Publications

Journal Publication

Total Citation: 2315, h-index: 24, PUBMED / GOOGLE SCHOLAR 

• Soojin Kim et al.,

Sensor for metastatic tumor orgnoids

Preparing

• Soojin Kim et al.,

KAIST project

Preparing

• Soojin Kim et al.,

Patient-dervied cancer organiods project

Preparing

• Hongsik Kim, Sujin Kim, and Hwan D. Kim

Rapid and efficient differentiation of osteogenic from human pluripotent stem cell for bone repair

Preparing

• Sungeun Kim#, Yoonjoo Kang#, Kyoung Hwan Park, Sujin Kim, Kang Moo Huh and Hwan D. Kim

Enhancing vascularization and osteogenic differentiation using physical stimulation of iron oxide-containing hyaluronic acid-based MSC/HUVEC spheroids

Biomaterials Submitted. 

• Ji Hyeon Yang, Chae Mi Heo, Sujin Kim, Hwan D. Kim* and Sung Ho Yang*

Hydrogel-mediated calcium phosphate mineralization via dual diffusion system for bone regeneration

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Submitted. *Co-Corresponding

• Seong Eun Kim, Kang Moo Huh*, and Hwan D. Kim

Nitric oxide scavenging and anti-inflammatory in situ crosslinkable hydrogel for the treatment of arthritis. 

Biomacromolecules Submitted *Co-Corresponding

2025

• Chao Liang, Shuxuan Wu, Ziqi Huang, Zhenzhen Wu, Karrie Mei-Yee Kiang, Gilberto Ka-Kit Leung, Indong Jun, Hwan D. Kim, Ann-Na Cho, Hee Jung Lee, Honghyun Park, Yiu Yan Leung, Zhaoming Wu and Sang Jin Lee  

Harnessing self-assembling dental stem cells encapsulated in oxidized alginate microgels for rapid three-dimensional tissue organogenesis  

Small Science Accepted.

• Mst Jannatul Ferdous#, Sujin Kim#, Israr Ali, Thi Phuc Le, Hoang-Minh Pham, Min YOung Ha*, Hwan D. Kim* and Kang Moo Huh

Decanoyl Glycol Chitosan: A Novel pH-Responsive Thermogel for Injectable Drug Delivery

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Accepted. *Co-Corresponding

• Sujin Kim and Hwan D. Kim

Multifunctional nanomaterial-mediated tumor therapeutics: enhancing efficacy and specificity

International Journal of Pharmaceutics 682(15) | ARTICLE

Before joining SEOULTECH

2025

• Xiang Lee#, Hwan D. Kim#, Allen C. Luo, Liyang Gong, Chin-Nien Lee, Xuechong Hong, Christopher Sudduth, Michael Ad, Young-Hyeon An,  Mihn Jeong Park, Do-Gyoon Kim, Arin K. Greene, Bonnie L. Padwa, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Ruei-Zeng Lin and Juan Melero-Martin

Human bone-derived endothelial cells mediate bone regeneration via distinct expression of KIT ligand

Advanced Science Early View | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

[한빛사논문]

• Yoonjoo Kang#, Taehoon Kang#, Hee Sang Ro, Nathaniel S. Hwang and Hwan D. Kim

Engineering Osteogenic Spheroids: The Impact of Endothelial Cell Localization on Vascularization and Differentiation

Advanced Healthcare Materials 250139 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

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• Sujin Kim#, Seonyeop Kim#, Chanjin Ko, Wonseok Lee and Hwan D. Kim

A microfluidic electrochemical immunosensor for detection of CEA and KI67 in 3D tumor spheroids 

Materials Today Bio 32, 101768 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

[베리타스알파][충주공보뉴스][충주신문][충북일보][이뉴스투데이][충북 브레이크뉴스][충청타임즈][충주신문][코리아뉴스]

• Sujin Kim#, Sathiyamoorthy Padmanaban#, Aravindkumar Sundaram, Gul Karima, In Kyu Park and Hwan D. Kim

Optimizing surface functionalization of peptide-MXene nanoplatforms to amplify tumor-targeting efficiency and photothermal therapy

Biomaterials Research 29, 0198 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

• Nguyen Kim Nga*, Tran Thanh Hoai, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh, Sujin Kim, Sihyun Kim, Hwan D. Kim* and Kang Moo Huh

Solvent casting-salt leaching synthesis and biocompatibility of three-dimensional porous chitosan/nano-hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Macromolecular Research 33, 667-682 | ARTICLE *Co-Corresponding

• Jinwoo Na and Hwan D. Kim

Electrical stimulation of bone regeneration in infected defects: Biomaterial approaches

