John Kim is an associate professor in Biology whose research focuses on deciphering the biological function of microRNAs and other small RNAs expressed in the genome.

Academic Appointments

• 07/2015: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
• 09/2013: Associate Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
• 09/2006: Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan

Education and Training

• 2001—2006
  Postdoctoral research: RNAi and microRNA mechanisms in C. elegans.
  Advisor: Gary Ruvkun
  Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston
  Department of Molecular Biology, MGH, Boston
• 1994—2000
  Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Doctoral research: Genetic dissection of autophagy in S. cerevisiae.
  Advisor: Daniel J. Klionsky
  Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis
• 1990—1994
  Staff Research Associate, Hormone Research Institute, UCSF
  Research: Autoantigenicity of glutamic acid decarboxylase in type I diabetes.
  Advisor: Steinunn Baekkeskov
• 1986—1990
  B.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven
  Senior Research Advisor: George Palade

Honors and Awards

• 2013: Frederick C. Neidhardt Endowed Professorship, University of Michigan
• 2009—2013: Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
• 2003—2006: Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow