Myungjin Kim, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology

3005 BSRB

734-615-0494

Biography

Dr. Kim obtained her Ph.D. from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and received her postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Diego under Dr. William McGinnis. Currently, Dr. Kim is a research associate professor at the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan.

Areas of Interest

(1) Autophagy dysregulation in diseases and human pathologies.
(2) Exercise-induced adaptive mechanisms in skeletal muscle.
(3) Spatial transcriptomic understanding of skeletal and cardiac muscle histology.

Honors & Awards

NIH R01 Award (MPI)
NIH K01 Award (PI)
Frankel CVC Inaugural Award (co-PI)
Mcubed Initiative (PI)