Dr. Kim is a neuroscientist and an expert in neurodegeneration in the adult brain, scientifically evaluating the effects of potential therapeutic reagents including viral constructs and natural compounds. He obtained his PhD from Ajou University School of Medicine, South Korea in 2006 and received Postdoctoral training in Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center, NYC from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed as Assistant Professor of School of Life Sciences at Kyungpook National University, South Korea in 2012 and now works as an Associate Professor since 2016. He is serving as the Director of the Neurodegeneration Control Laboratory since 2012 and as the Director of Brain Science and Engineering Institute at Kyungpook National University since 2019.