Jee Hyun Kim is an Australian behavioral neuroscientist whose work focuses on emotional learning and memory during childhood and adolescence.

Despite originating 100 years ago, this model is widely used by modern scientists to uncover the neural mechanisms of fear and anxiety.

To investigate substance abuse the Kim laboratory uses an operant conditioning paradigm based on the work of B. F. Skinner known as intravenous self-administration.

She completed her PhD in psychology in 2008 at UNSW, during which time she published six original scientific articles.

[10][11][12][13][14][15] After graduating, Kim worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at UNSW, and then the University of Michigan.