Professor

Education and employment

2019 ~            Associate professor of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University

2013 ~            Assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University

2013               Postdoctoral scholar of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley

2011               Ph.D. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

2001               B.S. of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University (Summa cum laude)

1998               Seoul Science High school

Research topics

1.  Artificial lipid membrane: Design of stable DNA-tethered lipid membrane system for reliable gene therapy and vaccine.

2.  Label-free diagnostic device: Development of bioprobes and surface chemistry for simple and sensitive detection of infectious diseases.

3.  Cell-to-cell interface: Mechanism of lipid membrane fusion for a research of neuro-degenerative diseases or viral infection pathway.

4.  Protein-based flash memory: Engineering of optical and electrical properties of proteins for bio-compatible protein-based memory device.