Junguk Hur

Junguk Hur

PhD
  • Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
    • Bioinformatics, systems pharmacology, epigenomics, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, machine learning, natural language processing, artificial intelligence

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School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room W130
1301 North Columbia Road Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58203-9037

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Junguk Hur, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota (UND), School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He received his B.S. in Life Science from Pohang University of Science & Technology, South Korea. He completed his M.S. in Bioinformatics at Indiana University and earned his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan in 2010. Before joining UND in 2015, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan and a visiting research fellow at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He is also affiliated with the North Dakota Fargo Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System as a Research Without Compensation Scientist and with the University of Michigan, Department of Neurology as an Adjunct Research Assistant Professor.

Dr. Hur’s area of expertise encompasses bioinformatics and systems pharmacology, particularly focusing on mining biomedical Big Omics and scientific literature data. He has actively developed computational tools and approaches and has leveraged his expertise to study the underlying mechanisms of diabetic neuropathy, the most prevalent complication of diabetes mellitus, and other neurological diseases, such as Lou Gehrig’s disease. To date, Dr. Hur has published over 150 peer-reviewed primary research manuscripts in literature mining, bioinformatics, and systems biology areas. He has made significant contributions, particularly to the fields of bioinformatics, diabetic complications, and systems pharmacology, by applying multiple bioinformatics protocols and developing his literature mining program, SciMiner.

Dr. Hur currently holds two active externally funded research grants as multiple principal investigators (MPIs), including an NIAID U24 Knowledgebase grant and an NIDDK R01. He also serves as a co-investigator on one NIH R01 grant and oversees the UND Computational Data Analysis Core (CDAC), supported by the NIGMS P20 Center for Excellence in Host-Pathogen Interactions grant as the Core Director and the Research Design, Compliance and Data Management Core (RDCDC), supported by the NIGMS P20 Clinical & Translational Research Development (CTR-D) award, TRANSCEND, as the Core Lead.

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  • Aug. 2016 ~ Dec. 2016         BMB540 Special Topics: Foundations of Bioinformatics for Biology and Biomedical Graduate Students (2 credits; UND)
  • Aug. 2017 ~ Dec. 2017         BIMD514 Bioinformatics (3 credits; UND)
  • Jan. 2018 ~ May 2018           BIMD494 Directed Studies – Bioinformatics (1 credit; UND)
  • Aug. 2019 ~ Dec. 2019         BIMD514 Bioinformatics (3 credits; UND)
  • Aug. 2020 ~ Dec. 2020         BIMD514 Bioinformatics (3 credits; UND)
  • Aug. 2021 ~ Dec. 2021         BIMD514 Bioinformatics (3 credits; UND)
  • Aug. 2022 ~ Dec. 2022         BIMD514 Bioinformatics (3 credits; UND)
  • Aug. 2023 ~ Dec. 2023         BIMD514 Bioinformatics (3 credits; UND)

  • Machine learning-based modeling of neurological diseases and metabolic diseases
  • High-throughput Omics data analysis in neurological disorders
  • Ontology-based biomedical literature mining
  • Natural language processing using artificial intelligence
  • Systems pharmacology modeling of drug adverse event

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  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan (2010-2015)
  • PhD in Bioinformatics, University of Michigan  (2006-2010)
  • MS in Bioinformatics, Indiana University (2004-2006)
  • BS in Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea (1994-2000)

  • Jul. 2021 to current                Associate Professor, University of North Dakota
  • Mar. 2018 to current               Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Apr. 2017 to current               Research Without Compensation (WOC) Scientist, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Fargo Hospital
  • Jan. 2015 to Jun. 2021           Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota
  • Jul. 2010 to Jan. 2015            Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Feb. 2013 to Apr. 2013           ORISE Visiting Research Fellow, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Jun.2003 to Jun.2004             Part-time Research Scientist, Bioinformatics team, ISTECH Inc., Korea
  • Feb.2001 to Oct.2002             Research Scientist, Bioinformatics team, ISTECH Inc., Korea   
  • Jan. 1995 to Apr.1995             Lab Participation at National CRI Center for Calcium & Learning, POSTECH, Korea

  • May. 2008 to current         International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), member
  • Mar. 2015 to current          American Diabetes Association (ADA), professional member
  • Feb. 2016 to current          American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), member
  • Apr. 2017 to current          North Dakota Academy of Sciences (NDAS), member

 Patient-Centered Learning (PCL) Facilitation

  • Jan. 2018 ~ Mar. 2018 PCL Block 3 Facilitation – Class of 2021 (M.D.)
  • Jan. 2019 ~ Mar. 2019 PCL Block 3 Facilitation – Class of 2022 (M.D.)
  • Jan. 2020 ~ Mar. 2020 PCL Block 3 Facilitation – Class of 2023 (M.D.)
  • Oct. 2020 ~ Dec. 2020 PCL Unified Session Block 3 Facilitation – Class of 2024 (M.D.)
  • Nov. 2021 ~ Jan. 2022 PCL PreUnit 3 Facilitation – Class of 2025 (M.D.)
  • Nov. 2022 ~ Jan. 2023 PCL Unit 3 Facilitation – Class of 2026 (M.D.)
  • Sep. 2023 ~ Nov. 2023 PCL Unit 2 Facilitation – Class of 2027 (M.D.)

