Dr. Seungchan Kim is a Chief Scientist and Executive Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the CRI Center for Computational Systems Biology at the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Prior to this appointment, he was the Head of Biocomputing Unit and an Associate Professor at Integrated Cancer Genomics Division of Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). He was one of the founding faculty members of TGen, founded in 2002, by Dr. Trent, then-Scientific Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, leading computational systems biology research at the institute. He was also an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE) at the Arizona State University from 2004 till 2011. Dr. Kim received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agriculture Engineering from the Seoul National University, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Texas A&M University. He also got his post-doctoral training at the Cancer Genetics Branch of National Human Genome Research Institute.

Dr. Kim’s research interests include: 1) mathematical modeling of genetic regulatory networks, 2) development of computational methods to analyze multitude of high throughput multi-omics data to identify disease biomarkers, and 3) computational models to diagnose patients or predict patient outcomes, for example, disease subtypes or drug response. His studies have had a large influence on the development of computational tools to study underlying mechanisms for cancer development and better understand the molecular mechanisms behind cancer biology and biological systems.

Current projects

• Unraveling Reduced Tillering in Drought-Tolerant Stay-Green Sorghum for Enhanced Crop Resilience
  • USDA-NIFA (12/2025 - 12/2028)
  • Tesfamichael Kebrom (PI); Role: co-PI
• PRISE: Sequential Targeting of Alzheimer’s Disease by Novel Gamma-Secretase Modulator and Fyn Kinase Inhibitor
  • TAMUS (10/2025 - 05/2027)
  • Seungchan Kim (PI)
• RISE-Grad: Machine Learning-Based Identification of Differentially Methylated Regions in Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data
  • PVAMU R&I (09/2025 - 08/2026)
  • Seungchan Kim (PI)
• RISE-Undergrad: Training in Illumina NextSeq High-Throughput Sequencing and Analysis Pipeline at PVAMU
  • PVAMU R&I (09/2025 - 08/2026)
  • Seungchan Kim (PI)
• Center for Cardiopulmonary Vascular-Brain Research (CCVBR)
  • American Heart Association via University of Pittsburgh (04/2024 - 03/2028)
  • Seungchan Kim (site PI); Stephen Chan (UPitts, Primary PI)
• Single cell RNA sequencing and network analysis to identify anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects of Tyvaso in WSPH Group 3 pulmonary hypertension
  • UnitedTherapeutics via University of Pittsburgh (01/2024 - 11/2026)
  • Seungchan Kim (site PI); Stephen Chan (UPitts, Primary PI)
• Increasing Future AI-Precision Nutrition Research Workforce to Promote Nutrition and Health
  • NIH/NIMHD (09/2023 - 04/2028)
  • Seungchan Kim (MPD, contact PI), Janet Antwi (MPD, PVAMU), Salma Musaad (MPD, BMC/CNRC)
• Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Axillary Bud Dormancy and Outgrowth in Sorghum and Maize to Identify Shoot Branching Genes [more info] | [more info 2]
  • USDA-NIFA (05/2022 – 04/2025) [NCE]
  • Tesfamichael Kebrom (PI); Role: co-PI

Recently Completed Projects

• Engineering Methanotrophy for Carbon Capture and Utilization [more info]
  • NTESS/Sandia Lab (01/14/2022 – 09/30/2024)
  • Seungchan Kim (PI)
• GET-PHIT: The PHIT Workforce Development Program: Creating a diverse and inclusive health information technology (IT) workforce in Texas [more info] | [more info 2] | [more info 3]
  • Office of National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) via UT Health Science Center Houston (09/21/2021 – 09/20/2022)
  • Eric Boerwinkle (PI); Role - co-I (PVAMU sub PI)
• Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Tillering, Internode Elongation, and Stunting in the Tiller Inhibition (tin) Mutant Wheat [more info] | [more info 2]
  • USDA-NIFA (01/2021 - 12/2022)
  • Tesfamichael Kebrom (PI); Role: co-PI
• Development of Classifiers for Novel Bladder Cancer Subtypes [more info]
  • DOD/CDMRP (07/2019 - 06/2023)
  • Woonyoung Choi & Seungchan Kim (MPI); Role: MPI
• Noncoding RNA Biomarkers for Noninvasive and Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer [more info]
  • NIH/NCI via City of Hope (09/2017 - 07/2023)
  • Ajay Goel & Dan von Hoff (MPI); Role: co-I (PVAMU sub PI)