Macromolecular Research 33, 683–690 | ARTICLE 

2024 

• Yoonjoo Kang#, Hyungtaek Park#, Surim Shim#, Gul Karima, Subeen Lee, Kisuk Yang and Hwan D. Kim

MXene nanoparticles: Orchestrating spheriodogenesis for targeted osteogenic and neurogenic differentiation

Advanced NanoBiomed Research 5(13), 2400100 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

[Featured on Front Cover]

• Gul Karima and Hwan D. Kim

Unlocking the Regenerative Key Targeting Stem Cell Factors for Bone Renewal 

Journal of Tissue Engineering 2024, 15 | ARTICLE 

• Sujin Kim, Woonhoe Goo, Karima Gul, Jun Ho Lee and Hwan D. Kim

Polyacrylamide/Gel-Based Self-Healing Artificial Tympanic Membrane for Drug Delivery of Otitis Treatment

Biomaterials Research 28, 0049 | ARTICLE 

[충북일보][충주신문][충청비즈][이코노믹포스트][충북지역혁신플랫폼]

• Hyungtaek Park, Young Ho Park, Soojin Kim, G. Murali, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Insik In and Hwan D. Kim

Fabrication of innovative multifunctional dye using MXene nanosheets

Nanoscale Horizon 9, 1301-1310 | ARTICLE

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• Yoonjoo Kang, Jinwoo Na, Sivashanmugam Amirthalingam, Nathaniel S. Hwang and Hwan D. Kim

MSC spheroids: A promising tool for vascularized tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 21, 673-693 | ARTICLE

2023

• Hyungtaek Park#, Jeong-Uk Kim#, Soojin Kim, Nathaniel S. Hwang and Hwan D. Kim

Sprayable Ti3C2 MXene hydrogel for wound healing and drug release system

Materials Today Bio 23, 100881 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

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• Arun Kumar Rajendra, Deepthi Sankar, Siva Amirthalingam, Hwan D. Kim, Jayakumar Rangsamy, and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Trends in mechanobiology guided tissue engineering and tools to study cell-substrate interactions: a brief review

Biomaterials Research 27, 55 | ARTICLE

• Arun Kumar Rajendran#, Hwan D. Kim#, Jung-whan Kim, Jong Woo Bae, and Nathaniel S Hwang

Nanotechnologies in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 40, 286–301 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

2022

• Hyungtaek Park, Seoyeon Kim, Soojin Kim, Minbae Kim, Yoonjoo Kang, Siva Amirthalingam, Subeen Lee, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Kisuk Yang and Hwan D. Kim

Bioactive inorganic compound MXene and its application in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 117(25), 38-53. | ARTICLE 

[2025 JIEC The Best Paper Award (대주학술상) by The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry]

• Eunjee A. Lee, Seoyeon Kim, Yoonhee Jin, Seung-Woo Cho, Kisuk Yang, Nathaniel S. Hwang*, and Hwan D. Kim

In situ microenvironment remodeling using dual responsive system: photodegradable hydrogels and gene activation by visible light 

Biomaterials Science 10, 3981-3992. | ARTICLE

2021

• Mihn Jeong Park, Young-Hyeon An, Young Hwan Choi, Hwan D. Kim*, and Nathaniel S. Hwang*

Enhanced neovascularization using injectable and rhVEGF-releasing cryogel micro-particles

Macromolecular Bioscience 22(11), 2100234. | ARTICLE *Co-Corresponding

[Featured on Front Cover]

• Hyunbum Kim, Eun-Seo Lee, Jiyong Kim, Hwan D. Kim* and Nathaniel S. Hwang*

Cell surface reducing microenvironment induce early osteogenic commitment

FEBS Letters 595(16), 2147-2159. | ARTICLE *Co-Corresponding

• Eunjee A. Lee, Seon-Yeong Kwak, Jin-Kyoung Yang, Yoon-Sik Lee, Jong-Ho Kim, Hwan D. Kim* and Nathaniel S. Hwang*

Graphene oxide film guided skeletal muscle differentiation 

Materials Science and Engineering Part C 126, 112174 | ARTICLE *Co-Corresponding

• Hwan D. Kim, Xuechong Hong, Christopher Sudduth, Young-Hyeon An, Mihn Jeong Park, Do-Gyoon Kim, Arin K. Greene, Bonnie L. Padwa, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Ruei-Zeng Lin, and Juan Melero-Martin

A biphasic osteo-vascular biomimetic scaffold for rapid and self-sustained endochondral ossification

Advanced Healthcare Materials 10(13), 2100070 | ARTICLE

         [Featured in Mesenchymal Cell News by StemCellTM Tech.] [Featured on Front Cover| Editorial Commentary]

