He received his M.D. in 2001 and Ph.D. in 2006 from Yonsei University, Seoul. During his Ph.D. programme, he studied tissue engineering using mesenchymal stem cells and biomaterials. After postdoctoral training at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in the field of stem cell biology, he became an independent researcher in 2010. His laboratory is interested in genome engineering in several types of cultured cells (including stem cells) and in mammals. Hyongbum Kim's homepage.