A wide-angle landscape of a salt marsh at dusk. Tall, golden marsh grasses frame the foreground, leading to a still body of water that perfectly mirrors a line of dark trees and a vibrant orange sunset glowing through the clouds.

Soo-Kyoung Kim

Image of Soo Young in front of IMET lobby stairs

Soo-Kyoung Kim

Research Specialist
Chatterjee Laboratory
skim10@umaryland.edu

Research Interests

Soo-Kyoung Kim received her Ph. D. in South Korea and moved to the United States in 2017 to conduct postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has focused on bacterial RNA degradation regulatory mechanisms, the identification of alginate-inhibiting compounds, and investigated their mechanisms in P. aeruginosa. In 2025, she joined Dr. Chatterjee’s lab, where she investigates the role of surface protein A-mediated PBP4 overexpression in S. aureus.