People
Minah Kim, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at CUMC
- Email: mk4242@cumc.columbia.edu
Dr. Minah Kim is a new faculty in Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Kim received her PhD from the KAIST under the mentorship of Dr. Gou Young Koh. Subsequently, she joined the lab of Dr. Donald McDonald at UCSF to pursue her postdoctoral training. Since then, her research has focused on understanding the role of vascular destabilization as a niche in facilitating distant metastasis, particularly in the development of resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy. Further, her study focuses on vascular-immune crosstalk to understand vascular regulation of immune microenvironment and of responsiveness to immunotherapies.
Ha-Ram Park, PhD
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Email: hp2613@cumc.columbia.edu
Dr. Haram Park received her PhD in Oncology from Seoul National University, Korea where she focused on cancer immunotherapy and identifying the resistance mechanisms of targeted therapy in non-small cell lung cancer under Dr. Dae Seog Heo and Dr. Dong-Wan Kim. Now as a postdoctoral researcher in the Kim Lab, she studies the vascular regulation of immunosuppression and immunotherapy efficacy in melanoma.
Eunhyeong Lee
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Email: el3219@cumc.columbia.edu
Dr. Eunhyeong Lee received her PhD in Vascular Biology from the KAIST. During her PhD, she had studied the regulatory mechanism of vascular abnormality in glioblastoma under the guidance of Dr. Injune Kim. She has joined the lab of Dr. Minah Kim at Columbia University Irving Medical Center as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist. she has research interest in vascular and immune regulation in PanNET and AD for the translational research.
Yeonghwan Kim, PhD
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Yeonghwan Kim earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University, where his research focused on the molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis and stem cell therapy under the guidance of Dr. Sukho Bhang. Since joining the Kim Lab at Columbia University Irving Medical Center as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in 2024, he has been investigating the resistance mechanisms associated with antiangiogenic therapy in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
An Lo
- Postgraduate Researcher
An earned her Bachelor's from the University of Virginia where she double majored in Chemistry and Cognitive Science with a concentration in Neuroscience. She has previously researched Alzheimer's Disease with a focus on Apolipoprotein E secretion and protein prenylation in the lab of Dr. Heather Ferris.
Juliette Shang
- Undergraduate Student
Juliette Shang is an undergraduate student at Columbia College, majoring in biology. She previously conducted research regarding spinocerebellar ataxia using mice models.
Claire Liu Zhu
- Undergraduate Student
Claire Zhu is an undergraduate student at Columbia University majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior. She is extremely passionate about scientific research and is involved in various organizations around campus. Claire started her research in the Kim lab in late 2023 and continues to be involved in the Alzheimer's disease project.
Former Lab Members
- Sophie O’Keefe (2022-2024, Postgraduate Researcher from the University of Chicago)
Current Position: Graduate Student at the University of Virginia - Ming Yu (2023-2024, Undergraduate Researcher from CUNY Hunter College)
- Yena Jang (2023, Summer Research Student from the University of Chicago)
- Ellen Jones (2023, Summer Research Student from Georgia State University, GSAS program)
- Portia Cummings (2021-2023, Undergraduate Researcher from Columbia University)
- Gauri Kasarla (2022, Summer Research Student from Columbia University)
- Alessandra Leong (2019-2022, Postgraduate Researcher from the University of Chicago)
Current Position: Medical Student at University of Pittsburgh - Janani Varadarajan (2020-2022, Undergraduate Researcher from Barnard College)
Current Position: Medical Student at Rutgers - Anahita Shiva (2020-2022, Postgraduate Researcher from Cornell)
Current Position: Medical Student at University of Maryland - Subrata Chowdhury (2021-2022, Postdoctoral Fellow)
- Carol Dalgarno (2019, Summer Research Student from Wesleyan University, GSAS program)