Chung Sub Kim

Assistant Professor

Chung Sub Kim

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

Bio

I completed my Ph.D. and postdoc at UT Austin. I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine at Augusta University.

  • CKIM5@augusta.edu
  • CA 2018

Education

  • Ph.D., Neuroscience University of Texas - Austin, 2011

  • MMSC, Molecular Biology Yonsei University, 2003

  • BS, Microbiology/Bacteriology Inje University, 2001

Awards & Honors

  • Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Association of Korean Neuroscientists, 2025

  • Biological Psychiatry recognition Biological Psychiatry, 2025

  • Brain Korea 21 Scholarship Yonsei University, South Korea, 2021

  • NARSAD Young Investigator Grant Award Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, 2017

  • Outstanding Postdoctoral Award Association of Korean Neuroscientists, 2016

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • NURO 9210

    Inv of a Problem in Neuro
  • NURO 8082

    Neuroscience II
  • BIOM 8080

    Neuroscience I

Teaching Interests

Neuroscience, Neuron, Electrophysiology

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Effects of post-stress corticosterone on hippocampal excitability and behavior involving hyperpolarization-activated cation channel 1 function, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Hyperpolarization-activated channel 1 modulates resilience and susceptibility to social avoidance induced by witnessing social defeat stress, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Prolonged exposure treatment following chronic social defeat stress in mice reduces behavioral stress responses and social avoidance, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Glucocorticoid-glucocorticoid receptor-HCN1 channels reduce neuronal excitability in dorsal hippocampal CA1 neurons, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Establishment of the Mouse Model of Social Avoidance Induced by Female-Directed Female Aggression, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Neuropsychiatric disorders such as PTSD

Department Service

  • DNRM Seminar Series Committee Chair 2025 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair
  • DNRM Seminar Series Committee Chair 2024 - 2024

    Role: Committee Chair
  • DNRM Seminar Series Committee Member 2024 - 2024

    Role: Committee Member
  • DNRM Seminar Series Committee Member 2023 - 2023

    Role: Committee Member
  • DNRM Seminar Series Committee Member 2022 - 2022

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • AU Annual Undergraduate Research and Fine Arts Conference, 2024 - 2024

    Role: Other
  • AU General Scholarship Committee 2024 - 2024

    Role: Other
  • Graduate Research Day 2024 - 2024

    Role: Other
  • AU General Scholarship Committee 2023 - 2023

    Role: Other
  • Annual Undergraduate Research and Fine Arts Conference 2022 - 2022

    Role: Other

University Service

  • Intramural Grant Program Study Section 2025 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 2024 - Present

    Role: Editorial Review Board Member
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 2024 - Present

    Role: Editorial Review Board Member
  • Augusta University 2021 - Present

    Role: Member
  • NIH 2025 - 2025

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • NIH 2023 - 2023

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer