Minji Kim is a Staff Research Associate in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California, Davis. She received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Davis, following B.S. and M.S. degrees from Seoul National University. Her research focuses on the detection and viability discrimination of zoonotic protozoan pathogens, bivalve shellfish safety, and interactions between protozoa and microplastics in marine environments, as well as transmission pathways of protozoan pathogens relevant to emerging environmental health risks.