Hee-Kyung Ahn
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Hee-Kyung was born in Seoul, South Korea, and completed my BSc and PhD in Systems Biology at Yonsei University.
After PhD, Hee-Kyung moved to Norwich, United Kingdom to join The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) as postdoctoral scientist.
Hee-Kyung is interested in how proteins in cells assemble into bigger protein complexes in plant cells. She is particularly interested in how environmental responses can induce changes in protein complex formation. She uses biochemistry, cell biology, as well as plant physiology to understand protein complexes in plants.
Hee-Kyung is passionate about science communication, and has published a popular science book about plants in Korean, named <Universe of Plants (식물이라는 우주)> in 2021.
In her free time, Hee-Kyung likes to read history books and visiting museums and galleries, and go for long walks.
She also spends most of her time outside work with her husband and daughter.