Dr. Sang-Tae Kim

EDUCATION:
2001-2007: Doctor of Philosophy Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University
2001-2003: Master of Science, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University
2000-2001: Special Student in the Division of Special Registration Yale University
1997-1999: Master of Science, Biology, Seoul National University
1991-1997: Bachelor of Science, Biology, Seoul National University

APPOINTMENTS:
2007- present : Post Doctoral position Max Planck Institute at Tuebingen, Germany
2002, 2006, 2007: Graduate Student Teaching Fellow, Yale University, "Diversity of Life"
2003, 2005, 2006: Graduate Student Teaching Fellow, Yale University, "Conservation Biology"
1998: Research assistant, Seoul National University in Plant systematics and taxonomy laboratory.
1998: Graduate Student Teaching Fellow, Seoul National University, "Lab. of General Biology"

THESIS TITLE:
Ph.D thesis: The role of allopolyploid speciation in the diversification of Persicaria (Polygonaceae)
(Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Donoghue, Committee: Advisor, Dr. Jeffrey Powell, Dr. Thomas Near (Yale University), Dr. Ann Yoder (Duke University), Dr. Sonia Sultan (Wesleyan University))
M.S. thesis: A systematic Study on Fallopia sect. Fallopia s. lat. (Polygonaceae)  (Advisor; Dr. Chong-Wook Park(Seoul National University))
B.S. research project: Flora of Mt. Hwaya , Korea

PUBLICATION:
Kim, Sang-Tae and Michael J. Donoghue (In press) Incongruence between cpDNA and nrITS trees indicates extensive hybridization within Eupersicaria (Polygonaceae) American Journal of Botany.

Kim, Sang-Tae, Sonia E. Sultan, and Michael J. Donoghue 2008 Allopolyploid speciation in Persicaria (Polygonaceae): Insights from a low-copy nuclear region, PNAS 105(34):12370-12375.

Cellinese, Nicoletta, Stephen A. Smith, Erika J. Edwards, Sang-Tae Kim, Manolis Avramakis, and Michael J. Donoghue (Revision submitted) Historical biogeography of the endemic Campanulaceae of Crete. Journal of Biogeography.

Haberle, Rosemarie C., Ashley Dang, Tammy Lee, Cynthis Penaflor, Helen Cortes-Burns, Andrea Oestreich, Linda Raubeson, Nicoletta Cellinese, Erika J. Edwards, Sang-Tae Kim, William M. Eddie, and Robert K. Jansen (Submitted) Taxonomic and biogeographic implication of phylogenetic analysis of the Campanulaceae based on three chloroplast genes. Taxon.

Kim, Sang-Tae and Michael J. Donoghue 2008 Molecular phylogeny of Persicaria (Persicarieae, Polygonaceae) Systematic Botany 33:77-86.

Bell, Charles D., Erika J. Edwards, Sang-Tae Kim, and Michael J. Donoghue 2001 Dipsacales phylogeny based on chloroplast DNA sequences Harvard Papers in Botany 6:2 481-499

Kim, Sang-Tae, M.-H. Kim and C.-W. Park 2000 A systematic study on Fallopia section Fallopia (Polygonaceae) Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 30:1 1-20 (Abstract in English)

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
The John Spangler Nicholas Prize, Yale University, 2008
MORPH travel grant 2004, 2005.
John F. Enders Fellowship, Yale University 2004
Ecology and Evoulutionary Biology Department Chair Discretionary Fund Award, Yale Univeristy 2003
Tuition Fellowship from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 2000-2001
Research Assistantship from the College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, 1997-1998
Tuition Scholarship from KeumKang Scholarship Fund, 1991-1993

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (ORAL):

Sang-Tae Kim and Michael J. Donoghue 2007 “Alloploid speciation in Persicaria (Polygonaceae)” Botany2007 Chicago, IL, USA.
Sang-Tae Kim and Michael J. Donoghue 2006 "The role of hybridization in the diversification of Persicaria (Polygonaceae)" Evolution2006 Stony Brook, NY, USA.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (POSTER):
Sang-Tae Kim and Michael J. Donoghue 2005 "Molecular phylogeny and the role of hybridization in the diversification of Polygonum section Persicaria (Polygonaceae)" XVII IBC 2005, Vienna, Austria
Sang-Tae Kim and Michael J. Donoghue 2004 "Leafy intron phylogeny and hybrid speciation in Polygonum section Persicaria (Polygonaceae) of eastern North America" BSA Salt Lake city UT USA
Sang-Tae Kim, Sonia E. Sultan, and Michael J. Donoghue 2003 "Phylogeny and evolution of Polygonum sect. Persicaria (Polygonaceae) in eastern North America" BSA Mobile AL USA