Professor


 

Contact Information
Je-Min Choi, PhD.

Office +82-2-2220-4765
Lab +82-2-2220-0953
Fax +82-2-2298-0319
Email jeminchoi@hanyang.ac.kr

Office/Lab Location
Natural Science Building (Office; 519, Lab; 527)
222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea

 

Biography

Dr. Je-Min Choi who is a tenured professor at Hanyang University in Korea. He received his B.S. in 2000, M.S. in 2002, and Ph.D in 2006 at Department of Biotechnology, Yonsei University. He performed his postdoctral work in Yale University School of Medicine, USA in Dr. Alfred Bothwell Lab (2007-2010). He has been teaching  undergraduate,  graduate school and also doing  immunology research  since March of 2010 at department of Life Science in Hanyang University. He also served a department chair for 2 years (2017-2019). He has published his works in high profile journals like Nature Medicine, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nature Communications, AJRCCM, PNAS, etc. with about 40 patents. He recently honored to be a member of Young-Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST). His major research interests are pathogenic T cell functions in autoimmune diseases as well as development of immune modulatory drugs by targeting T cell functions.; 1) Antigen-independent bystander T cell functions in autoimmune disease pathogenesis, 2) Single-cell analysis to reveal functional heterogeneity of diverse T cell clones, 3) Immune modulatory drug development in autoimmune disease, allergy, cancer, vaccine, etc. 4) Sex-differences in autoimmunity and T cell functions.

<Affiliation>

Dept. of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Research Institute for Convergence of Basic Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Seoul, Korea
Hanyang University Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Seoul, Korea

<Education>

  • 2002-2006, PhD, Dept. of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. Sang-Kyou Lee)
  • 2000-2002, MS, Dept. of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. Ryung Ryang)
  • 1996-2000, BS, Dept. of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea


<Professional experiences>

  • 2019-present, Professor, Dept. of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2017-2019, Department Chair, Dept. of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2015-2019, Associate Professor, Dept. of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2015-2017, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA
  • 2010-2015, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2007-2010, Post-doctoral Associate, Dept. of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA (Prof. Alfred L.M. Bothwell)
  • 2006-2007, Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Life Science & Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

<Honors & Awards>

  1. 2020, Member of Young-Korean Academy of Science and Technology
  2. 2019, 50-Best Grants Award by KRF (Korea Research Foundation)
  3. 2019, KAI-Genexine Award by Korean Association of Immunologists
  4. 2019, PBL lecturer Award by Hanyang University
  5. 2018, Monthly Highlight Research by Hanyang University
  6. 2017, Blue Ribbon Lecture Award by KSBMB (Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  7. 2016, 50-Best Grants Award by KRF (Korea Research Foundation)
  8. 2014, Excellent Paper Award by Korean Association of Immunologists
  9. 2014, Good Lecturer Award by Hanyang University
  10. 2013, Best Teacher Award by Hanyang University
  11. 2010, Travel Award by 14th ICI (International Congress of Immunology)
  12. 2009, KASBP-Daewoong Fellowship Award by KASBP (Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals)
  13. 2009, Travel Award by FOCIS (Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies)
  14. 2007, International Postdoctoral Fellowship from Korea Research Foundation
  15. 2006, Young Scientist Award by KSBMB (Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
  16. 2006, Excellent Graduate Student Thesis Award by KSMCB (Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology)
  17. 2006, Excellent Thesis Award by Yonsei University