Members

Tran received his Bachelor of Biotechnology from Ho Chi Minh National University—University of Technology, Vietnam. He completed his master’s and Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Gachon University, South Korea. His research interest area focuses on organic solar cells and lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). He has worked as an assistant Professor in the Dept. of Chemical and Biological Eng. @ Gachon University, since April 2021. Tran has collaborated actively with researchers to develop new electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries, particularly the metal oxide/carbon-based nanocomposite, to improve the capacity and stable cycle performance of LIBs.

Title: Assistant professor
Research interest: Batteries; energy materials
E-mail : tran.nhat147@gachon.ac.kr
Featured achievement: Materials Today Chemistry (2025); Materials (2024); Polymers (2024);

Toheed Akhter is a dedicated scholar and researcher with a joint Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, and KAIST, South Korea. His expertise spans polymer synthesis, ATRP, and MOFs. He worked an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at UMT, Pakistan. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Gachon University. 

Title: Assistant professor
Research interest: Polymer synthesis
E-mail : toheed@gachon.ac.kr
Featured achievement: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2024); Polymer composites (2024); Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2024); Cellulose (2023); Nature Catalysis (2018).

Sohail Mumtaz is a visionary physicist whose work at the intersection of plasma science, electromagnetics, and biomedicine has redefined the boundaries of interdisciplinary innovation. Earning his Ph.D. at Kwangwoon Univ., Korea, he has emerged as a young scientist in pulsed high-power microwaves and non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasmas. He also bridges the fields of physics and biology, leveraging pulsed radiation and advanced plasma technologies to revolutionize cell biology, agriculture, and biomedical engineering. With an extensive publication record, he has authored over 150 papers in various SCI-indexed journals.

Title: Assistant professor
Research interest: Plasma physics, plasma polymers, drug delivery
E-mail : sohail38@gachon.ac.kr
Featured achievement: Physics Reports (2024), Journal of Advanced Research (2020); IEEE Electron Device Letters (2022); Free Radical Biology and Medicines (2024); Green Chemistry (2020)

Soo-Kyung achieved her B.S. and M.S. in the Dept. Chemical & Biological Engineering at Gachon University, supervised by Prof. C. H. Park. Currently, she is a senior researcher in the same lab. She is interested in various scientific fields, especially polymeric materials. She investigates biopolymers and their applications in APIL. She likes to explore many interesting ideas and experiment with colleagues. Her MBTI is "INFP".

Title: Senior researcher (선임연구원, 2025.3-present)
Research interest: Sustainable polymers; Colloids
E-mail: okgkstnrud1004@gachon.ac.kr
Featured achievement:  Chem. Asian J. (2024); J. Indu. Eng. Chem. (2024); Polym. Compos. (2024); 특허(10-2024-0015244; 10-2025-0017595)