URMC / Labs / Kim Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorMinsoo Kim, Ph.D.Phone: (585) 276-3917Email MinsooResearch Interest: Innate and adaptive immune responses and cancer immunotherapy FacultyKihong Lim, Ph.D.Research Assistant ProfessorPhone: (585) 273-1435Email KihongResearch Interest: Innate immunity in influenza infection, Regulation of immune responses via trail formationPostdoctoral ScholarsYeonsun Hong, Ph.D.Postdoctoral AssociateResearch Interest: Identification of key factors for immune cell activity (ex. T cell migration and MDSC differentiation) using the CRISPR-CAS9 systemRaj Kumar MongrePostdoctoral AssociateResearch Interest: Host inflammatory responses that regulate sepsis prognosisResearch StaffJohn LozadaLaboratory Technician IIIGraduate StudentsAndrea Amitrano, M.S.PWD Cell Biology of Disease Ph.D. Program T32 Predoctoral Training Program in ImmunologyResearch Interest: T cell metabolism in the tumor microenvironmentAnkit DahalMSTP Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)MD Medical Education (M.D.)IMV Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. ProgramMa Rie KimBME Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Role of the blood microbiota in systemic inflammationCooper Sailer, M.S.PWD Cell Biology of Disease Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Using optogenetics to explore chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell effector function in solid tumorsResearch AssistantsSarah ChaudharyUndergraduate Technical Assistant