About

Research interest and highlight

• Converge Engineering, Optics and Biology: Nano/Microfluidics, Advanced light microscopy,  Biophysics 

• Soft Matter/ Transport phenomena /Material Characterization: Viscoelastic microfluidics, Rheology, Raman 

• Mechano biology: Biofluids, Deformation/damage of cell, Mechano transduction, Biomechanics, Mechano sensor

• Aging & Cell signaling:  Stress-responsive cell signaling, Autophagy, Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

• Systems Bioengineering / Quantitative biology: Single cell analysis, Nanobiosensor, Image analysis

• Global health care: Diagnostic device, Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes and Cancer, Biomedical devices

• Integrative optofluidics bioassay platform: 

  • Microfluidics with high-end microscopies (TIRF, Raman, STORM, iSIM, Quantitative Phase Imaging, and cryo Electron Microscopy) 

  • Machine learning & Image analysis, Nano/Microfluidic high-throughput & high contents screening 

• Education: Augmented Reality, DIY (Do-it-yourself) Microfluidics, Low-cost device

Education

• Ph.D. School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea            Mar 2003 - Feb 2007

  • Advisor : Prof. Seoug Jong Lee  (Lab for Rheology and Processing) 

• M. S.  School of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea                                   Mar 2001 - Feb 2003

• B. S.  School of Chemical Engineering,  Seoul National University, Korea                                   Mar 1995 - Feb 1999 

Professional experience

• Head of Optofluidics unit 

  • ScopeM : Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy,  ETH Zurich, Switzerland        Mar 2015 - Present

• Institute Scientific Fellow

  • Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland                                                                                               Nov 2018 -  Present

• Visiting Professor

  •  Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, Korea Mar 2023 - Present 

• Lecturer (Dozent)

  • Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Oct 2022 -  Present

• Senior Researcher / Project Leader (Oberrassitent)

  • Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland                                                                                             Sept 2012 - Feb 2015

• Postdoctoral Researcher 

  • Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Advisor: Prof. Matthias Peter)                                    Jan 2009 –  Aug 2012  

  • Competence Center for Systems Physiology and Metabolic Diseases, Switzerland                                    Jan 2009 –  Dec 2011

  • Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland                                                                          Sept 2008 – Dec 2008

  • Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland  (Advisor: Prof. Luke Lee)  Apr 2007  – Aug 2008

• Visiting Research Fellow

  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, United States                                       Sept 2004 - Mar 2005

  • Amsterdam Medical Center, Netherlands                                                                                                                                                                July 2002

• Special Operator of Instrument (Rheometer)

  • Institute of Chemical Process, Seoul National University                                                                                                     Mar 2001 - Mar 2002

Professional activities

• Chair of the Association of Korean Scientist and Engineers in Switzerland (KSEAS) Apr 2024 - Present

• Invited peer-reviewer of the scientific journals  (selected)

  • ACS Sensors, AIChE Journal, Analytical Chemistry, Biomicrofluidics, Biophysics Reviews, Chemical Communications, Chemical Engineering Science, Lab on a chip, Nanoscale, Soft Matter

• Contribution to the scientific journals : 

  • Editorial board: Micromachines

  • Associate editor: Frontiers in Sensors

Honors and awards

• Widmer Prize for the best poster presenting innovative research at the microTAS 2006 [Link]

• Scholarships for academic excellence, Seoul National University (1995-1999)