
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.
Research Interests
Individual differences in the thresholds for feeling emotions, such as depression & happiness
Brain-based understanding of personality formation
Publications & Honors
Grand Prize, 2023-1 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as the leader of Team Dynamic Duo
Grand Prize, 2021-2 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team Social Distancing
1st Prize, 2021-1 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team I Lobe You
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.
Research Interests
Affective neuroscience-based personality characteristics
Neuroscience-based understanding of an individual's response to social situations
Brain-based prediction of individual differences in stress control (natural emotions and regulation)
Publications & Honors
Best Student Poster Award, 2023 KSCBP (co-author)
Grand Prize, 2023-1 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team Dynamic Duo
Grand Prize, 2022-2 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team Lobe Dive
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.
Research Interests
Neural underpinnings of anxiety
Stress-induced changes in whole brain functional connectomes
Publications & Honors
Best Student Poster Award, 2023 KSCBP (co-author)
Grand Prize, 2022-2 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team Lobe Dive
1st Prize, 2022-1 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team Cinema Paradiso
JIHYE JEON
Jihye studied Psychology as an undergraduate at SKKU. She joined HumAN lab as a graduate student in Spring 2024.
Research Interests
Neural mechanisms of fear, anxiety, and aggression
Context-dependent learning
Individual differences
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.
Research Interests
Neural underpinnings of negative affect
Neuroscience-based understanding of positive affect and psychological well-being
Individual differences in affective processing and psychopathology
Publications & Honors
Grand Prize, 2023-1 SKKU Co-Deep Learning Project competition as a member of Team Dynamic Duo
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.
Research Interests
Neural mechanisms of positive affect and psychological well-being
Individual differences in emotion perception and regulation
Neural underpinnings of negative emotions during social situations and their individual differences
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.
Research Interests
Neural underpinnings of negative affect
Neural mechanisms of facial expression recognition and emotion regulation
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.
Research Interests
Neural mechanisms underlying social and affective processes
Brain-based approaches to understanding anxiety and negative emotions
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.
Research Interests
Neural underpinnings of maladaptive stress responses and anxiety
Neural mechanisms involved in negative imagery
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.
Research Interests
Neural mechanisms of facial recognition
Neuroscience-based understanding of empathy and theory of mind
Social cognitive impairments and disorders
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