Email jun-sik.lim@nus.edu.sg

Jun-Sik Lim is a research fellow at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore. A veterinarian by training with expertise in public health and epidemiology, he investigates disease transmission at the human-animal interface, focusing on wildlife and zoonotic diseases. His research applies spatiotemporal and mechanistic modeling to provide quantitative evidence for improving disease surveillance and control strategies. Drawing on his experience as a veterinary officer, he integrates field-based disease control expertise with quantitative epidemiological approaches to address emerging health threats across species.

Outside of research, he enjoys fencing and hiking, pushing his limits both physically and mentally.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

• Veterinary Epidemiology
• Wildlife Epidemiology
• Spatiotemporal and Mechanistic Modelling of Infectious Diseases
• Cross-Species Transmission

• Ph.D. in Veterinary Epidemiology, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France (2021 – 2024)
• M.P.H. in Epidemiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (2017 – 2019)
• D.V.M., Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea (2010 – 2016)

• Research Fellow, National University of Singapore (2025 – Present)
• Research Associate, College of Medicine, Konyang University, South Korea (2021)
• Research Associate, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Korea (2020 – 2021)
• Research Associate, Veterinary Epidemiology Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, South Korea (2019)
• Veterinary Officer, Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Korea (2016 – 2019)

• Advisory Board Member, Specialized Graduate Program on Wildlife Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, South Korea (2024–2027)

• Lim JS, Vergne T, Kim E, Guinat C, Dellicour S, Andraud M. A spatially-heterogeneous impact of fencing on the African swine fever wavefront in the Korean wild boar population. Vet Res. 2024 Dec 18;55(1):163. doi: 10.1186/s13567-024-01422-7. PMID: 39696606; PMCID: PMC11654197.
• Lim JS, Mathieu A, Kim E, Vergne T, Three Years of African Swine Fever in South Korea (2019–2021): A Scoping Review of Epidemiological Understanding, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2023, 4686980, 15 pages, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/4686980
• Lim JS, Soares Magalhães RJ, Chakma S, You DS, Lee KN, Pak SI, Kim E. Spatial epidemiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N6 in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, 2016-2017. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022 Sep;69(5):e2431-e2442. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14587. Epub 2022 May 24. PMID: 35526114.
• Lim JS, Vergne T, Pak SI, Kim E. Modelling the Spatial Distribution of ASF-Positive Wild Boar Carcasses in South Korea Using 2019-2020 National Surveillance Data. Animals (Basel). 2021 Apr 22;11(5):1208. doi: 10.3390/ani11051208. PMID: 33922261; PMCID: PMC8145688.
• Lim JS, Noh E, Shim E, Ryu S. Temporal Changes in the Risk of Superspreading Events of Coronavirus Disease 2019. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 30;8(7):ofab350. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab350. Erratum in: Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 26;8(11):ofab432. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab432. PMID: 34322570; PMCID: PMC8313518.
• Lim JS, Kim E, Ryu PD, Pak SI. Basic reproduction number of African swine fever in wild boars (Sus scrofa) and its spatiotemporal heterogeneity in South Korea. J Vet Sci. 2021 Sep;22(5):e71. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2021.22.e71. PMID: 34553516; PMCID: PMC8460458.
• Lim JS, Min KD, Ryu S et al. Spatial analysis to assess the relationship between human and bovine brucellosis in South Korea, 2005–2010. Sci Rep 9, 6657 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43043-7
• Hwang H, Lim JS (Co-first), Song SA, Achangwa C, Sim W, Kim G, Ryu S. Transmission Dynamics of the Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in South Korea. J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 2;225(5):793-799. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab586. PMID: 34865022.
• Ryu S, Kim D, Lim JS(Co-first), Ali ST, Cowling BJ. Serial Interval and Transmission Dynamics during SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Predominance, South Korea. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;28(2):407-410. doi: 10.3201/eid2802.211774. Epub 2021 Dec 14. PMID: 34906289; PMCID: PMC8798673.