Ji-Hyun received her B.S in Life Sciences from National University of Singapore. After working as a clinical trial coordinator at National Heart Centre Singapore, she completed her M.S/Ph.D training in Biomedical Sciences in Yonsei University in South Korea where she focused on epigenetic regulation in human induced pluripotent stem cells and liver cancer. She is interested in the intricacies of epigenetic dysregulation in neurological disorders.

Outside of the lab, Ji-Hyun likes to read, cook and trek.

Research Experience

2016-2021     Graduate student, Yonsei University (P.I: Dr. Young-Joon Kim)

2012-2014      Research Assistant, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University (P.I: Dr. Liang Fengyi)

Selected Awards

2016 – 2018   Outstanding International Student Scholarship

Selected Publications

1. Ji-Hyun Hwang, Jungwoo Lee, Won-Young Choi, Min-Jung Kim, Jiyeon Lee, Khanh Hoang Bao Chu , Lark Kyun Kim, Young-Joon Kim. (2022) ZNF204P is a Stemness-Associated Oncogenic Long Non-Coding RNA in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Accepted for publication in BMB Reports

2. Jiyeon Lee*, Ji-Hyun Hwang*, Harim Chun*, Wonjin Woo, Sekyung Oh, Jungmin Choi and Lark Kyun Kim. (2021) PLEKHA8P1 Promotes Tumor Progression and Indicates Poor Prognosis of Liver Cancer. J. Mol. Sci. 22(14), 761

3. Won-Young Choi*, Ji-Hyun Hwang*, Jin-Young Lee*, Ann-Na Cho, Andrew J Lee, Inkyung Jung, Seung-Woo Cho, Lark Kyun Kim, Young-Joon Kim. (2020) Chromatin Interaction Changes during the iPSC-NPC Model to Facilitate the Study of Biologically Significant Genes Involved in Differentiation. 11(10):E1176
   *Co-first