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Principal Investigator

Jae-Kyung 'Jamise' Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology

jamlee@uga.edu

Dr. Lee received her BS/MS decrees in Biology at Kyungpook National University, South Korea, then earned Ph.D degree at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in 2005. After her postdoc training at the UT Southwestern Medical Center and her role as a Research Assistant Professor at Emory University,  Dr. Lee started her laboratory in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at UGA in 2015. In her free time, she enjoys Yoga and cooking.

Current Lab Members

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Jaegwon Chung, MS

Research Professional

Jaegwon is a Senior Research Scientist in the lab. Jae received his BS/MS degrees in Biology at Kyungpook National University. Jae worked as a research staff at UT Southwestern and Emory University and has more than 20 years of research experience in cellular and molecular neuroscience.

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Jina Lim, MS

Lab Technician

Jina is a lab technician. Jina majored in Animal Biotechnology for her BS degree at Seoul University in South Korea and studied swine nutrition during her M.S. degree from the University of Kentucky.

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Adetutu Adebowale

Graduate Student (IPP program)

Adetutu is a graduate student in IPP program at UGA. Ade came from Nigeria. She received her BSc (Biochemistry) degree from Olabisi Onabanjo University in 2008, and MSc (Biochemistry, in Molecular Drug Metabolism and Toxicology) from University of Ibadan in 2019. 

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Declan Gresham

Graduate Student (IPP program)

Declan is a graduate student in the IPP program at UGA. He was born and raised in Georgia, and did his B.S in cellular biology at UGA. In his free time, he enjoys cooking and traveling.

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Jungha Byun

Graduate Student (ILS, Neuroscience)

Jungha is a graduate student in ILS Neuroscience Program at UGA. She was born in Korea, and she did her B.S in Microbiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Outside of the lab, she likes cooking during her free time

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Kyuri Hahn, PhD

Visiting Scholar

Kyuri Hahn is a visiting scholar. She earned her PhD degree in Veterinary Medicine from Seoul National University. Her study focused on proteomic profiling of cuprizone-induced demyelination in the mouse hippocampus.

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Yu 'Jack' Zhang

Undergraduate Student 

Jack is a highly motivated undergraduate student in the lab. 

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Nicole Zhang

Undergraduate Student 

Nicole is a talented undergraduate student

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Yunna Kim

Undergraduate Student 

Yunna is a talented undergraduate student in the lab.

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Former Lab Members

Rachael Earls, Ph.D.

Medical Liaison at Myriad Genetics

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Kelly Menees, PhD

Postdoc fellow, University of Florida

Janna Jernigan, BS

Graduate Student, University of Florida 

Isabelle Snider, BS

Medical Student, University of Florida College of Medicine

Krishna Pari, BS

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Isabelle Snider, BS

University of Florida College of Medicine

Erik Olsen, BS

Medical School of Georgia

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Vet Med-1 Building Rm 2236

501 D. W. Brooks Dr. 

Athens, GA 30602

Ph: 706-542-9671

Fax: 706-542-3015

Email: jamlee@uga.edu

 

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