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Taehyong Kim

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Director of Bioinformatics Core at University of Pennsylvania
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Taehyong Kim is the Director of the Bioinformatics Core at the University of Pennsylvania, bringing over 13 years of experience in bioinformatics and software engineering. Holding a Ph. D. from the University at Buffalo, his expertise covers NGS-related algorithm development, computational biology, and extensive research into human diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimers.

His post-doctoral work at Stanfords Carnegie Institution for Science involved analyzing metabolic networks to infer the functions of unknown genes.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Director of Bioinformatics Core
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Human Disease Research
His career includes extensive bioinformatics research into a wide range of human diseases, including diabetes, cancer, autism, and Alzheimer's.
NGS Data Analysis
As Director of the Bioinformatics Core, his work centers on providing data analysis, consultation, and building efficient pipelines for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data.
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Career

Work history

4-2020
Director of Bioinformatics Core
University of Pennsylvania
2-2017
Principal bioinformatician
University of Pennsylvania
8-2015 - 2-2017
Staff bioinformatician
University of Pennsylvania
3-2011 - 7-2015
Post-doctoral research scientist (bioinformatics)
Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University
9-2005 - 2011
Research assistant (M.S. and Ph.D. in bioinformatics)
State University of New York at Buffalo
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Education
2007 - 2011
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University at Buffalo
2005 - 2007
M.S.
University at Buffalo
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