Dr. An is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biosystem and Biomedical Science at Korea University.

He trained as a bioinformatician with a particular focus on human genomics and neuroscience. His PhD project involved in National Autism Research Project - The Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism - for the genomic sequencing project of Australian Autism families (An et al. 2014).

During the postdoctoral training with Dr. Stephan Sanders at UCSF, he worked on the analysis of whole genome sequencing data for the discovery of noncoding loci in autism (An et al. 2018, Werling et al. 2018). Working with numerous collaborators, he played an integral role in developing a framework to identify high-confidence de novo and rare inherited variant from whole genome sequencing data and performing a rigorous association test to identify autism associated noncoding loci.

As a PI, Dr. An leads the team studying the etiology of developmental disorders through the discovery of genetic risk factors. The team is working on the analysis of genome sequencing data to identify de novo and noncoding mutations associated with developmental and neurological disorders.

Professional Experience

• 2022-Present, Associate Professor, Korea University
• 2019-2022, Assistant Professor, Korea University
• 2015-2019, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSF

Education & Training

• 2015-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco.
• 2012-2016 Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Queensland, Australia
• 2010-2011 M.Sc., Molecular Biology, University of Queensland, Australia
• 2005-2010 B.Sc., Molecular Biotechnology, Konkuk University, South Korea

Awards

• 2024 Rising Star Award, Korea Genome Organization
• 2024 Green Ribbon Lecture Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology
• 2023 Young Scientist Award, Korea Society of Bioinformatics
• 2022 Young Scientist Travel Award, The Japan Neuroscience Society
• 2020 Young Scientist Travel Award, The Japan Neuroscience Society
• 2019 Young Investigator Research Award, International Society for Autism Research

Academic Service

• 2022-present, Editorial Board, eLife
• 2021-present, Editorial Board, Molecular Brain
• 2021-present, Editorial Board, Experimental and Molecular Medicine
• 2021-present, Editorial Board, Molecules and Cells
• 2024-Present, Editorial Board, BMC Genomics & Informatics
• 2024-Present, 전문위원, 과학기술정통부 바이오·헬스 데이터플랫폼 협의체
• 2024-Present, 전문위원, 보건의료연구자원정보센터 데이터 공개·활용위원회, 질병관리청
• 2024-Present, 전문위원, 첨단바이오, 한국연구재단
• 2022-2024, 전문위원, 보건복지부 보건의료정책심의위원회 디지털헬스 분과
• 2022-2024, 기획위원, 질병관리청 국립보건연구원 미래의료연구부
• 2020-2023, 총괄기획위원, 국가통합바이오빅데이터 구축 사업
• 2021-Present, Grant Review Panel, Israel Science Foundation
• 2020-Present, Grant Review Panel, Wellcome Trust Foundation
• 2024-Present, Grant Review Panel, UK Research and Innovation
• Ad hoc peer reviewer: Biological Psychiatry, BMC Genomics, Experimental and Molecular Medicine, eLife, JAMA, JAMA Psychiatry, Molecular Autism, Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Communications, PLOS Genetics, Translational Psychiatry

Funding

• 2024-2027 빅데이터 기반 신경발달장애 진단 AI 모델 개발 및 신규 바이오마커 발굴, 바이오·의료기술개발사업, 한국연구재단 (CI)
• 2022-2024 공포-불안 네트워크를 구성하는 신경세포 다양성 규명 및 조절, 바이오·의료기술개발사업, 한국연구재단 (CI)
• 2022-2024 전장유전체 기반 한국인 치매 유발 구조변이 및 비암호화 유전변이 분석 및 유전연관성 규명 방법 개발, 치매극복연구개발, 치매극복연구개발사업단 (PI)
• 2022-2023 전장유전체 기반 한국인 자폐 원인 구조변이 분석 및 유전연관성 규명 방법 개발, 고려대학교 인성재단 (PI)
• 2021-2025 한국인 자폐스펙트럼장애 가족에서 유전자기반 진단 기술 개발, 바이오·의료기술개발사업, 한국연구재단 (CI)
• 2021-2024 능동전환 T세포관용 연구실, 기초연구실지원사업, 한국연구재단 (CI)
• 2020-2025 Noncoding mutation 연구를 위한 범주형 연관성 방법론 개발 및 신경발달장애 원인 pathogenic enhancer mutation규명, 신진연구자지원사업, 한국연구재단 (PI)
• 2020-2021 생쥐 모델을 이용한 자폐증 관련 신규표적분자, 경로 발굴 및 검증, 뇌과학원천기술개발사업, 한국연구재단 (CI)
• 2020-2021 단일세포 전사체 기반 하 시상핵의 세포 조성 및 뇌질환 연관성 분석, 뇌과학원천기술개발사업, 한국연구재단 (PI)
• 2019-2024 다중오믹스 기반 정밀의료를 위한 지능형 인포매틱스 기술 개발 및 기반 구축, 바이오·의료기술개발사업, 한국연구재단 (CI)
• 2018-2019 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Autism Science Foundation & FamilieSCN2A Foundation (PI)