 Advising – Post-doctoral fellows

  • Nov. 2016 ~ Jul. 2022           Dr. Kai Guo (joint with UM Dr. Eva Feldman)
  • Nov. 2016 ~ Dec. 2017         Dr. Guillermo de Anda Jauregui
  • Aug. 2018 ~ Aug. 2022         Dr. Atrayee Ray (co-mentored with Drs. Dhasarathy and Brissette)
  • Sep. 2019 ~ Jul. 2021           Dr. Brett McGregor
  • Mar. 2020 ~ Dec. 2022         Dr. MD Obayed Raihan (co-mentored with Dr. Porter)

Advising – Students

  • Oct. 2010 ~ Jan. 2013           George Zhao (mentor for M.S.) University of Michigan
  • May. 2015 ~ May 2019           Brett A. McGregor (co-chair of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.
  • Nov. 2015 ~ Jul. 2019            Peter Halcrow (member of Ph.D. FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.
  • Oct. 2015 ~ May 2016           Dakota Krout (advisor) UND Computer Sciences undergraduate
  • May 2016 ~ May 2018           Larson Danes (advisor for co-op) UND Computer Sciences undergraduate
  • Jun. 2016 ~ Jul. 2020           Derick Thompson (member of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.
  • Jun. 2017 ~ May 2021           Leo Lakpa (member of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.
  • Oct. 2017 ~ Jul. 2021           Smruthi Rudraraju (member of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.
  • Nov. 2018 ~ May 2022           Sayem Bhuiyan (member of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences Ph.D.
  • Apr. 2019 ~ May 2022           Joanna Handzlik (member of FAC) UND Biology Ph.D.
  • Jan. 2020 ~ Jul. 2021           Temidayo Adeluwa (chair of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences M.S.
  • Aug. 2020 ~ Dec. 2021           Malak Alzidaneen (member of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences M.S.
  • Sep. 2021 ~ Oct. 2021           Oluwatobiloba Aminu, Darius Quansah (Laboratory rotation)
  • Nov. 2021 ~ Jan. 2022           Anna Corradi (Laboratory rotation)
  • Jan. 2022 ~ Aug. 2023           Oluwatobiloba Aminu (member of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences, M.S.
  • Jan. 2022 ~                           Dehui Kong (member of FAC) UND Biology Ph.D.
  • Jan. 2022 ~                           Blessing Okosun (member of FAC) UND Biology Ph.D.
  • Jan. 2023 ~                          Hasin Rehana (chair of FAC) UND Computer Sciences, Ph.D.
  • Aug. 2023 ~                         Mostafa Elhennawy (member of FAC) UND Biomedical Sciences, Ph.D.
  • June. 2023 ~                        Sarah Hong (Research mentor; remote research participation) Columbia University. Undergraduate. 
  • Dec. 2023 ~                         Akhtar Hussain (member of FAC) UND Computer Science Ph.D.
  • Jan. 2024 ~                          Goshen Miteu (Laboratory rotation)

Advising – Visiting Scholar

  • Nov. 2019 ~ Aug. 2021           Dr. Ling Li (Guangzhou First People's Hospital, China; joint with Dr. Xusheng Wang at UND Biology)
  • Sep. 2022 ~ Dec. 2022           Ms. Hasin Rehana (University of Dhaka)
  • Sep. 2022 ~                           Ms. Christianah Jemiyo (National Assembly Budget & Research Office (NABRO), Nigeria)
  • Sep. 2023 ~                           Dr. Kai Guo (Research Assistant Professor at UM)
  • Dec. 2023 ~                          Ms. Fang Huang (Chongching Medical University, Ph.D. Student)

  • NINDS R01 5R01NS065957 (PI: Susan Masino, Trinity University)
    Role: Co-investigator Total: $2,254,373 (6/2018-5/2023)
    Title: Ketogenic diet and adenosine: epigenetics and antiepileptogenesis
  • NIH P20 5P20GM113123 (MPI: Combs & Bradley) HPI COBRE
    Role: Core Director Total: $778,850 (Core) (7/2021-6/2026)
    Title: Center for Excellence in Host Pathogen Interactions
    Note: Establishment of Computational Data Analysis Core (CDAC)
  • NIH R01 (MPI: Goutman & Murdock at University of Michigan)
    Role: Co-investigator Total: $149,556 (UND) (4/2023-3/2026 UND)
    Title: Creating a foundation for personalized age- and sex-based immune-targeted therapies from an ALS longitudinal cohort by identifying peripheral and central immune signatures.
  • NIH/NIAID U01 1U24AI171008 (MPIs: Tao, He, Hur)
    Role: Co-PI Total: $3,839,270 (07/01/2022 – 06/30/2027)
    Title: VIOLIN 2.0: Vaccine Information and Ontology LInked kNowledgebase
  • NIH/NIDDK R01 R01DK130913 (MPIs: Feldman, Hur)
    Role: Co-PI Total: $3,829,936 (07/01/2022 – 06/30/2027)
    Title: Metabolic coupling between Schwann cells and axons is functionally distinct from myelination and is disrupted in obesity, prediabetes, and diabetes
  • UND Epigenomics COBRE Pilot (MPI: Hur and Porter)
    Role: MPI (contact) Total: $40,000 (07/01/2023 – 06/30/2024)
    Title: Spatial pattern of microglial transcriptomic response to α-Synuclein overexpression in Thy1-αSynuclein mice
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