Yejun Kim

Ph.D. candidate, University of Washington
EBRC Policy & Intl. Engagement Working Group Liaison

Yejun Kim graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. After exploring process engineering (AbbVie), fungal phylogenomics (The Field Museum), and strain development (LanzaTech), she is currently a Chemical Engineering Ph.D. candidate and NSF GRFP fellow at the University of Washington. Yejun is studying platforms for optimizing microbial phenotypes to advance sustainable bioproduction capabilities.