Before joining KNUT

2020

• Hwan D. Kim, Ruei-Zeng Lin and Juan Melero-Martin

In vivo vascular network forming assay

Methods in Molecular Biology. Domenico Ribatti(ed.), Vascular Morphogenesis, 2206, 192-203 | ARTICLE

• Hwan D. Kim, Jungha Park, Sivashanmugam Amirthalingam, R. Jayakumar and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Bioinspired inorganic nanoparticles and vascular factor microenvironment directed neo-bone formation

Biomaterials Science 8(9), 2627-2637 | ARTICLE

2018

• Seunghun S. Lee#, Hwan D. Kim#, Inseon Kim, Seung Hyun L. Kim, In Gul Kim, Ji Suk Choi, Jiwoon Jeong, Jung Hun Kim, Seong Keun Kwon and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Self-healing and adhesive artificial tissue implant for voice recovery

ACS Applied Bio Materials 1(4): 1134-1146 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

• Jiyong Kim#, Hwan D. Kim#, Jungha Park, Eun-seo Lee, Eugene Kim, Seunghun S. Lee, Jin-Kyung Yang, Yoon-Sik Lee and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Enhanced osteogenic commitment of mouse mesenchymal stem cells on graphene oxide substrate

Biomaterials Research 22, 1 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

• Hyunbum Kim, Kwangsoo Shin, Ok-Kyu Park, Daheui Choi, Hwan D. Kim, Seungmin Baik, Soo Hong Lee, Jinkee Hong, Taeghwan Hyeon, and Nathaniel S. Hwang

General and facile coating of single cells via mild reduction

Journal of the American Chemical Society 140(4), 1199-1202 | ARTICLE

[Featured on Front Cover| Editorial Commentary]

2017

• Su Hwan Kim, Young-Hyeon An, Kyung Min Kim, Hwan D. Kim, Sang-Hyuk Lee, Hyun-Gu Yim, Byung-Gee Kim and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Enzyme-mediated tissue adhesive hydrogels for meniscus repair

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 110(15): 479-487 | ARTICLE

• Hwan D. Kim#, Yunsup Lee#, Yunhye Kim, Yongsung Hwang, and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Biomimetically reinforced polyvinyl alcohol-based hybrid scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering

Polymers 9(12), 655 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

• Hwan D. Kim, Seunghyun Kim, Seunghoon S. Lee, Siva Shanmugam, R. Jayakumar and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Biomimetic materials and fabrication approaches for bone tissue engineering

Advanced Healthcare Materials 6(23), 1700612  | ARTICLE

[Featured on Back Cover| Editorial Commentary][한빛사논문]

• Hwan D. Kim, Jiyong Kim, Rachel H. Koh, Jimin Sim, Jong-Chan Lee, Tae-Il Kim and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Enhanced osteogenic commitment of human mesenchymal stem cells on polyethylene glycol-based cryogel with graphene oxide substrate

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 3(10), 2470-2479 | ARTICLE

• Hwan D. Kim, Eunjee A. Lee, Young-Hyeon An, Seunghyun L. Kim, Seunghun S. Lee, Seung Jung Yu, Hae Lin Jang, Ki Tae Nam, Sung Gap Im and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Chondroitin sulfate-based biomineralizing surface hydrogels for bone tissue engineering

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9(26), 21639-21650  | ARTICLE

[한빛사논문]

• Do-Gyoon Kim, Arman Haghighi, Hyun-Jung Kwon, Jessica S. Coogan, Daniel P. Nicolella, Jungha Cho, Trenton Johnson, Hwan D. Kim, Nari Kim and Amanda M. Agnew

         Sex-dependent mechanical properties of the human mandibular condyle journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 71, 184-191 | ARTICLE

• Min-eui Han, Byung Jae Kang, Su-hwan Kim, Hwan D. Kim and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Gelatin-based extracellular matrix cryogels for cartilage tissue engineering

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 45, 421-429 | ARTICLE

• Hwan D. Kim#, Hae Lin Jang#, Hyo-Yong Ahn, Hye Kyoung Lee, Jungha Park, Eun-seo Lee, Eunjee A. Lee, Yong-Hoon Jeong, Do-gyoon Kim, Ki Tae Nam, and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Biomimetic whitlockite nanoparticles-mediated in situ bone regeneration

Biomaterials 112, 31-43 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

[Highlights in Recommendation Article from Faculty of 1000 Prime][한빛사논문]

2016

• Min-eui Han, Su-hwan Kim, Hwan D. Kim, Hyun-Gu Yim, Sidi A. Bencherif and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Extracellular-matrix based cryogels for cartilage tissue engineering

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 93(B), 1410-1419  | ARTICLE

