Professional Experience:

Professor (2025-present), Associate Professor (2019-2025), Assistant Professor (2014-2019) 

Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Primary affiliation)

Department of Biomedical Engineering (Secondary affiliation)

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

Visiting Scholar (2023-2024)

Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, USA

Director (2019-2021)

Center for Multidimensional Programmable Matter

UNIST, Korea

Research Fellow (2012-2014)

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA

Education:

Ph.D. in Chemistry (2011)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA

(Advisor: Prof. Hyunjoon Kong)

B.S. in Chemistry (2007)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea

(Advisor: Prof. Byong-Seok Choi)

Honors/Awards:

MEDIPOST Young Scientist Award (2022)

     Korea Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society

MIWON COMMERCIAL Young Scientist Award (2021)

     The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

PHI BIOMED Young Investigator Award (2020)

     The Korean Society for Biomaterials

Best Paper Award (2020)

11th International Symposium of Global Research and Development Centers 

Young Scientist Award (2016)

Korea-China Young Scientist Exchange Program, The Korea Society for Biomaterials

Best Presentation Award (2015)

Materials Research Society of Korea

Harry G. Drickamer Graduate Fellowship (2010-2011)

Department of Chemistry, UIUC

Membership:

Full Member (2023-present)

Sigma Xi

Associate Editor (2022-present)

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (SCI-indexed Journal)

Associate Editor (2021-2024), Publishing Editor (2019-2020), Editorial Board Member (2017-2018)

Macromolecular Research (SCI-indexed Journal)

Editorial Board Member (2022-present)

Biomedical Technology

Council Member (2020-present)

Polymer Society of Korea

Professional Director (Education Division) (2023-2024), Young Investigator Board Member (2021-2022)

Korea Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society

Professional Director (Nano-Bio Division) (2022-present), Academic Board Member (2016-2021)

The Korean Society for Biomaterials