Minjeong Kim

Minjeong Kim is an Associate Professor and Interim Department Head in the Department of Computer Science at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), serving as a CAS Dean's Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. from Ewha Womans University, Korea, with postdoctoral research at the Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) at UNC Chapel Hill and the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on biomedical image analysis, deep learning applications in neurodegenerative diseases, and computational neuroscience.

Education includes a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from Ewha Womans University. Professional experience includes roles as a Research Fellow at Ewha Womans University and visiting researcher at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Radiology.

Research interests emphasize graph neural networks for brain connectivity analysis, Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis via machine learning, and multimodal medical imaging techniques. Her work bridges computational methods with clinical applications, particularly in uncovering disease mechanisms through advanced imaging analysis.

Her recent articles highlight innovations in graph representation learning, tau protein propagation modeling, and functional MRI analysis. She maintains a lab at Moore Building 301A and teaches graduate courses in software engineering and computer vision.