Education

• Research Fellow: Viral Immunology, National Institutes of Health (Barbara Rehermann)
• USA
• PhD: Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University (Jeon Han Park),
• Republic of Korea
• MSc: Microbiology and Immunology, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
• BSc: Medicine, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Professional Experience

• 2021-2024 Director, Center for Viral Immunology, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea
• 2020-2021 Director, The Center for Epidemic Preparedness, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
• 2018-Present Adjunct Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
• 2007-Present Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, and Chair Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Honors and Awards

• 2024 Fellow, National Academy of Medicine of Korea
• 2022 Asan Medical Award, Asan Foundation, Korea
• 2019 Fellow, The Korea Academy of Science and Technology
• 2019 Yonsei R.K. Cho Prize in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine & Yongwoon Foundation, Korea
• 2018 KAI-Genexine Award, The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea
• 2017 Hantan Award, The Korea Society of Virology, Korea

Research Interests

• Viral Immunology, Viral Hepatitis, Tumor Immunology, Immune Aging, and Human Immunology

Publications (Max 5)

• Lee H, Kim SY, Kim SH, Jeong S, Kim KH, Kim CG, Koh JY, Kim HD, Han JW, Yu H, Lee W, Min S, Park SH, Eun HS, Shin EC. TCR, signaling via NFATc1 constrains IL-15-induced bystander activation of human memory CD8, + T cells. Immunity 58:2957-2971, 2025
• Lee H, Jeong S, Shin EC. Significance of bystander T cell activation in microbial infection. Nat Immunol 23:13-22, 2022
• Rha MS, Jeong HW, Ko JH, Choi SJ, Seo IH, Lee JS, Sa M, Kim AR, Joo EJ, Ahn JY, Kim JH, Song KH, Kim ES, Oh DH, Ahn MY, Choi HK, Jeon JH, Choi JP, Kim HB, Kim YK, Park SH, Choi WS, Choi JY, Peck KR, Shin EC. PD-1-expressing SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8 + T cells are not exhausted, but functional in patients with COVID-19. Immunity 54:44-52, 2021
• Lee JS, Park S, Jeong HW, Ahn JY, Choi SJ, Lee H, Choi B, Nam SK, Sa M, Kwon JS, Jeong SJ, Lee HK, Park SH, Park SH, Choi JY, Kim SH, Jung I, Shin EC. Immunophenotyping of COVID-19 and influenza highlights the role of type I interferons in development of severe COVID-19. Sci Immunol 5:eabd1554, 2020
• Kim J, Chang DY, Lee HW, Lee H, Kim JH, Sung PS, Kim KH, Hong SH, Kang W, Lee J, Shin SY, Yu HT, You S, Choi YS, Oh I, Lee DH, Lee DH, Jung MK, Suh KS, Hwang S, Kim W, Park SH, Kim HJ, Shin EC. Innate-like cytotoxic function of bystander activated CD8 + T cells is associated with liver injury in acute hepatitis A. Immunity 48:161-173, 2018