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)