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Yoon-Kyoung Cho, Ph.D.Associate Professor School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Acting Chair School of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology) 100 Banyeon-ri, Eonyang-eup, Uljugun, Ulsan, Republic of Korea, 689-805 Phone: (82)-52-217-2511, E-mail: ykcho@unist.ac.kr |
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 Education |
1999. Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Thesis: Structure and Dynamics of Confined Molecules, Advisor: Prof. Steve Granick
1994. M.S., Chemical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea.
Thesis: Development of Ceramic Membranes for CO2 Separation Using Sol-Gel Reaction
1992. B.S., Chemical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea.
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Lab-on-a-chip, Biosensors, Biomedical Devices, Microfluidics and Cell Biology
Molecular Imaging, Nano Particles, Dielectrophoresis
Molecules Under Confinement, Lubricants, Nanorheology |
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| Professional Experience | | 2010. 8. - Present Associate Professor, Acting Chair of the School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials, UNIST, Korea Visiting scholar at UC-Irvine, USA
2008. 7. - 2010. 8. |
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Assistant Professor
Acting Chair of the School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials, UNIST, Korea Visiting scholar at UC-Irvine, USA |
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1999. 6 - 2008. 7. |
Senior Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea
Research Projects :
- Lab-on-a-disc for blood analysis (2006. 1. - 2008. 7.)
- On-chip sample preparation (2004. 9. - 2005. 12.)
- Quantitative Real-Time Micro PCR (2000.1. - 2004. 8.)
- Development of DNA Lab-on-a-Chip using MEMS technology, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
(MOCIE), Project Leader, $4.4M/ 3 years (1999.12. - 2002. 9.)
- Six-Sigma Black Belt, SAIT, (2003. 2. - 2008. 7.)
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1999. 9 - 1999. 11. |
Visiting Scholar
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. |
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| Major Awards and Honors |
- 2011 Advisory board member, Analyst
- 2011 Minister Award, Ministry of Knowledge Economy
- 2010 Korean Woman Engineer of the Year, Young Engineer Award, WiTeck, Korea
- 2009 National Research Foundation (NRF) Award for Young Mentors, Korea
- 2007 SAMSUNG CEO’s Award for Best Technology Achievement of the Year, Korea
- 2007 SAMSUNG Best Paper Award, SAMSUNG group, Silver Prize, Korea
- 2007 Frontier Research Award, Lab-on-a-Disc Project, SAIT, Korea
- 2007 Breakthrough Technology Award, Lab-on-a-Disc Project, SAIT, Korea
- 2006 Outstanding Researcher Award, Bio Device Research Lab. SAIT, Korea
- 2004 SAMSUNG Best Paper Award, SAMSUNG group, Bronze Prize Paper, Korea
- 2004 SAMSUNG CEO’s Award for Best Technology Achievement of the Year, Korea
- 2004 Six Sigma Best Practice Award, SAIT, Korea
- 2003 Six Sigma Best Practice Award, SAIT, Korea
- 2003 Breakthrough Technology Award, MicroPCR Project, SAIT, Korea
- 1998 The Racheff Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC, USA
- 1994-1999 Research Assistantship, UIUC, USA
- 1988-1992 Hyogok scholarship, POSTECH, Korea
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