Department of Marine Science and Convergence Engineering

Ok, Jin Hee

Ok, Jin Hee

Professor
  • Location
Science and Technology Building 1, Room 534
  • Phone
031-400-5535
  • Email
jinheeok@hanyang.ac.kr
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Education and Experience

  • Specialization: Biological Oceanography; Plankton Ecology
  • 2015: B.A., Ewha Womans University
  • 2022: Ph.D., Seoul National University

Research Interests

  1. Characterizing Plankton Community Structure in Marine Ecosystems
  2. Discovery of New Marine Plankton Species
  3. Understanding and Predicting Marine Plankton Blooms
  4. Marine Plankton Responses to Environmental Change, Including Climate Change
  5. Large-Scale Marine Plankton Culture and Development of Valuable Compounds

Selected Publications

  1. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., You, J. H., Park, S. A., Kang, H. C., Eom, S. H., Lee, M. J., & Rho, J. R. (2024). Interactions between the calanoid copepod Acartia hongi and the bloom-forming dinoflagellates Karenia bicuneiformis and K. selliformis. Marine Biology, 171(5), 112.
  2. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Kang, H. C., You, J. H., Park, S. A., Eom, S. H., Kang, J. K., & Yoo, Y. D. (2023). Protists in hypoxic waters of Jinhae Bay and Masan Bay, Korea, based on metabarcoding analyses: emphasizing surviving dinoflagellates. Algae, 38(4), 265-281.
  3. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Lee, K. H., Kang, H. C., You, J. H., Park, S. A., Eom, S. H., & Seong, K. A. (2023). Density-dependent inhibition among four major dinoflagellate species causing red tides in Korean waters. Marine Biology, 170(12), 170.
  4. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Lim, A. S., You, J. H., Yoo, Y. D., Kang, H. C., Park, S. A., Lee, M. J., & Eom, S. H. (2023). Effects of intrusion and retreat of deep cold waters on the causative species of red tides offshore in the South Sea of Korea. Marine Biology, 170(1), 6.
  5. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Kang, H. C., Park, S. A., Eom, S. H., You, J. H., & Lee, S. Y. (2021). Ecophysiology of the kleptoplastidic dinoflagellate Shimiella gracilenta: I. spatiotemporal distribution in Korean coastal waters and growth and ingestion rates. Algae, 36(4), 263-283.
  6. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., You, J. H., Kang, H. C., Park, S. A., Lim, A. S., Lee, S. Y., & Eom, S. H. (2021). Phytoplankton bloom dynamics in incubated natural seawater: predicting bloom magnitude and timing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 681252.
  7. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Lee, S. Y., Park, S. A., & Noh, J. H. (2021). Shimiella gen. nov. and Shimiella gracilenta sp. nov.(Dinophyceae, Kareniaceae), a kleptoplastidic dinoflagellate from Korean waters and its survival under starvation. Journal of Phycology, 57(1), 70-91.
  8. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Lim, A. S., You, J. H., Kang, H. C., Kim, S. J., & Lee, S. Y. (2019). Effects of light and temperature on the growth of Takayama helix (Dinophyceae): mixotrophy as a survival strategy against photoinhibition. Journal of phycology, 55(5), 1181-1195.
  9. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Lim, A. S., Lee, S. Y., & Kim, S. J. (2018). Feeding by the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Katablepharis remigera on algal prey and its nationwide distribution in Korea. Harmful Algae, 74, 30-45.
  10. Ok, J. H., Jeong, H. J., Lim, A. S., & Lee, K. H. (2017). Interactions between the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Takayama helix and common heterotrophic protists. Harmful Algae, 68, 178-191.

Courses Taught

  1. Marine Plankton Ecology
  2. Marine and Fisheries Biotechnology
  3. Marine Environmental Ecology
  4. Special Topics in Marine Ecology

Awards

  • Emerging Scientist Award, Korean Society of Phycology (November 2023)
  • Top Cited Article 2021–2022, Journal of Phycology (February 2023)