Kuglae Kim
Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Yonsei University
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Research Footprint
Kuglae Kim appears in 7 tracked papers (2020–2025), most studied alongside LSD, Psilocybin and Mescaline, across Depressive Disorders, Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Development.
Most-cited paper: Structure of a Hallucinogen-Activated Gq-Coupled 5-HT2A Serotonin Receptor (492 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Bryan Roth, Jeffery Diberto and David Nichols.
Background & Research
Kuglae Kim is a professor in the Department of Pharmacy at Yonsei University. His research fingerprint includes crystal structure biology, G protein-coupled receptors, serotonin 5-HT receptors, and cryo-electron microscopy, and he appears on multiple recent papers involving psychedelic receptor structures and ligand discovery. He has coauthored work on the structural basis of psychedelic drug actions and prospective ligand discovery for the 5-HT2A receptor.
Key Impact
He is a structural pharmacologist whose work has contributed to psychedelic and serotonin receptor science, including 5-HT2A receptor agonist discovery and psychedelic polypharmacology.
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