Immuno-Bioinformatician at DAAN Biotherapeutics

Jim J.

Hello, my name is Jim. I am currently an immunologist + bioinformatician at DAAN Biotherapeutics. I double-majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Theatre at Loyola University Chicago. I was an Immunology PhD student at Dartmouth College, who left with a MSc instead of completing the PhD. I worked as a Research Assistant II at Boston Children's Hospital, Research Assistant I at Harvard Public Health, and a Research Technologist at Northwestern University while simultaneously working as a part-time Chemistry TA at LUC.

I feel greatly rewarded when I see my students' improvements, not only in their grades, but also in their thought processes and strategies in problem solving because that tells me I contributed to you becoming a better self. I have been missing having student interactions and being a mentor outside of classes, so I decided to become an independent tutor on Wyzant's platform.

During my undergraduate, I held extracurricular positions that required detailed communication, including my four part-time job positions at Loyola's Undergraduate Admissions Office and my role as the Chief Justice at Student Government of Loyola Chicago. Additionally, my TA experience required me to not only oversee the classes, but also to prepare+give lectures and hold office hours where I answered my students' individual questions. With that, I would like to say I am confident in individual and group communications and in explaining materials comprehensively with passion.

During my time at Dartmouth, I did research in an antibody engineering lab, then switched to a tumor immunotherapy lab. I greatly expanded my knowledge in protein biochemistry, immunology, and cell signaling, and gained computational skills for various analyses.

I am originally from South Korea, but I came to the States when I was 16. As someone who has learned English and Spanish on my own, I can be an easy guide in explaining how Korean language structure works and how words are pronounced.