Principal Investigator

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 2014-2020 (PI: Prof. Taesung Kim)

• M.S. in Mechanical System Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University (currently Tech University of Korea), 2011-2013 (PI: Prof. Young Hun Jeong)

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University (currently Tech University of Korea), 2006-2011 (PI: Prof. Songwan Jin)

• 2024-         : Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Kunsan National University, Republic of Korea

• 2023-2024: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (PI: Prof. Rohit Karnik)

• 2022-2023: Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (PI: Prof. Rohit Karnik)

• 2021-2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Convergence IT  Engineering, POSTECH, Republic of Korea (PI: Prof. Jinah Jang) 

• 2020-2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, Republic of Korea (PI: Prof. Taesung Kim)

• 2013-2014: Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, Republic of Korea (PI: Prof. Taesung Kim)

• 2021: Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNIST

• 2020: Samsung Human Tech Paper Award (3rd Place) , Samsung Electronics

• 2019: Best Paper Award, Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)

• 2017: Global Competence Support Program in Global Ph.D. Fellowship Program (GPF), National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea

• 2014-2016: Global Ph.D. Fellowship (GPF), National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea

• 2014-2018: Brain Korea (BK) 21 PLUS Scholarship, UNIST

• 2010: Presidential Award, Korea Polytechnic University

Invited Journal Reviewer

• Scientific Reports (Springer Nature)

• HardwareX (Elsevier)

• Micromachines (MDPI)

Board Member of International Journal

• Micromachines (MDPI)

• Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies (Frontiers)

Board Member of Academic Society

• (홍보/국제협력이사) The Korean Society of Visualization (KSV): 2025.01-

• (전문이사) Bio-Engineering Divison, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME): 2025.01-

Member of Academic Society

• The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)

• The Society of Micro and Nano Systems 

• Korean Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE)

• The Korean Society of Medical & Biological Engineering (KOSOMBE)

• The Korean Society of Visualization (KSV)