Juyeon Olivia Kim is originally from South Korea, and currently a rising senior at Peachtree Ridge High School. She is aiming to go into the biochemistry field. She previously researched various protein purification and chromatography methods as well as DNA cloning and PCR mechanisms. She is currently researching for the structures and mechanistic models of nonstructural protein complexes and spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2. She is also participating in Science Olympiad as a logistics analyst, and she is one of the head of Gwinnett Biomedical Student Association. She received the Academic Excellence awards, Outstanding Achievement awards, and Principal’s Award throughout her high school years.

High School Intern: May 2021 – August 2021