Department of Chemistry
Building of Natural Sciences, Room 325 (Lab), 311 (Office)
222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Email: jrleo94@hanyang.ac.kr
Tel: 02-2220-0941 (Office)

Career

• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Sep. 2025 – Present)
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA (Co-mentoring with Prof. Daniel E. Bauer and Prof. Luca Pinello), Feb. 2024 –
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2023 – Dec. 2023)
• Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Feb. 2023)
• B.S. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Feb. 2017)

Awards

• Unbong Young Scientist Award, KSBMB International Conference, Korea (2023)
• Young Scientist Award, The Genetics Society of Korea, South Korea (2023)


• Sejong science fellowship (International track), Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea (2024)
• Global Ph.D. fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea, Korea (2018-2022)

Title

My research aims to analyze DNA and RNA information to elucidate cellular mechanisms. I specialize in sequencing, genome engineering and screening, and CRISPR-based gene therapy. Ultimately, my goal is to comprehensively analyze DNA and RNA information to construct a complete blueprint of cellular processes.