About
PhD student in the Nielsen Lab at UC Berkeley. I graduated from Seoul National University with a BS in Earth and Life Sciences, along with a minor in Statistics. My research interests span both empirical and theoretical questions in population genetics and phylogenetics.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Aug. 2025 ~ Present: PhD Student, Department of Integrative Biology
Seoul National University
Mar. 2018 ~ Feb. 2025: BSc, Earth Science Education, Biological Sciences (Double major), Statistics (Minor)
(Apr. 2019 ~ Feb. 2021: Mandatory military service)
Publications (* denotes equal contributions)
Lim, W., Bang, W. J., & Shin, S. (2025). New records of Macrocera Meigen 1803 (Diptera, Keroplatidae) from the Korean Peninsula with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5665(2), 239–255. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.5
Lim, W., Bang, W. J., Baek, M. J., Park, S. J., & Shin, S. (2024). Phylogeny and evolution of larval feeding mode in the megadiverse superfamily Sciaroidea (Diptera). Insect Systematics and Diversity, 8(6), ixae035. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae035
Poster Presentations
Lim, W., & Choi, B. G. (2024). Reconstructing global diversification pattern of non-marine Cypridoidea from fossil occurrence data. 37th International Geological Congress, Busan, South Korea, Aug. 26–28, 2024.