About

Research Interests

🧬 Insect Viromes
Viral discovery, host adaptation, and ecology in arthropods
🔁 Host–Virus Coevolution and HGT
Horizontal gene transfer between viruses and insect hosts
🦠 Virus–Microbiome Interactions
Tripartite interaction between viruses, microbiomes, and insect hosts
💻 Computational Viromics
Viral genome assembly, phylogenetics, and bioinformatics pipelines

M.Sc., Agricultural Convergence Technology (2023–2025)
Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea
- Virome analysis of Varroa destructor
- Prof. June-Sun Yoon’s Insect Molecular Biology Laboratory
B.Sc., Agricultural Biology (2019–2023)
Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea
- Full scholarship (National Science & Technology Scholarship)

Student Presentation Award, Korean Society of Applied Entomology
“Virome analysis of Varroa destructor in South Korea”
April 2025, Conference of Korean Society of Applied Entomology
Student Presentation Award, International Journal of Industrial Entomology & Biomaterials
“Genome analysis of Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus in Korean beetles”
May 2024, International Conference
Student Presentation Award, Apicultural Society of Korea × COLOSS Asia
“Metagenomic Analysis of Viral Diversity in Apis cerana Genome”
February 2024, 40th Annual Meeting
BK21 FOUR Research Fellowship, Jeonbuk National University
Graduate student research funding (~USD 2,200), Sep 2024
Finalist, JBNU Research Fair
Poster presentation of metavirome findings, September 2023
Fellowship Awardee, Asian Institute in Statistical Genetics and Genomics
Training in statistical bioinformatics, July 2023

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