Jeansok J. Kim, Ph.D
Education and Training:
1987: B.S., Psychobiology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1989: M.A., Physiological Psychology, UCLA (advisor: Professor Gaylord D. Ellison)
1991: Ph.D, Behavioral Neuroscience, UCLA (advisor: Professor Michael S. Fanselow)
1991-1995: NIMH and NIA postdoctoral fellow, Program in Neuroscience, University of Southern California (advisor: Professor Richard F. Thompson)
1993: "The biology of memory: from molecules to behavior," Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Courses, New York
Positions:
1995-1996: Research Assistant Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Southern California
1996-2002: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University
2002-2003: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University
Present: Professor, Department of Psychology and Program in Neurobiology
& Behavior, University of Washington, Seattle
Professional Membership:
Society for Neuroscience
American Association for the Advancement of Science
New York Academy of Sciences
The Pavlovian Society (past-president 2013-2014)
Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society
Awards and Honors:
1992: Joseph A. Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award, UCLA
1993: James McKeen Cattell Award, New York Academy of Sciences
1995: Outstanding (young) Researcher Award, Western Psychological Association
1999: Yale Junior Faculty Fellowship
2003: Yale Senior Faculty Fellowship (declined)
2003: The 1st Korean Brain Pool Program Award, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Society
2003: Distinguished Lectures in Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program (MAP), National Institute of Mental Health
2005: Royalty Research Fellowship Scholar, University of Washington
2009: Cattell Sabbatical Award, The James McKeen Cattell Fund
2010: Pavlovian Research Award, The Pavlovian Society