Ph. D., 1995, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, USA
Career
Post-Doc., 1995-1997, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
Visiting professor, 2002-2003, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas
Visiting professor, 2008-2009, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida
Research Interests
Systematics, Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Evolution of the coastal Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Revision of the East Asian Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Systematics of the Staphylinoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Korea
Beetle Diversity in Korea
Selected Publication
Kim, T.-K., J.-H. Song, M. Thayer, K.-J. Ahn. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and its implications for evolution of atypically long elytra in rove beetles. Systematic Entomology 45: 20–32.
Song, J.-H., S.-G. Lee, J.-S. Lee, K.-J. Ahn. 2019. Independent origins of coastal colonization in the tribe Athetini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zoologica Scripta 48: 337–348.
Song, J.-H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2018. Species trees, temporal divergence and historical biogeography of coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) reveal their early Miocene origin and show that most divergence events occurred in the early Pliocene along the Pacific coasts. Cladistics 34: 313-332.
Ahn, K.-J., Y.-B. Cho, Y.-H. Kim, I.-S. Yoo and A. F. Newton. 2017. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10: 279-336.
Frank, J. H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2011. Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys 107: 1-98.
Song, J.-H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2018. Species trees, temporal divergence and historical biogeography of coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) reveal their early Miocene origin and show that most divergence events occurred in the early Pliocene along the Pacific coasts. Cladistics 34: 313-332.
Ahn, K.-J., Cho, Y. B., Kim, Y.-H., Yoo, I.-S. and A. F. Newton. 2017. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. pp. 58. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2017.06.006.
Kim, Y.-H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2016. Phylogeny of the Homalotina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) based on morphology. Systematic Entomology 41: 323-388.
Kim, Y.-H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2014. Insect Fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini. pp. 113. National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Korea.
Frank, J. H. and K.-J. Ahn. 2011. Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. ZooKeys 107: 1-98