Prof. Dr. Kwang Dong Kim is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the Biology Department, and his Doctor of Science in Biology and Zoology, Chungnam National University in 1992, 1994, and 2004, respectively. He started his working experience in 1994 as an R&D researcher at JoongAng Vaccine Co., Ltd. Then, he served as a Researcher at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology from 1996 to 2000. In 2004, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology. Subsequently, he went to the Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, USA, and became a Postdoctoral Researcher from 2004 to 2008. He has contributed to research topics such as cytotoxic T cells and apoptosis. He has an h-index of 25 and co-authored 78 publications, receiving 1875 citations (Scopus data from 05/12/2023).