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 Lim Lab, 2026 January

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Seung-Oe Lim, Ph.D.

Principal investigator

Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery
Purdue University
 
limsoe [at] purdue.edu

Seung-Oe Lim completed his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at Seoul National University, Korea in 2008. After he joined to Mien-Chie Hung’s laboratory at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2010 as a postdoctoral fellow, he focused on developing effective therapeutic strategies based on mechanism studies for key molecules in breast cancer. He joined Purdue University as an assistant professor in July 2017.

Nawon Lee

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MCMP Ph.D. Student

lee3676 [at] purdue.edu

Nawon completed her B.S. in Genetics at Purdue University in 2024. She joined Lim Lab as a Research Assistant in August 2024 and will begin her studies as an MCMP graduate student in August 2025.

Hung-Yu Chen

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PULSe Ph.D. Student

chen5740 [at] purdue.edu

Hung-Yu completed her M.S. in Molecular Medicine at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 2025. She joined Lim Lab as a PULSe graduate student in January 2026.

Ella Guthmueller

Undergrad Student Researcher

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eguthmue [at] purdue.edu

Ella is a BSPS student. She joined Lim Lab as an undergraduate student researcher in August 2026.

Juyeon (Joy) Im

Undergrad Student Researcher

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Juyeon (Joy) is a Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology student. She joined Lim Lab as an undergraduate student researcher in August 2026.

im53 [at] purdue.edu

Joey

Research Supporter

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Joey, a beagle, retired from his research program at Purdue University in 2022, and he joined Lim Lab as a Research Supporter in February of the same year.

Previous members

  • Se-Hoon Hong, Ph.D.                              Postdoctoral fellow                           07.2017 - 01.2019 

  • Alyssa Min Jung Kim, Pharm.D. Ph.D.      Undergrad, Pharm.D. Ph.D student   09.2017 - 07.2025

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  • Bareun Kim, Ph.D.                                   Postdoctoral fellow                          11.2017 - 10.2020

  • Ruoxuan Sun, Ph.D.                                 MCMP Ph.D. student                       12.2017 - 05.2022

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  • Aneesha Kulkarni                                   PULSe student                                 04.2018 - 12.2019 

  • Johann Richard Schwarz                         Undergraduate researcher              08.2018 - 02.2020 

  • Wonkyung Oh, Ph.D.                               Research Associate                         08.2019 - 08.2023

  • Min Wook Kim                                        Visiting student                              08.2021 - 01.2022

  • Allison Murray                                        Undergraduate researcher              08.2021 - 05.2022

  • Macy Nemeth                                         Undergraduate researcher              08.2021 - 12.2021

  • Hongjun Lee                                           Undergraduate researcher              04.2023 - 04.2024

  • Lilyana L Rouget                                     Undergraduate researcher              08.2023 - 12.2023

  • Loahni S. Hernandez                               Undergraduate researcher              08.2023 - 12.2023

  • Jiyeon Lee, M.S.                                       Research Assistant                           11.2023 - 04.2024

  • Joon Kim, M.S.                                         Research Associate                          09.2024 - 10.2024

  • Natalie Brenner                                       Undergraduate researcher               01.2025 - 12.2025

  • Camila Strachan                                      Research Assistant                          01.2025 - 02.2026

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