Principal investigator
Principal Investigator
HWAN DREW KIM Ph.D | School Profile | Google Scholar | Orcid
Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Department of IT-Energy Convergence (BK21 FOUR)
Assistant Professor
Prof. Hwan Drew Kim graduated in Biochemistry from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He earned a MS and PhD. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the Seoul National University, South Korea. After training as a post-doctoral fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, he joined the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at KNUT in 2021 as an assistant professor.
Education
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
Vice-chair (Jan. 2022 - Present), Korea Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society, Seoul, Korea
International Cooperation Sector and Student and Young Investigator Sector
Editorial Board (Jan. 2022 - Present), Journal: Polymer (Korea), Seoul, Korea
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
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 (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) 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
Miwon® Corporate's Emerging Scientist Award, 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 Fellowship 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 Fellowship 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)