Advisor

Pil Joon Seo

2002 - 2005  Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University, Korea (B.S.)
2005 - 2010  Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea (Ph.D.)
2010 - 2011  Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea (Postdoctoral Researcher)
2011 - 2012  Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany (Postdoctoral Researcher)
2012 - 2016  Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, Korea
2016 - 2018  Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
2018 -         
   Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Korea
2023 - 2024  Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Institution for Science/Stanford University, USA

Guest Editor, Genome Biology (2024.12. ~ 2025.08)
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (2022.07. ~ Present)
Editorial Board Member, Molecules and Cells (2021.01. ~ Present)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Genome Editing and Regulation (2021.01. ~ Present)
Reviewing Editor, eLife (2020.01. ~ Present)
Associate Editor & Review Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science (2020.01 ~ Present)
Coordinating Editor, Journal of Plant Biology (2019.09. ~ Present)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Molecular Science (2018.09. ~ Present)
Associate Editor, Genes and Genomics (2018.09. ~ Present)

2022  JPB 논문상 (한국식물학회)
2022  Samsung Science & Technology Foundation Investigator
2021   Innovative Teaching Award (Seoul National University CNS)
2020  Y-KAST
2020  Creative-leading Young Researcher (Seoul National University)
2017   Young Researcher Award (NRF-Elsevier) 
2016   현장명예연구관 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원)
2013   Excellence in Teaching Award (Chonbuk National University)
2012   Excellence in Teaching Award (Chonbuk National University)

E-mail: pjseo1@snu.ac.kr / Office: +82-2-880-7763 / Lab: +82-2-880-4366



Postdoctoral Researchers
Hong Gil Lee
E-mail: hglee1@snu.ac.kr
Research field: Circadian clock,
Stress response, Temperature sensing

Supported by NRF
(Project: Identification of long-distance mobile proteomes between plant organs)
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Hanim Kim
E-mail: qkfkvkvk93@gmail.com
Research field: Phytochrome signaling, Circadian clock, Wound response



Graduate Students

Ph.D. course

Yeong Yeop Jeong
E-mail: idcyansky@gmail.com
Research field: Protoplast genome editing & regeneration, metabolic engineering
Cheljong Hong
E-mail: hcj0227@snu.ac.kr
Research field: Peptide hormone, CRISPR
Hongwoo Lee
E-mail: miso5103@snu.ac.kr
Research field: 3D genomics, epigenomics,  bioinformatics
Soon Hyung Bae
E-mail: tnsgud996@snu.ac.kr
Research field: Plant regeneration,
single cell transcriptomics

Supported by a scholarship from Chung Mong-Koo foundation.
 Jiwoo Kim
E-mail: jw0817z@snu.ac.kr
Research field: Plant regeneration, epitranscriptome
Jaewoong Hwang
E-mail: peter96@snu.ac.kr
Research field: Histone PTMs 
Hobin Yoon
E-mail: yoonhobin@snu.ac.kr 
Research field: Plant regeneration
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 Jiwon Han
E-mail: juliehan0411@korea.kr
Research field: Cryopreservation, plant regeneration
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Jaewoo Hong
E-mail:  hongshrimp@naver.com
Research field: Metabolic engineering

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DongHyeon Kang
E-mail: kangtime99@naver.com
Research field: Epigenomics, bioinformatics 
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Sooah Yun
E-mail: sayun225@snu.ac.kr
Research field: Hormone signaling, stress response, metabolic engineering
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Minyoung Lee
E-mail: mylee1998@snu.ac.kr
Research field: Genome editing, gene delivery, metabolomics

Masters course

Soonyoung Kwon 
E-mail: syk0299@snu.ac.kr
Research field: CRISPR



Researchers

Ok Sun Park
E-mail: pos0719@naver.com



Administrative Staffs
Hye Young Choi
E-mail: saltstar@snu.ac.kr



Alumni

Kiyoung Jang
E-mail: kiyoung64@jbnu.ac.kr
M.S. (2013 - 2015)
Current status: Chonbuk National University
Yee Ram Choi
E-mail: ppcpfl123@naver.com
M.S. (2015 - 2017)
Current  status: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
Jinwoo Shin
E-mail: sjinu37@gmail.com
Postdoctoral fellow (2018)
Current status: Postdoc at Harvard Medical School
Hoonyoung Lee
E-mail: gnsdud2@gmail.com
Research Staff (2019 - 2021)
Hyojeong Na
Administrative Staff (2019 - 2022)
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Sangrea Shim
E-mail: sangreashim@gmail.com
Postdoc (2019 - 2022)
Current status: Prof. at Kangwon National University
Jin Hoon Won
E-mail: wonjh04@snu.ac.kr
M.S. (2019 - 2022)
Current status : SK Bioscience
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Young-Joon Park
E-mail: pyjpyj92@snu.ac.kr
Postdoc (2022 - 2023)
Current status: Prof. at Kyung Hee University
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Do Hee Koo 
M.S. (2020 - 2022)

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Kyounghee Lee
E-mail: khl0905@skku.edu
M.S. - Postdoc (2013 - 2023)
Current status: Postdoc at University of Utah
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Yunji Namgung
E-mail: nkyj330@snu.ac.kr
M.S. (2021 - 2023)
Current status : SK Bioscience
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Hye-In Kang
Postdoc (2022 - 2023)
Current status: JW Pharmaceutical
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Seong Eun Yoo
E-mail: runa_dec@snu.ac.kr
M.S. (2022 - 2024)
Current status: GENETOX
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Jeong-Won Nam
E-mail: namjw314@snu.ac.kr
Research Professor (2020 - 2024)



We are currently hiring highly motivated students and postdocs. 
If interested, please send an email to Pil (pjseo1@snu.ac.kr)