Associate Professor
Jeong, Choongwon 정충원
Research
Bioinformatics
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Jeong lab focuses on production and analysis of population-scale genome-wide variation data to reconstruct past evolutionary history of human populations and other species. We are broadly interested in the following research topics:
1. Reconstructing past migration and admixture of world-wide human populations using ancient and present-day genomes
2. Delineating the genetic basis of complex adaptive phenotypes in natural populations
3. Understanding the role of genetic variation in human health and phenotypic diversity
Education/Carrer
Education
- - 2011-2016 Ph.D. : Human Genetics, University of Chicago
- - 2009-2011 M.Sc. : School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
- - 2002-2006 B.Sc. : School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
Career
- - 2023 - present Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
- - 2019 - 2023 Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
- - 2017 - 2019 Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- - 2016 - 2017 Post-doctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Publications
- Jeong C†*, Wang K†, Wilkin S, Taylor WTT, Miller BK, Bemmann JH, Stahl R, Chiovelli C, Knolle F, Ulziibayar S, Khatanbaatar D, Erdenebaatar D, Erdenebat U, Ochir A, Ankhsanaa G, Vanchigdash C, Ochir B, Munkhbayar C, Tumen D, Kovalev A, Kradin N, Bazarov BA, Miyagashev DA, Konovalov PB, Zhambaltarova E, Miller AV, Haak W, Schiffels S, Krause J, Boivin N, Erdene M, Hendy J, Warinner C* (2020) A dynamic 6,000-year genetic history of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe. Cell 183: 890-904. (*corresponding authors; †equal contribution)
- Ning C, Li T, Wang K, Zhang F, Li T, Wu X, Gao S, Zhang Q, Zhang H, Hudson MJ, Dong G, Wu S, Fang Y, Liu C, Feng C, Li W, Han T, Li R, Wei J, Zhu Y, Zhou Y, Wang C-C, Fan S, Xiong Z, Sun Z, Ye M, Sun L, Wu X, Liang F, Cao Y, Wei X, Zhu H, Zhou H, Krause J*, Robbeets M*, Jeong C*, Cui Y* (2020) Ancient genomes from northern China suggest links between subsistence changes and human migration. Nat. Commun. 11: 2700 (*corresponding authors)
- Skourtanioti E, Erdal YS, Frangipane M, Restelli FB, Yener KA, Pinnock F, Matthiae P, Özbal R, Schoop U-D, Guliyev F, Akhundov T, Lyonnet B, Hammer EL, Nugent SE, Burri M, Neumann GU, Penske S, Ingman T, Akar M, Shafiq R, Palumbi G, Eisenmann S, D’Andrea M, Rohrlach AB, Warinner C*, Jeong C*, Stockhammer PW*, Haak W*, Krause J* (2020) Genomic history of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, northern Levant, and southern Caucasus. Cell 181: 1158-1175. (*corresponding authors)
- Yu H, Spyrou MA, Karapetian M, Shnaider S, Radzeviciute R, Nägele K, Neumann GU, Penske S, Zech J, Lucas M, LeRoux P, Roberts P, Pavlenok G, Buzhilova A, Posth C*, Jeong C*, Krause J* (2020) Paleolithic to Bronze Age Siberians reveal connections with First Americans and across Eurasia. Cell 181: 1232-1245. (*corresponding authors)
- van de Loosdrecht M, Bouzouggar A*, Humphrey L, Posth C, Barton N, Aximu-Petri A, Nickel B, Nagel S, Talbi EH, El Hajraoui MA, Amzazi S, Hublin J, Pääbo S, Schiffels S, Meyer M, Haak W, Jeong C* and Krause J* (2018) Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations. Science. 360: 548-552. (*corresponding authors)