Dr. Kim received undergraduate training in both cognitive psychology and computer science in Germany, obtaining a MA and PhD in neurophysiology from the Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt (PhD in 1994), Germany. Following postdoctoral fellowships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN, Japan), he became a Research Instructor at Georgetown University Medical Center, Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, Washington D.C. Subsequently, he was appointed to the rank of an Assistant Professor at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research of the University of Minnesota (Departments of Radiology and Neuroscience). In 2003, he was appointed to the rank of an Associate Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology of the Boston University School of Medicine. In addition, he serves as the Director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging at Boston University.

Dr. Kim has a variety of research interests including: a) mapping the development and plasticity of the columnar organization in the mammalian cortex; b) investigation of the "Fusiform Face Area (FFA)" in human visual system using high-field (3T) magnet; c) the use of "Diffusion Tensor Imaging technique" to label the axonal connectivity pattern in vivo and in conjunction with high-resolution functional images; and d) research on development and application of columnar-resolution fMRI methods, and their verification using single unit and optical imaging techniques.

Dr. Kim's expertise includes single and multiunit recording, computational modeling, optical imaging of intrinsic signals, high field magnetic resonance imaging (3T, 4.7T, 7T, and 9.4T). He is interested in teaching: a) systems neuroscience; b) neurophysiology; c) developmental neuroscience; d) principles of neuroimaging; and e) anatomical and neurophysiological foundations of brain imaging.