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