Principal Investigator

Education

• Research Fellow (Jan. 2018 - Feb. 2021), Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Jan. 2018 - Feb. 2021), Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Advisor: Juan Melero-Martin PhD

• PhD, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Dissertation: Biomimetic scaffold-mediated in situ bone remodeling and rapid bone regeneration: whitlockite nanoparticles and biopolymers

Advisor: Nathaniel S. Hwang PhD

• MS, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Dissertation: Fabrication of photo-crosslinked and RGD-modified ECM-based hydrogels for functional cartilage tissue engineering

Advisor: Nathaniel S. Hwang PhD

• BS, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA (Cum Laude)

Advisor: Jane Jackman PhD

Professional Experience

• Editorial Board (Feb. 2025 - Present), Scientific Report

• Planning Director (Jan. 2025 - Present), The Polymer Society of Korea,

• Editorial Board (Jan. 2022 - Present), Journal: Polymer (Korea), Seoul, Korea 

• Vice-chair (Jan. 2022 - 2023), Korea Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society, Seoul, Korea

• SYIS Chair-Elect (Jan. 2016 - Jan. 2020), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative International Society, San Ramon, CA, USA

Asian Pacific Region Student and Young Investigator Session Chair-Elect

• Predoctoral Research Fellow (Nov. 2015 - Feb. 2016), Department of Biomedical Engineering, UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA

Advisor: Shyni Varghese PhD (currently at Duke University)

• REU Fellow (Sept. 2009 - May. 2012), Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, OH, USA

Advisor: Do-Gyoon Kim PhD

Fellowships and Awards

• JIEC® Best Paper Award (대주학술상), The Korean Society for Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2025) 

• CGBIO® Corporate's Emerging Scientist Award (시지바이오신진과학자상), Korean Society for Biomaterials (2024)

• Miwon® Corporate's Emerging Scientist Award (미원상사신진과학자상), The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2022)

• Best Presentation Award of 43rd Annual Meeting of the JSB, Japanese and Korean Society for Biomaterials® (2021)

• Young Scientist Exchange Program Award Winner, Japanese and Korean Society for Biomaterials® (2021)

• Encouragement Award of IBS Art in Science, Institute of Basic Science® (2021)

• NIBEC Young Scientist Award, Korean and Japanese Society for Biomaterials® (2021)

• Best Poster Presentation Award, Dr. M. Juda Folkman Research Day @ Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (2019)

• Sinyang Young Researcher Award for Best Graduating PhD of the Year, Sinyang Cultural Foundation (2018)

• Global Empowerment Program Winner (Selected as Top 5% Global PhD recipient), National Research Foundation of Korea (2017)

• Dongjin Award for Outstanding Article for Best Graduate Students of the Year, Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd (2017)

• Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society for Biomaterials® (2017)

• Global Empowerment Program Winner (Selected as Top 5% Global PhD recipient), National Research Foundation of Korea (2016)

• Student Oral Award 1st Place, Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society® (2016)

• BK 21+ Travel Abroad Grants, National Research Foundation of Korea (2016)

• Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society for Biomaterials (2015)

• Young Investigator Award, 7th World Congress on Preventive & Regenerative Medicine (2014)

• Best Poster Presentation Award, 8th Asian Congress of Biotechnology Biannual Meeting (2013)

• International Undergraduate Scholarship, The Ohio State University (2009 – 2012)