Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Hanyang University
Seoul, Republic of Korea
E-mail: kchip@hanyang.ac.kr
ORCID: 0000-0002-6555-3728
https://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?user=h2xps9oAAAAJ&hl=ko&oi=ao
About
Jihoon Ko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Hanyang University. His research focuses on the development of human-relevant microphysiological systems (MPS) by integrating microengineering, vascular biology, organoids, immune systems, and AI-enabled bioimage analysis.
His group develops engineered human tissue models to reconstruct complex physiological and pathological microenvironments, with particular interests in vascularized organ models, tumor–immune microenvironments, high-throughput microfluidic platforms, and patient-specific disease models.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering, Hanyang University
2026.09–Present
Assistant Professor
Department of BioNano Technology, Gachon University
2023.03–2026.08
Research Professor
Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University
2021.09–2023.02
Research Fellow
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Samsung Medical Center
PI: Prof. Jeeyun Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
2021.03–2023.02
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Noo Li Jeon
Dissertation: Engineering Vascularized Micro-tissue for Disease Modeling and Drug Screening
Recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2015
Yamaguchi Medal – Emerging Technology, Asian Pacific Association for Biomechanics, World Congress of Biomechanics, 2026
Young Academic Salon Award, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2025
Young Scientist Researcher, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024
Gold Prize, IBS Art in Science, Institute for Basic Science, 2022
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Seoul National University, 2021
Best Paper Award, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021
Silver Prize, IBS Art in Science, Institute for Basic Science, 2020
Best Paper Award, Korean BioChip Society, 2019
Young Researcher Session Award, IEEE-NANOMED, 2019
43+ peer-reviewed publications
H-index: 23
i10-index: 29
3,500+ citations
Google Scholar, July 2026
Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI): 3.57
SciVal, 2022–2025
Microphysiological Systems
Human-relevant organ-on-a-chip and advanced in vitro models
Vascularized Human Models
Engineered microvascular networks and vascularized organ systems
Tumor & Immune Microenvironment
Patient-derived tumor models and immune–vascular interactions
High-Throughput Microfluidics
Scalable platforms for drug screening and safety assessment
AI-enabled Bioimage Analysis
Label-free phenotyping and quantitative analysis of complex 3D tissues