Members

Principal Investigator

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

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yunmin Jung, Ph.D.

B.S. Sookmyung Women's University (Biophysics)

Ph.D. Weizmann Institute (Chemical Biology)

Research Interest: T cell signaling, Nanoengineering of T cell

Seo-hyun Choi, Ph.D.

B.S. Busan National University (Biology)

Ph.D. Yonsei University (Molecular Biology)

Research Interest: Magnetogenetics for neuroscience

Graduate Students

Kunwoo Noh

B.S. Yonsei U. (Biotechnology)

Research Interest: Immune cell engineering, Magnetogenetics

Jueun Lim

B.S. Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies (Biological Sciences)

Research Interest: Magnetogenetic treatment of neurological diseases

Yeongdo Lee

B.S. Yonsei U. (Biotechnology)

Research Interest: Magnetogenetic treatment of neurological diseases

Hanho Joo

B.S. Chung-Ang U. (Biomedical Engineering)

Research Interest: Magnetic control of immune cells, Nano-bio interface

Jihye Shin

B.S. Yonsei U. (Biotechnology)

Research Interest: Magnetogenetics for peripheral nervous systems

Jin Lee

B.S. Dongguk U. (Biotechnology)

Research Interest: Cell engineering, Magnetogenetics

Youbin Lee

B.S. Yonsei U. (Bioconvergence)

Research Interest: Magnetogenetics for neuroscience

Researchers

Yuju Jun

B.S. Yonsei U.

(Biotechnology)

Research Interest: Synthetic biology, Cell engineering, Immunotherapy

Jaegyeong Lee

M.S. Yonsei U.

(Molecular Biology)

Research Interest: Cell-type specific magnetogenetics

Ri Yu

M.S. Yonsei U.

(Molecular Biology)

Research Interest: Cell-type specific magnetogenetics

Alumni

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 (2020-2022), current position: Research Staff, Yonsei University

Jiwon Kim - Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022), current position: SK Hynix

Jihye Shin - Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022), current position: PhD student, Yonsei University, Nano Biomedical Engineering

Donghun Shin - Undergraduate Researcher (2021-2022), current position: PhD student, Yonsei University,Nano Biomedical Engineering

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