P&R
Protein Engineering & Regulation Lab
KIST Gangneung
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The Protein Engineering & Regulation Laboratory brings together a Principal Investigator, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and interns at KIST Gangneung. Below: who's currently in the lab, and the alumni who built it with us.

PI · Principal Investigator

Moon-Hyeong Seo, Ph.D.

서문형 책임연구원 · 이학박사
KIST Principal Researcher · Lab Head
"Securing research funding · Sustainable lab management — and figuring out where AI takes us next."
Affiliation
KIST Gangneung Institute of Natural Products
Natural Product Drug Development Division
Center for Natural Product Efficacy Optimization
Email
mhseo@kist.re.kr
Office
+82-33-650-3635 · Research Building L1403
Lab
+82-33-650-3636 · Research Building L1410
Profiles
Google Scholar ↗  ·  PubMed ↗
— Professional Experience —
2025 – present
Principal Researcher
KIST Gangneung Institute of Natural Products
2023 – 2025
Affiliate Professor
Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine
2017 – 2025
Senior Researcher
KIST Gangneung Institute of Natural Products
2014 – 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto
2013
Postdoctoral Fellow
Natural Science Research Institute, KAIST
— Education —
2006 – 2013
Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST
2002 – 2006
B.S.
Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST
01

Current Members

5 lab members
Min-Seok Choi
최민석
Postdoctoral Fellow
— since November 2025 —
mschoi@kist.re.kr
02

Former Members

7 alumni

Alumni of the Protein Engineering & Regulation Lab — the colleagues, collaborators, and friends who passed through the bench at KIST Gangneung. We are proud to follow where they go next.

JN
Jiyoung Nam  남지영
Postdoc · 2018.05–2020.04 · Now: KRIBB
MK
Meong Il Kim  김명일
Postdoc · 2021.10–2024.03
JO
Jisung Oh  오지성
M.S. & Intern · 2021.12–2024.11
DK
Da Sol Kim  김다솔
Intern · 2018.05–2020.02 · Now: KDCA
SL
Seon Young Lee  이선영
Intern · 2019.06–2020.11 · Now: IBS
YJ
Youn Hee Jung  정윤희
Intern · 2020.03–2021.04 · Now: AstraZeneca
YW
Ye-Bin Won  원예빈
Intern · 2020.05–2022.02