Biomicrofluidics Lab

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[24.10.2025] Manuscript ("...time-lapse aggregation..."): minor revision was submitted.  

[10.10.2025] Guest editor for a special issue ("Microfluidics for bioanalysis: from sample preparation to integrated detection") of Micromachines. Micromachines | Special Issue : Microfluidics for Bioanalysis: From Sample Preparation to Integrated Detection 

[26.09.2025] "BAEKAK Best Paper Award (백악우수논문상, TOP 3% in JCR)" from Chosun University.

[04.09.2025] Manuscript ("A microfluidic-based blood viscometer") was published in "Physics of fluids". pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article-abstract/37/9/091904/3361628/A-microfluidic-based-blood-viscometer?redirectedFrom=PDF 

[12.08.2025] Manuscript (...multi-parameter sensing...) was resubmitted to a peer-review journal.

[17.05.2025] Manuscript (Microfluidic chip for quantitatively assessing hemorheological parameters) was published in the "Micromachines" www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/16/5/567

[06.05.2025] A 2024 Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS scholargps.com/scholars/70841158712282/yang-jun-kang?e_ref=e00abc8a3c48eeb732da 

[02.04.2025] Winner of Micromachines (2023) Best Paper Award:https://www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/awards/3027.

[14.03.2025] Inbound visiting: Yang Jun visits GIST for investigating red cell morphology with 3D holotomography. gaia.gist.ac.kr

[24.02.2025] Outbound visiting: Yang-Jun visited Universität Zürich (Prof. Anna Bogdanova  ) and ETH Zürich (Dr. Sung-Sik Lee) from 02.02.2025 to 23.02.2025. 

[20.12.2024] Manuscript (Assessment of multiple hemorheological properties in microfluidic environment) was published in  "Physics of Fluids". pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article-abstract/36/12/121923/3327779/Assessment-of-multiple-hemorheological-properties?redirectedFrom=fulltext

[15.11.2025] Achievement in the top 100 (most-cited, most-cited last month, and most-read) of Biomicrofluidics. https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Biomicrofluidics-1932-1058#journal-top-authors 

[31.10.2024] Project: "Hemorhelogical assessment of blood flows in microfluidic channel" was received from Chosun University.

[24.10.2024] Stanford/Elsevier World Top 2% Scientists List 2024 (topresearcherslist.com/Home/Profile/956444) 

[02.10.2024] Patent: "#1: apparatus and method for measurement of blood physiometer, #2: blood viscometer and method using the same " were filed for "KS patent".

[27.09.2024] Project: Final report of Korea-Switzerland bilateral exchange program was submitted to the NRF in South Korea. 

[01.09.2024] Project: Yang-Jun returned to South Korea from Zurich after conducting Korea-Switzerland Bilateral Exchange Program (Host: Prof. Anna Bogdanova, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, Co-host: Dr. Sung-Sik Lee, ScopeM, ETH Zurich).

[14.08.2024] Patent: EU patent (EP- 3662816 B1, biometric signal-measuring apparatus equipped with trap unit for measuring biometric signal of micro-animal) was registered.

[27.07.2024] Project: "Multiphysics-based design and analysis of water storage tank: Ministry of SMES and Startup" was completed. A final report was submitted. The end of project was confirmed officially from the ministry of SMES and Startup.

[01.07.2024] Project: Yang-Jun visited Universität Zürich and ETH Zürich for conducting "Korea-Switzerland  Bilateral Exchange Program".

[05.06.2024] Manuscript: "Blood viscometer using capillary blood flow under disposable compliance pump" was published in "International Journal of Mechanical Sciences". www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020740324004983?via%3Dihub .

[07.05.2024] Manuscript: "Facile compliance-based pump for blood physiometer" was published in "Physics of Fluids". Facile compliance-based pump for blood physiometer | Physics of Fluids | AIP Publishing 

[31.04.2024] Project: "Blood viscosity measuring using dynamic variations of liquid plug" was received from Chosun University.

[15.03.2024] Patent: "Microfluidic viscosity measurement system ..." was filed for "KS patent".

[02.03.2024] Research Visiting: Yang-Jun visited Universität Zürich and ETH Zürich for research activities related to single red cell, from 13.02.2024 to 01.03.2024.

[28.02.2024] Yang-Jun was selected as outstanding faculty member in research achievement (top 3%, engineering college, Chosun university).

[12.12.2023] Lab movement: Biomicrofluidics lab was moved to "#6219" of the 1st engineering building.

[26.11.2023] Paper: "Microfluidic viscometer using capillary pressure sensing" was published. pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/35/12/121907/2929557/Microfluidic-viscometer-using-capillary-pressure?searchresult=1 

[10.11.2023] Research project: "Bilateral exchange program" was received from NRF (South Korea) and SNSF (Switzerland).

[01.09.2023] Research project, "Multiphysics-based design and analysis of water storage tank" was received from ministry of smes and startups (MSS). 

[26.08.2023] Yang-Jun visited Universität Zürich and ETH Zürich for studying red cell heterogeneity with quantitative-phase-imaging technique.

[15.08.2023] Yang-Jun as one of Guest Editors is organizing Special Issue (SI) of Micromachine (ISSN 2072-666X): microfluidic platform for bio-sample preparation and analysis. www.mdpi.com/journal/micromachines/special_issues/BKJJ2215NA 

[13.08.2023] Paper: "Biophysical investigation of red cell sedimentation using blood shear stress and blood flow image in a capillary chip", was published.www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/8/1594 

[05.07.2023] Paper: "Biophysical investigation of red cell sedimentation using blood shear stress and blood flow image in a capillary chip", was published at Preprints.org. www.preprints.org/manuscript/202307.0253/v1  

[03.04.2023] Paper: "Quantification of blood viscoelasticity under microcapillary blood flow", was published. www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/4/814 

[20.03.2023] Patent: "Bio-signal measurement of zebrafish...", was transferred to "ZEFIT Co.", from 2023.07 to 2037.12.

[10.03.2023] Paper: "Simultaneous viscosity measurement of suspended blood and plasma separated by an ultrasonic transducer", was published. www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3574 

[18.02.2023] Yang-Jun visited Universität Zürich and ETH Zürich for studying red cell heterogeneity using QPI (quantitative-phase-imaging) technique. Throughout this visit, the QPI was adopted to find out difference in individual RBCs with several parameters (i.e., dry mass, surface area, volume, sphericity index, membrane fluctuation, optical density). 

[26.01.2023] Paper: "Biomechanical assessment of red blood cells in pulsatile blood flows, Micromachines", was published. www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/14/2/317. The paper was selected as "Feature Paper" as well as "Editor's Choice". 

[01.01.2023] Paper: "Biosensing of haemorheological properties using microblood flow manipulation and quantification",  was published. www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/1/408