Prof. Dr. Jong-Hoon Kim is a professor in Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Gachon University, and a professor in Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Gachon Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology. He is also a head of the Research Center for Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Gachon University. He graduated from Seoul National University and completed intern, residency, and fellowship training in the Department of Psychiatry at Seoul National University Hospital. He worked as a visiting researcher at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2006–2007. He is currently a member of the editorial board of Synapse. His research area focuses on elucidating the pathophysiology of major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and addiction using molecular PET imaging, which enables the quantification of neuroreceptors, transporters, and proteins in the living human brain. His research also involves multi-modality imaging studies, providing new information to unravel complex pathophysiological mechanisms of major psychiatric disorders.