Professor
Kim, Sang-Jong
Research
Ecology
Microbiology
1. Monitoring of infectious human enteric viruses in water environments & foods
• Monitoring of infectious enteric viruses in water environments (surface water, tap water, ground water, sea water, wastewater)
• Monitoring of enteric viruses in foods (oyster, vegetables, fruits)
Making sensitive tools to detect infectious enteric viruses in environments
• Making rapid methods for detecting enteric viruses based on combinations of cell culture assay and real-time PCR
• Making concentration methods for detecting enteric viruses in various water environments & foods
2. Tracking the sources of viral pollution by detecting the phage and enteric viruses in various water environments
• Monitoring of infectious enteric viruses in water environments (surface water, tap water, ground water, sea water, wastewater)
• Monitoring of enteric viruses in foods (oyster, vegetables, fruits)
Making sensitive tools to detect infectious enteric viruses in environments
• Making rapid methods for detecting enteric viruses based on combinations of cell culture assay and real-time PCR
• Making concentration methods for detecting enteric viruses in various water environments & foods
2. Tracking the sources of viral pollution by detecting the phage and enteric viruses in various water environments
Education/Career
Education
- - 1980.9 - 1983.7 Ph.D. : Kiel University, Germany
- - 1974.3 - 1976.2 Master's : Microbiology, Seoul National University
- - 1970.3 - 1974.2 Bachelor's : Microbiology, Seoul National University
Career
- - 2009 - 2009 President, Microbiological Society of Korea
- - 2007 - 2007 Vice President, Microbiological Society of Korea
- - 2006 - 2009 Guest Editorialist, Hankyoreh
- - 1993 - 1998 President, Environment and Pollution Research Society
- - 1984 - Professor, Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University
Publications
- Lee CH, Kim SJ (2008) The genetic diversity of human noroviruses detected in river water in Korea. Water Res 42: 4477-4484.
- Kim YH, Cha CJ, Engesser KH, Kim SJ (2008) Degradation of various alkyl ether-degrading Actinobacteria isolated from activated sludge of a mixed wastewater treatment. Chemosphere 73: 1442-1447.
- Lee DG, Park SJ, Kim SJ (2007) Influence of pipe materials and VBNC cells on culturable bacteria in a chlorinated drinking water model system. J Microbiol Biotechnol 17: 1558-1562.
- Choo YJ, Kim SJ (2006) Detection of human adenoviruses and enteroviruses in Korean oysters using cell culture, integrated cell culture-PCR, and Direct PCR. J Microbiol 44: 162-170.
- Lee DG, Lee JH, Kim SJ (2005) Diversity and dynamics of bacterial species in a biofilm at the end of the Seoul water distribution system. World journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 21: 155-162.