People

Education

• KAIST, South Korea, Aug 2013, Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Advisor : Prof. Hyun Gyu Park

  • Thesis : “Development of biosensing technology using specific interaction of biomolecules with metal ions”

• Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea (Early Graduation), Aug 2008, B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Professional Experiences

• Konkuk University, South Korea, Mar 2021 - Present, Associate Professor 

• Konkuk University, South Korea, Mar 2017 - Feb 2021, Assistant Professor 

• National Research Foundation of Korea, Sep 2024 - Present, Review Board (RB)​

• BioChip Journal (ISSN: 2092-7843), Jan 2025 - Present, Associate Editor

• Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids (ISSN: 2767-6641), Mar 2023 - Present, Junior Editorial Board Member

• Biosensors (ISSN: 2079-6374), July 2023 - Present, Guest Editor

• Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, Oct 2014 - Feb 2017, MGH ECOR Tosteson fellow, Advisors: Prof. Ralph Weissleder and Prof. Hakho Lee

• Yonsei Institute for Basic Science (Y-IBS), South Korea, Feb 2016 - Dec 2016, Post-doctoral research fellow, Advisor: Prof. Jinwoo Cheon

• KAIST, South Korea, Aug 2013 - Sep 2014, Post-doctoral research fellow, Advisor: Prof. Hyun Gyu Park

• University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA, Jan 2012 - Jul 2012, Visiting scholar, Advisor: Prof. H. Tom Soh

Professional Activities

• Society Membership : Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB), Korean BioChip Society (KSB), Korean Institute of Chemical  Engineers (KIChE)

• Journal Reviews: Approximately ~50 reviews per year for multiple journals including: Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications, Chemical Engineering Journal, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Nano Today, Nano Letters, Small Methods, ACS Sensors, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, JACS Au, Analytical Chemistry, Analytica Chimica Acta, Talanta and others.

Awards and Honors

• Young Scientist Award, Korean BioChip Society, 2024 

• KU Academic Award, Konkuk University Alumni Association, 2023

• Young Scientist Award, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2023   

• BioChip Journal Academic Award, Korean BioChip Society, 2023 

• KU Best Teacher Award, Konkuk University, 2023    

• KU Engineering Academic Award, Konkuk University, 2022  

• KU Engineering Academic Award, Konkuk University, 2020  

• KU Academic Award, Konkuk University, 2020  

• Miwon Sangsa Young Scientist Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2020  

• KU Research Pioneer, Konkuk University, 2018  

• KU Best Teacher Award, Konkuk University, 2018  

• MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) Tosteson Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (Proposal acceptance rate: ~15%, Total award: $63,020, 2016-2017)

• Poster of Distinction award at the 69th annual meeting of the Massachusetts General Hospital Scientific Advisory Committee (Total award: $1,000, 2016)

• Korean National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellowship Funded by Ministry of Science, ICT and Future planning, Korea (Proposal acceptance rate: 12.6 %, Total award: $30,000, 2014-2015)

• Being included in the Marquis Who's Who in the World (32nd and 33rd edition) (2015 and 2016)

• Outstanding Scientific Research Paper Award, Integrated DNA technology (2013)

• Best Poster Presentation Award, the 5th International Conference on Sensors,  Korea (2011)

• Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, 2011 KSBB Spring Meeting, Korea (2011)

• Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, the 1st KAIST Graduate Students Symposium in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea (2011)

• People Glorifying Korea, Biological Research Information Center (BRIC) (2010)

• Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, 2010 KSBB Fall Meeting and International Symposium, Korea (2010)