Junghyun Namkung, Ph.D.
Bioinformatician · AI Healthcare Scientist · Clinical Research Consultant
Junghyun Namkung, Ph.D. is an AI healthcare scientist and bioinformatician specializing in precision medicine, digital biomarkers, microbiome AI, and clinical research. She has over 15+ yearsof experience leading AI-driven healthcare R&D projects spanning biomarker discovery, clinical AI, bioinformatics, statistical genomics, and translational medicine. Her expertise bridges clinical research, AI technologies, and government-funded R&D planning.
Career Timeline
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Case Western Reserve University — Genetic Epidemiology & Biostatistics, OH, USA
Statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology research
Principal Research Scientist
AI R&D Center, SK Telecom
Led AI healthcare R&D — digital biomarkers, microbiome AI biomarkers, clinical AI models, and precision diagnostics; multimodal AI models (microbiome, voice, biosignals, EMR, genomic, sequencing); pancreatic cancer biomarker diagnostics tech transfer
Founder & CEO
LacheanCode (라키안코드)
AI biohealth, precision medicine, microbiome AI, clinical research consulting
Visiting Research Fellow
Global AI Drug Discovery Research Center
AI drug discovery research collaboration
Adjunct Professor
AI Drug Discovery Program, Ewha Womans University
Also KHIDI & KIAT R&D reviewer / AI advisor; BigBang Angels Venture Partner; Pancras Partners Partner & Technical Advisor
Education
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics
Seoul National University, Korea
Postdoctoral Scholar — Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University, USA
B.S. in Genetic Engineering
Korea University, Korea
Government Advisory & Review
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)
Evaluation and advisory for national R&D programs in Digital Healthcare, AI Healthcare, and Biohealth.
Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT)
Technical evaluation of industrial technology R&D proposals in AI, Digital Healthcare, and Bioinformatics.
- Adjunct Professor — Ewha Womans University
- Research Fellow — Global AI Drug Discovery Center
- Board Member — Korean Society for Bioinformatics (KSBI)
- Former Scientific Committee — KOSMI