I completed both my Master’s and PhD programs at the School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, and I am currently in a postdoctoral program. My primary research areas include the mechanisms of androgenetic alopecia and hair follicle regeneration. Publications: First-author Paper: "Expression level of leucine-rich repeat containing 15 regulates characteristics of dermal papilla cells of human hair follicle". Kim MK, Kwack MH, Kim MK, Kim JC, Sung YK.Journal of Dermatological Science. 2021 Feb;101(2):134-137. Co-author Papers: "Expression Level of Prostaglandin D2 Receptor 2 Regulates Hair Regression." Kang YR, Bak SS, Kim MK, Joo HW, Mali NM, Shin MJ, Kim MK, Kim JC, Oh JW, Sung YK.Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2019 Aug;139(8):1824-1828.e2; "Bioengineering of Hair Follicle-like Structure for Validation of Hair Growth Promoting Compounds." Joo HW, Kim MK, Bak SS, Sung YK.Bioengineering (Basel). 2022 Nov 3;9(11):645; "Establishment and characterization of matched immortalized human frontal and occipital scalp dermal papilla cell lines from androgenetic alopecia." Kwack MH, Hamida OB, Kim MK, Kim MK, Sung YK.Scientific Reports. 2023 Dec 5;13(1):21421.