Minsuk Kwak, Ph.D.
Education & Experiences
2020.9 - Assistant Professor, Advanced Science Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2017-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA (Young-wook Jun Lab)
2011-2016 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, CT, USA (Rong Fan Lab)
2007-2011 B.S. Bioengineering, Rice University, TX, USA
Selected Honors & Awards
2019 Best Poster Award, ACS Publications & IBS Forum
2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2018 Collaborative Research Travel Award
2019 Life Science Research Foundation (LSRF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
2018 AACR Lymphoma Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
2015 Edward L. Barlow Fellowship, Yale University,
2011 Allen International Scholarship (Full tuition for 4 years), Rice University
Wookjin Shin Research Professor
B.S. Chung-Ang U. (Chemistry)
Ph.D. Yonsei U. (Biotechnology)
Research Interest: Magnetogenetics, Mechanobiology
Seo-hyun Choi Post-Doc.
B.S. Busan Nat'l U. (Biology)
Ph.D. Yonsei U. (Molecular Biology)
Research Interest: Magnetogenetics for neuroscience
Kunwoo Noh Ph.D Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Biotechnology)
Research Interest: Immune cell engineering, Magnetogenetics
Yeongdo Lee Ph.D Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Biotechnology)
Research Interest: Magnetogenetic treatment of neurological diseases
Somin Lee Ph.D Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Chemistry & Material engineering )
Research Interest: Nanorobotics,
Magnetic nanoparticle–based mechanobiology, and nano–bio interfaces
Hanho Joo Ph.D Student
B.S. Chung-Ang U. (Biomedical Engineering)
Research Interest: Magnetic control of
immune cells, Nano-bio interface
Jin Lee Ph.D Student
B.S. Dongguk U. (Biotechnology)
Research Interest: Cell engineering, Magnetogenetics
Youbin Lee Ph.D Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Bioconvergence)
Research Interest: Magnetogenetics for neuroscience
Daeun Kang MSc Student
B.S. Incheon Nat'l U. (Molecular Biology)
Research Interest: Sythetic biology,
Immunotheraphy, and Magnetogenetics
SOLORZANO SEBASTIAN MSc Student
B.S. Autonomous University of Barcelona (Biotechnology)
Research Interest: Development of novel magnetogenetic tools for neuromodulation
Seungyeon Ryu MSc Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (SystemsBiology)
Research Interest: Immunotheraphy,
Cell engineering
Yerin Jang Ph.D Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Bioconvergence)
Research Interest: Magnetogenetic treatment of neurological diseases, Cell engineering
Jungsoo Hong Ph.D Student
B.S. Sungkyunkwan U. (Biological Science)
Research Interest: Magnetogenetic treatment of neurological diseases
Ri Yu Ph.D Student
M.S Sungkyunkwan U. (Chemistry)
Research Interest: Brain-Gut axis, Neuroscience
Yunseo Kim MSc Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Nursing)
Research Interest: Immune cell engineering
Yoona Koo MSc Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Bioconvergence)
Research Interest: Magnetogenetic treatment of neurological diseases
Jaegyeong Lee
M.S. Yonsei U.
(Molecular Biology)
Research Interest: Cell-type specific magnetogenetics
Hyunmo Nam Undergraduate Student
B.S. Yonsei U. (Biotechnology)
Research Interest: Cell Engineering, Gene therapy
Juhye Baek Undergraduate Student
B.S. Yonsei U.
(Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Research Interest: Immunotheray, Cell Engineering
Jungmin Nam - Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2022), current position: PhD student, Yale University
Hyunji Park - Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2021), current position: PhD student, KAIST
Yuju Jun - Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2023), current position: PhD student, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jiwon Kim - Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022), current position: SK Hynix
Donghun Shin - Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022), current position: PhD student, University of Michigan
Youbin Lee - Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022), current position: PhD student, Yonsei University, Nano Biomedical Engineering
Jin Lee - Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022), current position: PhD student, Yonsei University, Nano Biomedical Engineering
Jihye Shin - M.S. (2023-2025), current position: Pharmaresearch, Medical Science Liaison
YunMin Jung - Post doc. (2021-2025), current position: Assistant Professor, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Medicine