Sun-Young Kim
Sun-Young Kim
Postdoctoral ResearcherSun-Young is a postdoctoral researcher in the Arkin Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied the molecular mechanisms of microcins, including their export, antibacterial activity, and self-immunity systems. At the Arkin Lab, he is involved in the ARPA-H PROTECT project, where he focuses on isolating microbial pathogens and commensals from the lower respiratory tract. He is also leading the phenotypic characterization of these isolates, including profiling antibiotic resistance, carbon source utilization, and antagonistic interactions against lung-infecting pathogens. His research interests lie in understanding microbial interactions within the oral and lower respiratory tract microbiota and in discovering novel antibacterial compounds and mechanisms.
