Joonhyeok Choi
Researcher
NMR spectroscopy, protein interactions, protein dynamics, and AI-driven structural biology.
Principal investigator
Donghan Lee.
Molecular questions.
A collaborative mindset.
Donghan studies how protein motion shapes molecular recognition and function. His group combines biomolecular NMR, structural biology, and computation to investigate protein dynamics and support drug discovery.
Principal Investigator
BioNMR Lab
Senior Researcher
Center for Protein Structure and Drug Mechanism Research, KBSI
Associate Professor · KBSI School
University of Science & Technology
dlee@bionmr.org
Experience.
- Korea Basic Science Institute
Senior Researcher · Dec 2023–present
- University of Louisville
James Graham Brown Chair of Structural Biology · Aug 2015–May 2024
Associate Professor · 2015–May 2024 - Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Group Leader · 2010–2015
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow · Aug 2006–Dec 2010 - National Cancer Institute, NIH
Senior Scientist · Aug 2004–Aug 2006
- ETH Zürich
Oberassistant · Sep 2003–Aug 2004
Education.
- Ph.D. in Biophysics
ETH Zürich, Switzerland · 1999–2003
- M.S. in Physical Biochemistry
Yonsei University, South Korea · 1997–1999
- B.S. in Biochemistry
Yonsei University, South Korea · 1993–1997
Editorial service.
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
Editorial Board Member
- Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
Associate Editorial Board
- Magnetochemistry
Editorial Board Member
- Methods
Co-editor with T. Michael Sabo, New Methods in Biomolecular NMR · 2018
NMR community.
- Gateway NMR
Chair of the inaugural Scientific Organizing Committee · Louisville, 2016. Organized with Mike Sabo, David Ban, Rieko Ishima, and Rafael Brüschweiler, bringing together more than 60 scientists.
- Selected invited talks · 2026
- G-NMR School
Lecturer on high-power R1ρ methods · Helmholtz Zentrum München, 2014
Our people
Different perspectives.
Shared curiosity.
Working across NMR spectroscopy, bioinformatics, and protein structure prediction.
Dr. Cameron Gilchrist
Postdoctoral researcher
Easy-to-use, open-source bioinformatics tools and visualizations.
Dr. Min June Yang
Postdoctoral researcher
NMR spectroscopy, protein–DNA interactions, protein–protein interactions, and protein dynamics.
Dr. Sooho Ko
Postdoctoral researcher
NMR spectroscopy and protein–drug interaction.
Alumni
- Sehoon Park
Researcher · Sep 2025–Jul 2026 · Now at CJ Bio
Around the lab
Ideas moving forward.
Donghan and Min June present at ICMRBS 2026.
Sooho joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher.
Sehoon joins CJ Bio. Congratulations!
Cameron’s FoldMason paper published in Science. ↗
Donghan and Min June present at Pacifichem 2025.
Min June and Sehoon join the group.
Let’s explore together
Good science starts
with a conversation.
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