EDUCATION & CAREER 

• 2024 – present       Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, SNU 

• 2024 – present Adjunct Researcher, Research Institute of  Advanced Materials, SNU

• 2024 – present Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, SNU

• 2019 – 2024     Postdoctoral Fellowship, Medical Engineering and Science, MIT 

• 2013 – 2018     Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, SNU 

• 2009 – 2013     B.S., Chemistry & B.S.E., Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University ​

5 REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS [Full list] 

• Science 384 (6701), eadh9979

• Phys. Rev. Lett. 123 (7), 074502 

• Compos. Sci. Technol. 270, 111330

• ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9 (51), 44724-44731 

• Adv. Mater. Technol. 4 (2), 1800410

RESEARCH TOPICS [Detail] 

Next-generation polymeric materials and systems including but not limited to;

• Polymer processing 

• Polymer composites

• Polymeric biomaterials

• Polymeric patterns

• Polymer hydrogels

• Polymeric foams

• Eco-friendly polymers

• Computational modeling of polymers

• Polymer rheology

• Polymeric metamaterials

TEACHING 

• Instructor, SNU M1569.004100 Bioconvergence Polymer Engineering, Fall 2025 

• Instructor, SNU 445.328 Polymeric Materials Physics, Fall 2025 

• Instructor, SNU M1569.003900 Advanced Polymer Processing, Spring 2025 

• Instructor, SNU 445.326 Instrumental Analysis of Materials, Spring 2025 

• Instructor, SNU 445.328 Polymeric Materials Physics, Fall 2024 

• Instructor, SNU 445.326 Instrumental Analysis of Materials, Spring 2024 

• Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program, MIT Teaching & Learning Lab, Spring 2021

• Teaching Assistant, SNU 445.682B Polymer Rheology, Fall 2017

• Teaching Assistant, SNU 400.020 Materials Science for Engineers, Spring 2016

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

• • POSCO Science Fellowship, TJ PARK Foundation, 2025 – 2026

  • Picower Postdoctoral Fellowship, JPB Foundation, 2023 – 2024

  • MIT-IBS Science Pioneer Fellowship, IBS and MIT, 2019 – 2022

  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, SNU DMSE, 2018

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY

• • Member, The Polymer Society of Korea (한국고분자학회)

  • Member, The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (대한금속•재료학회)

  • Member, The Korean Society for Composite Materials (한국복합재료학회)

  • Member, The Korean BioChip Society (한국바이오칩학회)

  • Member, The Korean Society of Rheology (한국유변학회)

  • Member, The Korean Society for Biomaterials (한국생체재료학회)

  • Member, The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences (한국뇌신경과학회)

  • Member, The Korean Society for Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (한국공업화학회)

  • Member, The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)

  • Member, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS)

  • Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)

INTERVIEWS

• •  한국경제: 박주혁 교수 "고분자신소재 활용 무궁무진…4차 산업혁명의 주인공 될 것" [link]