Jaekyoon Kim is a mentor in the 2024 SURFiN program. He is a research scientist in Edwin Abel’s lab at the University of Iowa. Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Yonsei University and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His research focuses on how genetic risk factors lead to changes in the molecular and circuit mechanisms underlying repetitive behaviors in mouse models. Kim is the recipient of the 2024 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant and the University of Iowa’s 2022 Postdoctoral Outstanding Performance Award.

Principal Investigator: Ted Abel