Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science, Interdisciplinary Program, Seoul National University, February 1996
M.Sc. in History and Philosophy of Science, Interdisciplinary Program, Seoul National University, August 1989
B.Sc. in Microbiology, Seoul National University, February 1984

Sep. 2025 – Present: Adjunct Professor, School of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, KAIST

Sep. 2025 – Present: Professor Emeritus, Department of Science, Jeonbuk National University

Mar. 1999 – Aug. 2025: Professor, Department of Science, Jeonbuk National University

Sep. 2019 – Sep. 2021: Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Jeonbuk National University

Oct. 2019 – Present: Director, Science and Technology Archives Research Center, Jeonbuk National University

2018 – Present: Member, Committee for Recognizing Contributions in Science and Technology, Korean Academy of Science and Technology

2016 – 2017: Member, Science and Technology Policy Committee, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies

2013 – 2015: Advisory Committee Member, National Museum of Korean Contemporary History

2011 – 2013: President, Korean History of Science Society

2009 – 2011: Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Jeonbuk National University

1996 – 1998: Postdoctoral Researcher, Johns Hopkins University

“Crossing East Asia through Science: The Research Trajectory of Silkworm Geneticist Gye Eungsang,” Critical Review of History, 2023.

Sun Yujeong, Kim Geunbae, “Trajectory of Oyster Mushroom Research in Korea – Breakthroughs in Cultivation Techniques by Kim Samsun,” Korean Journal of History of Science, 2022.

Sun Yujeong, Kim Geunbae, “A History of Science Approach to the Research Activities of Mycologist Kim Samsun,” Korean Journal of Mycology, 2022.

Sun Yujeong, Kim Geunbae, “Biographical Studies in Modern Korean Science and Technology History,” Korean Journal of History of Science, 2021.

“Scientists at Soongsil Specialized Schools: Establishing the Departments of Science and Agriculture and Graduates’ University Enrollment,” Journal of Modern Korean History, 2020.

“Crossing the Boundaries of Time through Science – The Paths of Lee Taegyu, Ri Seunggi, and Park Cheoljae,” Daedong Cultural Studies, 2019.

“The Political Power-Mediated Expansion of Science and Technology under the Park Chung Hee Regime,” Korea Journal, 2018.

“Becoming Scientists under Japanese Colonial Rule: Analysis of Early North Korean STEM Faculty,” Critical Review of History, 2018.

“How Should We View Science and Technology under the Park Chung Hee Government? Beyond the ‘Science President’ Discourse,” Critical Review of History, 2017.

“The Construction of the Faculty of Hamheung Medical College in North Korea, 1946–48: Unrest Coexistence of Political Ideology and Medical Expertise,” Korean Journal of Medical History, 2015.

“Binalon Industrialization and Establishing Juche in North Korea by Ri Seunggi, 1950s–1960s,” Critical Review of History, 2015.

“An Anatomical Chart of South Korean Science and Technology in the 1960s: Their Relationships with Political Power,” East Asian Science, Technology and Society, 2014.

“Becoming Doctors under Japanese Colonial Rule: North Korean Medical Faculty after Liberation,” Korean Journal of Medical History, 2014.

“Beyond Colonial Science and Technology – The Korean Evolution of Modern Science and Technology,” Journal of Modern Korean History, 2011.

“Traces of Human Power over Ecological Weakness – The Rat-Catching Campaign in the Park Chung Hee Era,” Society and History, 2010.

“Mapping Science and Technology in 1960s South Korea,” Critical Review of History, 2008.

“Two Scientists of North and South Korea, Lee Taegyu and Ri Seunggi: Seeking Coexistence of Universality and Locality,” Critical Review of History, 2008.

Kim Geunbae, Modern and Contemporary Korean History of Science and Technology: Towards a Science Korea, Social Criticism Academy, 2025.

Kim Geunbae et al., Birth of Korean Scientists: Biographies of Korean Science and Technology Figures (Natural Sciences), Sero Books, 2024.

Kim Geunbae et al., Korean Science Emergency Plan, Deulnyeok, 2016.

Kim Geunbae et al., Science, Technology, and Society, Sorinae, 2016.

Kim Geunbae, Structure of Korea’s Science and Technology Revolution, Deulnyeok, 2016.

Kim Geunbae, Woo Jang-choon, A Scientific Humanist Who Uncovered Species Hybridization, Daseotsurae, 2009.

Kim Geunbae, Science Documentary: The Hwang Woo-suk Myth and Korean Science, History Critique Press, 2007.

Kim Geunbae et al., 12 Figures in Korean Science and Technology, Haenamu, 2005.

Kim Geunbae et al., Modern Science, Technology, and Life Changes, Doosan Donga, 2005.

Kim Geunbae, Emergence of Modern Korean Scientific Workforce, Literature and Intelligence, 2005.

Kim Geunbae et al., Reading Science through Humanities, Silcheon Munhwasa, 2004.