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Yujin Kim

Graduate Student

Yujin Kim

Joined the lab2024.03–present
Current courseM.S.–Ph.D. Course
Contact
kyjin3810@gmail.com

Education

2025.03–present
M.S.–Ph.D. Integrated Course

Graduate School, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University

2020.03–2025.02
B.S. in Systems Biotechnology

School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University

Award

2026.08.21
Kim Hak-Sung Academic Award (Poster) · 김학성학술상 (포스터)

Korean Society for Enzyme Engineering (한국효소공학연구회)

Research Interest

C1-Fixation Enzymes
  • Discover and engineer enzymes that assimilate carbon dioxide, formate, formaldehyde, or methanol into central metabolites.
  • Improve catalytic efficiency, selectivity, and cofactor balance for cell-free and microbial C1 conversion.
Plastic-Degrading Enzymes
  • Identify oxidative and hydrolytic enzymes capable of initiating or accelerating PE, PP, and nylon degradation.
  • Define polymer–enzyme interactions and engineer catalysts for depolymerization and biological upcycling.

Publications

1 Co-first author · * Corresponding author

In Progress

Areum Lee1, Mihyeon Ryu1, Yujin Kim, Soo-Jin Yeom*, and Hyeoncheol Francis Son*

Precision Engineering of Modular Polyketide Synthases: From Structural Insights to Programmable Biosynthesis

Submitted

2025

No. 1

Hyeoncheol Francis Son, Sungmin Hwang, Yujin Kim, Jung Ho Ahn, Ja Kyong Ko, Gyeongtaek Gong, Youngsoon Um, Jong Hyuk Park, Hyun June Park, Sun-Mi Lee*

Enzymatic Depolymerization of Polyethylene Using a Small Laccase and Its Potential for Bio-Upcycling

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 495, 139021

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Presentations