Professor김은준 / Eunjoon Kim / Ph.D. / 2000-03 ~ now

Professional Career

1988.03 - 1991.08Research Associate, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
1995.01 - 1997.02
Postdoc, Dept. of Neurobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School
1997.03 - 2000.02
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Busan National University
2000.03 - present
Assistant, Associate & Full Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST
2003.07 - 2012.05
Director, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Synaptogenesis
2012.07 - present
Director, IBS Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions


Honors and Awards

2018
ASAN Award in Medicine (아산의학상), ASAN Foundation (아산사회복지재단)
2014
KAISTian of the Year Award (올해의 KAIST인상), KAIST
2013
POSCO Chung-Am Award (포스코청암상), POSCO (포스코)
2012
Inchon Award (인촌상), Dong-A Ilbo (동아일보)
2012
Life Science Award (생명과학상), Korean Society for Molecular and Cell Biology (한국분자세포생물학회)
2011
Chair Professor (KAIST 석좌교수), KAIST
2011
Best Research Award (학술대상), KAIST
2010
Member (정회원), Korean Academy of Science and Technology (한국과학기술한림원)
2005
BPS Award (생명약학 우수논문상), Korean BioPharmacal Society (생명약학회)
2004
Young Investigator Award (제8 회 젊은과학자상) , Korean Ministry of Science and Technology
2003
Academic Award (학술상), KAIST
1991
Korean Government Overseas Scholarship (국비장학생) , Mininstry of Education (교육부)


Editorial board

2023 - present
Current Opinion in Neurobiology (co-editor-in-chief)
2020 - present
Advanced Science
2020 - present
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
2019 - present
PLoS Biology
2018 - present
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
2017 - present
Scientific Reports
2016 - present
Matters
2016 - present
Neuroscience Research
2007 - present
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience


Invited Presentations (recent)

58. The 10th European Synapse Meeting, Belgium, Oct 21-23, 2026 (Keynote lecture).
57. Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on Autism & Neurodevelopment Disorders – from Genetic Discoveries to Interventions, Suzhou, China, May 25-29, 2026 (co-organizer).
56. XPLORER Symposia at KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. Apr 9-12, 2026.
55. ISN-ASN 2025 Biennial Meeting: International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN)-Asian Society for Neurochemistry (ASN) Meeting, New York, USA,  Aug 19-22, 2025 (Plenary lecture).
54. International Conference on Synaptic Development and Brain Diseases, Guangzhou, China, Nov 29-Dec 1, 2024 (Plenary lecture).
53. 27th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences (KSBNS), Oct 15-18, 2024 (ISN lecture).
52. 41st Blankenese Conference on Synaptopathies: Molecular mechanisms of brain disease, Hamburg, Germany, June 22-25, 2024.
51. Cold Spring Harbor Asia (CSHA) Symposium on “Autism & Neurodevelopment Disorders – from Genetic Discoveries to Interventions", Suzhou, China, June 17-21, 2024.
50.  CINP World Congress session on “Understanding the Mechanisms of Social Stress and Autism-linked Social Deficits”, Tokyo, Japan, May 23-26, 2024.
49. International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) World Congress, Granada, Spain, Sep 9-13, 2023 (Plenary lecture).
48. ISN-ESN 2023 Biennial Meeting, Porto, Portugal, August 8-11, 2023.
47. The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Sendai, Japan, August 1-4, 2023.
46. The 16th Annual Meeting of Chinese Neuroscience Society & The 2nd CJK International Meeting, Zhuhai, China, July 27-30, 2023.
45. Symposium on “Exploring new therapeutic targets for brain disorders”, Milan, Italy, June 9, 2023.
44. Excitatory Synapses and Brain Function Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets Conference Center, Switzerland, June 4-9, 2023.
43. Conference on “The Role of Adhesion Complexes, Cell Recognition, and Neural Activity during Circuit Assembly”, HHMI-Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, USA, May 21-24, 2023.
42. SFARI's SynGO Consortium Annual Meeting, New York, USA, Oct 12-13, 2022.
41. CINP World Congress session on “Synaptopathy mechanisms in psychiatric disorders”, Taipei, Taiwan, June. 9-12, 2022.
40. Molecular Psychiatry Association (MPA) meeting, Hawaii, USA, Mar 6-8, 2022.
39. 16th meeting of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN). Session on “Regulation of NMDA Receptor Functions in Health and Disease”), Singapore, Dec 13-14, 2021.
38. “International Symposium on Brain Science”, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Peking University (IMIBR-PKU), Singapore, Dec 13-14, 2021.
37. KNPA Annual Meeting 2020 (plenary lecture), Korea Neuropsychiatric Association, Korea, Jul. 9-10, 2020.
36. The Peking University Autism Forum 2019, Oct. 26-27, 2019, Beijing, China.
35. The Royal Society – IBS – KAST Bilateral International Meeting, May 29-30, 2019, Chicheley Hall, UK.
34. The 2019 SynGO meeting on “The synapse – from basic mechanisms to synaptopathies”, February 21-22, 2019, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
33. International Symposium on “Drug Discovery: Bridge from Academia to Pharma Industry", October 22, 2018, Univ of Tokyo, Japan.
32. The 35th International Forum on Frontiers of Neuroscience. September 17, 2018, Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai, China.
31. Cold Spring Harbor Asia Symposium on “Atuism & Neurodevelopment disorders - from Genetic Discoveries to Interventions", September 19-21, 2018, Suzhou, China.
30. Workshop on "Synapse formation, specification, and elimination: from molecules to circuits”, September 24-27, 2017, Baeza, Spain.
29. Symposium on “Synaptic Development, Signalling and Neuro-disorders”, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, June 23-24, 2017. Hong Kong.
28. The 90th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society, March 15-17, 2017, Nagasaki, Japan.
27. Symposium on "Synaptic actin dysregulation, a convergent mechanism of mental disorders”, Society for Neuroscience, November 12-16, 2016, San Diego, USA.
26. The 47th NIPS International Symposium entitled “Decoding Synapses”, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), October 26-28, 2016, Okazaki, Japan.
25. The 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, July 2-6, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark.
24. Gordon Research Conference on “Cell Biology of the Neuron”, June 26-July 1, 2016, Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire.
23. 94th General session and exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, Distinguished Lecture, June 22-24, 2016, Seoul, Korea.
22. The 4th International Symposium on Neurotransmission and Synaptic Plasticity, April 20-22, 2016, Nanchang, China.
21. Asia Pacific Regional IMFAR Shanghai 2015, November 6-8, 2015, Shanghai, China.
20. 25th Neuropharmacology Conference 2015, October 15-16, 2015, Chicago, USA.
19. The 25th ISN-APSN Joint Biennial Meeting, August 23-27, 2015, Cairns, Australia.
18. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neuroscience Society, July 28-31, 2015, Kobe, Japan.