Ji Hee Kim

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Ji Hee Kim
Nationality South Korean
Alma materBSc Mokpo National University
PhD Seoul National University
AwardsKOPRI Medal (2005 & 2010)
Ministerial Award of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs (2012)
Scientific career
InstitutionsKorean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Korean name
Hangul
김지희
Revised Romanization Gim Jihui
McCune–Reischauer Kim Chihŭi

Ji Hee Kim is an Antarctic researcher, best known for being the Principal Investigator for comprehensive environmental monitoring and construction of the long term environmental database at South Korea's King Sejong Station.

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Early life and education

Kim received her BSc in biology at Mokpo National University in 1991 and her MSc in biology at Seoul National University in 1993, and a PhD at the same university in 2000. [1] She started her research work at the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) in 1998 before she completed her PhD. She has been a key member of the polar ecology laboratory at KOPRI. [2]

Career and impact

Kim has led many projects at KOPRI, particularly after the construction of Jang Bogo Station, South Korea's second Antarctic research station. Kim was a key member of the expedition team searching for the proper site and later Principal Investigator for the preparation for the Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation. [3] She is the Principal Investigator for comprehensive environmental monitoring and construction of a long term environmental database in the King Sejong Station. [1] [4]

Awards and honours

Kim was awarded a KOPRI medal in 2005 and 2010. [5] [6] She was also awarded the Ministerial Award of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs in 2012. [7]

Selected works

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  8. Jung, You-Jung; Lee, Yung Mi; Baek, Kiwoon; Hwang, Chung Yeon; Cho, Yirang; Hong, Soon Gyu; Kim, Ji Hee; Lee, Hong Kum (2015-01-01). "Algibacter psychrophilus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from marine sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (6): 1735–1740. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.000168 . PMID   25740931.
  9. Baek, Kiwoon; Lee, Yung Mi; Hwang, Chung Yeon; Park, Hyun; Jung, You-Jung; Kim, Mi-Kyeong; Hong, Soon Gyu; Kim, Ji Hee; Lee, Hong Kum (2015-01-01). "Psychroserpens jangbogonensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from Antarctic marine sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt 1): 183–188. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.069740-0 . ISSN   1466-5034. PMID   25316694.
  10. Kim, Mincheol; Cho, Ahnna; Lim, Hyoun Soo; Hong, Soon Gyu; Kim, Ji Hee; Lee, Joohan; Choi, Taejin; Ahn, Tae Seok; Kim, Ok-Sun (2015-03-23). "Highly Heterogeneous Soil Bacterial Communities around Terra Nova Bay of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica". PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0119966. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1019966K. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119966 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4370865 . PMID   25799273.
  11. Kim, Ji Hee; Guiry, Michael D.; Oak, Jung Hyun; Choi, Do-Sung; Kang, Sung-Ho; Chung, Hosung; Choi, Han-Gu (2007-12-01). "Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Janieae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological data: a reappraisal of Jania1". Journal of Phycology. 43 (6): 1310–1319. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00410.x. ISSN   1529-8817. S2CID   84584053.
  12. Kim, Ji Hee; Ahn, In-Young; Lee, Kyu Song; Chung, Hosung; Choi, Han-Gu (2007-01-16). "Vegetation of Barton Peninsula in the neighbourhood of King Sejong Station (King George Island, maritime Antarctic)". Polar Biology. 30 (7): 903–916. doi:10.1007/s00300-006-0250-2. ISSN   0722-4060. S2CID   33398201.
  13. Seo, H.W.; Yi, J.Y.; Park, Y.E.; Kang, S.H.; Chung, H.S.; Kim, J.H. (2006-01-01). "Multiple Shoot Induction from Radicle-derived Callus and in Vitro Propagation of Silene Acaulis Subsp. Arctics". Journal of Plant Biotechnology (in Korean). ISSN   1598-6365.
  14. Kim, Ji Hee; Ahn, In-Young; Hong, Soon Gyu; Andreev, Mikhail; Lim, Kwang-Mi; Oh, Mi Jin; Koh, Young Jin; Hur, Jae-Seoun (2006-10-01). "Lichen flora around the Korean Antarctic Scientific Station, King George Island, Antarctic". Journal of Microbiology (Seoul, Korea). 44 (5): 480–491. ISSN   1225-8873. PMID   17082741.