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
- Cai D†*, Kim D†, Zhang N, Wang X, Li T, Li J, Li C, Lian S, Shao X, Hu S, Yang M, Zhang J, Wang Y, Ruan Q, Abuduresule I, Mo L, Li W, Guo X, Li W, Shao J, Sun Z, Tian Y, Wang H, Mao R, Zhu C, Wang X, Ren X, Wang W, Ding Y, Zhang P, Yang L, Cao J, Dang Y, Ha D, Zhang W, He L, Wang C, Wang L, Zhang Q, Yuan J, Wu X, Ning C, Jeong C* (2025) Ancient genomes illuminate the origins and dynamic history of East Asian cattle. Science 390: adu9904. (*corresponding authors; †equal contribution)
- Lee J†, Brosseder U†*, Moon H, Stalh R, Semerau L, Gantulga J-O, Magail J, Bemmann J, Yeruul-Erdene C, Warinner C*, Jeong C* (2025) Slab Grave expansion disrupted long co-existence of distinct Bronze Age herders in central Mongolia. Nat. Commun. 16: 8420. (*corresponding authors; †equal contribution)
- Liu C-C, Witonsky D, Gosling A, Lee J, Ringbauer H, Hagan R, Patel N, Stahl R, Novembre J, Aldenderfer A*, Warinner C*, Di Rienzo A*, Jeong C* (2022) Ancient genomes from the Himalayas illuminate the genetic history of Tibetans and their Tibeto-Burman speaking neighbors. Nat. Commun. 13: 1203. (*corresponding authors; †equal contribution)
- Zhang F†, Ning C†*, Scott A†, Fu Q, Bjørn R, Li W, Wei D, Wang W, Fan L, Abuduresule I, Hu X, Ruan Q, Niyazi A, Dong G, Cao P, Liu F, Dai Q, Feng X, Yang R, Tang Z, Ma P, Li C, Gao S, Xu Y, Wu S, Wen S, Zhu H, Zhou H, Robbeets M, Kumar V, Krause J*, Warinner C*, Jeong C*, Cui Y* (2021) The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies. Nature 599: 256-261. (*corresponding authors; †equal contribution)
- 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)