People · 05 members

People

One PI, four students, one collective interest — asking how physical models of the brain can help us understand and eventually adjust its dynamics.

Principal investigator PI · 01
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Jiyoung Kang

Associate Professor · Dept. of Scientific Computing, Pukyong National University

Jiyoung Kang leads the Brain Theory Group at PKNU. Trained in theoretical physics at the University of Tsukuba, her work develops dynamic causal models, energy-landscape analyses, and neural-plasticity frameworks that connect biophysical simulation to human neuroimaging data.

  • Mar 2026 – present Associate Professor, Dept. of Scientific Computing, Pukyong National University · Busan, Republic of Korea
  • Sep 2021 – Feb 2026 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Scientific Computing, Pukyong National University · Busan, Republic of Korea
  • Sep 2017 – Aug 2021 Research Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Brain Systems and Brain Science Institute · Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Apr 2012 – Sep 2017 Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo · Japan
  • 2009 – 2012 Ph.D., Physics · University of Tsukuba, Japan (JSPS Research Fellowship, DC2)

"Carpe diem — Übung macht den Meister."

Students & members Members · 04
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Hyukjin An

BS · MS candidate

Track Dept. of Scientific Computing
Interest Brain dynamics · LLM
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Sunho Lee

BS candidate

Track Dept. of Scientific Computing
Interest AI · Data analysis · Eye tracking · Simulator
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Haerin Jang

BS candidate

Track Dept. of Scientific Computing
Interest LLM · RAG · PET · fMRI
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Sihyun Kim

BS candidate

Track Dept. of Scientific Computing
Interest Deep Learning · Brain stimulation

We are hiring — undergraduate, graduate, and post-doc.

If any of the research pillars resonate with you, please write. We work across theoretical neuroscience, computational modeling, and neuroimaging analysis.

braintheorygroup @ gmail.com