[Highlights in Extracellular Matrix News]

• Yu Bin Lee, Joong-yup Lee, Taufiq Ahmad, Seongwoo Bak, Jin-kyu Lee, Hwan D. Kim, Tai Hyun Park, Nathaniel S. Hwang and Heungsoo Shin

Construction of 3-D cellular multi-layers with extracellular matrix assembly using magnetic nanoparticles

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 12, 1916-1928 | ARTICLE

• Hwan D. Kim, Eunjee A Lee, Young Hwan Choi, Young-Hyeon An, Rachel H Koh, Seunghyun L Kim and Nathaniel S. Hwang

High-throughput approaches for controlled stem cell differentiation

Acta Biomaterialia 34, 21-29 | ARTICLE

• Jiseung Heo, Rachel H Koh, Whisu Shim, Hwan D. Kim, Hyungu Yim and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Riboflavin induced photo-crosslinking of collagen hydrogel and its application in meniscus tissue engineering

Drug Delivery and Translational Research 6(2), 148-158 | ARTICLE

[2016 Drug Delivery Translational Research Outstanding Original Research Paper Award by Controlled Release Society (CRS)]

• Hae Lin Jang, Guang Bin Zheng, Jungha Park, Hwan D. Kim, Hae-Ri Baek, Hye Kyoung Lee, Keunho Lee, Heung Nam Han, Choon-Ki Lee, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Jae Hyup Lee and Ki Tae Nam

In vitro and in vivo evaluation of whitlockite biocompatibility: comparative study with hydroxyapatite and B-tricalcium phosphate

Advanced Healthcare Materials 5(1), 128-136 | ARTICLE

2015

• Younghwan Choi, Soon Chul Heo, Yang Woo Kwon, Hwan D. Kim, Seung Hyun L Kim, Il Ho Jang, Jae-Ho Kim and Nathaniel S. Hwang

Injectable PLGA microspheres encapsulating WKYMVm peptide for neovascularization

Acta Biomaterialia 25(1), 76-85 | ARTICLE

• Son Boram#, Hwan D. Kim#, Minsoo Kim, Jung Ah Kim, Jin-kyu Lee, Heungsoo Shin, Nathaniel S. Hwang and Taihyun Park

Physical stimuli-induced chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells using magnetic nanoparticles

Advanced Healthcare Materials 4(9), 1339-47 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

[Featured on Back Cover]

• Hwan D. Kim, Jiseung Heo, Yongsung Hwang, Ok-Kyu Park, Hyunbum Kim, Shyni Varghese and Nathaniel S. Hwang

ECM-based Arg-Gly-Asp modified photopolymerizing hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering: Part A 21(3-4), 757-766 | ARTICLE

2014

• Byung-Jae Kang#, Hwan D. Kim#, Seul Ki Lee, Joohyun Kim, Yiming Shen, Sunyoung Jung, Kyung-Sun Kang, Sung Gap Im, So Yeong Lee, Mincheol Choi, Nathaniel S. Hwang and Je-Yoel Cho

The umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells seeded onto fibronectin-immobilized PCL nanofiber improve the cardiac function

Acta Biomaterialia 10(7), 3007-17 | ARTICLE #Equal Contribution

[Highlights in Top Story of Cord Blood News by StemCellTM Technology]

• Eunjee A. Lee, Hyungu Yim, Jiseung Heo, Hwan D. Kim, Giyoung Jung and Nathaniel Hwang

Application of magnetic nanoparticles for controlled tissue assembly and tissue engineering

Archives of Pharmacal Research 7(1), 120-8 | ARTICLE

PATENT Publication

• Yoonjoo Kang, Gangmoo Huh, and Hwan D. Kim, 2024. application/KR

        산화철이 함유된 히알루론산 기반의 세포 스페로이드 및 이의 제조방법 | PATENT

• Yoonjoo Kang and Hwan D. Kim, 2024, application/KR

        맥신을 포함하는 향상된 분화능을 가지는 3차원 스페로이드 | PATENT

• Sujin Kim and Hwan D. Kim, 2024. application/KR

   중이염 치료용 약물의 전달 및 자가 치유가 가능한 인공 고막용 하이드로 겔 조성물 및 이의 제조 방법 | PATENT

• Hyungtaek Park, and Hwan D. Kim, 2023. Registered/KR (Korean publication number: KR20240125812A)

   Hair Dyeing with Multifunctional MXene Dye | PATENT

• Hwan D. Kim, Hae Lin Jang, Ki Tae Nam and Nathaniel S. Hwang, 2016. Registered/KR (Korean registration number: KR201665826B1)

   Bone Regeneration Complex and Method for Forming the Same | PATENT