ABOUT

Postdoctoral Associate in Prof. Michael Murrell [Website]

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University

850 West Campus Dr, West Haven, CT, USA

E-mail: kyounghwa.jeon@yale.edu

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2026.09 - Present

Postdoctoral Associate in Biomedical Engineering, Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA)

Advisor: Prof. Michael Murrell [Website]

2020.09 - 2026.08

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)

Dissertation: Ion-programmable state transitions in DNA hydrogels for biochemical regulation

Recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award

Advisor: Prof. Do-Nyun Kim [Website]

GPA: 4.14 / 4.30

2018.09 - 2020.08

M.S. in Biosystems & Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)

Thesis: Gelation of silk fibroin via tandem enzyme reaction triggered by glucose

Advisor: Prof. Ki Hoon Lee [Website]

GPA: 4.18 / 4.30

2014.03 - 2018.08

B.S. in Biosystems & Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)

Advisor: Prof. Ki Hoon Lee

GPA: 3.71 / 4.30 (Cum Laudae)

2025.08.28

Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University

2025.04.30

Excellent Student or Postdoc Poster Award, FNANO2025 (ISNSCE)

2025.04.30

Seeman Student Travel Award, FNANO2025 (ISNSCE)

2020.09 - 2021.02, 2022.09 - 2023.02, 2024.03 - 2024.08

Brain Korea 21 Scholarship, National Research Foundation of Korea

2021.09 - 2022.08

Brain Korea Outstanding Research Talent Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea

2021.06

Best Presentation Award, National Science Challenges Support & Network

2019.03 - 2020.08

Hyungae Scholarship Foundation Scholarship

2018.09 - 2019.02

Full Tuition Waiver for Academic Excellence (Master's)

2015.09 - 2016.02, 2017.03 - 2017.08

Full Tuition Waiver for Academic Excellence (Undergraduate)

2014.03 - 2015.02

National Outstanding Scholarship (STEM), Korea Student Aid Foundation