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 techniques
Computational modelling of polymer processing
Polymer rheology
Polymer composites
Polymeric foams
Polymeric biomaterials
Eco-friendly polymers
Polymeric metamaterials
Polymeric membranes
Polymer hydrogels
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]