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Sung-Min Hwang, Ph.D.
Sung-Min Hwang, Ph.D.
Assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST
Education & Research Professional Experience
Education & Research Professional Experience
2025-Current
Assistant professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, UNIST
2020-2025
Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Advisor: Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, PhD.
2020
Distinguished Research Fellow, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
Advisor: You-Sun Kim, PhD.
2019-2020
Research Fellow, POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang, South Korea
2014-2019
Ph.D., Division of Integrative Biosciences & Biotechnology, POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea Thesis mentor: Sin-Hyeog Im, PhD.
Field: Immunology, T cell Biology, Autoimmunity and Cancer
Honors: Excellent Publication Award for Graduation Students
2010-2013
B.S., Dept. of Medical Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea
Field: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology
Honors: summa cum laude - Early graduation
HONORS AND AWARDS
HONORS AND AWARDS
2025- Selected Nominee, Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists, New York Academy of Sciences
2025- Selected Nominee, Tri-Institutional Breakout Prizes for Junior Investigators, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Rockefeller University/Weill Cornell Medicine
2024- KASBP-KAIST/GCC Fellowship Award, KASBP Fall Symposium, Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
2024- Featured Trainee at Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Hwang recognized for outstanding research in cancer immunology
2024- NYKB Annual Conference Fellowship, Society of New York Korean Biologists (NYKB)
2024- Andrew Kim Memorial Foundation (AKF) Scholarship, Northeast Regional Conference, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
2023- KAI Travel Award, The Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI)
2022-2024- AACR-Bristol Myers Squibb Immuno-Oncology Research Fellowship, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Dr. Hwang was featured in AACR’s Research Funding Impact Highlights
2019- Excellent Publication Award for Graduation Students, POSTECH
2018- Best Presentation Award, KAI International Meeting, The Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI)
2018- KSMCB Excellent Poster Award, International Conference, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB)
2017- Best Award for TA (Teaching Assistant), General Life Science, 2017 fall semester, POSTECH
2017- Best Presentation Award, KAI International Meeting, The Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI)
2015-2019- Global Ph.D. Fellowship Award, The National Research Foundation of Korea
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Email: sungmin.hwang@unist.ac.kr (Office: 501-13)
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