Group Members

Kim, Kwang Min, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
kwangmin@gachon.ac.kr 

Education

• 2013 Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Brown University

• 2006 B.S. in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
  
  

Professional Experiences

• 2023- Assistant Professor, Physiology, Gachon University College of Medicine

• 2018-2023 Research Scientist, Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine 

• 2013-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine

• 2006-2013 Graduate Researcher, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Brown University 

Yoda, Ph.D. 

(Grandmaster of the Force)

Grandmaster Scientist

yoda@gachon.ac.kr

Research Interests / Field of Research

• Deciphering the force movement with high spatio-temporal resolution 

Favorites

Playing soccer on Dagobah. I had Beckham learn how to bend the ball. 

Shin, Hyun Soo, Ph.D. 

(Expert in Neural Organoids)

Senior Scientist

hsshin0929@gachon.ac.kr

Research Interests / Field of Research

• Development of a new telencephalic organoid to understand physiology of the ventricular microenvironment 

• glioma, hydrocephalus 

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Love baseball... Go, SSG Landers! 

Kim, Mi Jeong, M.S. 

(Expert in BBB and BCSFB) 

Research Associate

grogu@gachon.ac.kr

Research Interests / Field of Research

• Immune cell migrations at the brain barriers

• hydrocephalus, neuro-immune interaction

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Stretching! That's all I need. 

Kim, Kyu Min, B.S. 

(Expert in Nerve Regeneration)

Graduate student

dmaul@gachon.ac.kr

Research Interests / Field of Research

• Glial differentiation in response to electric field as a regenerative cue in the CNS 

• traumatic brain injury

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Playing piano & listening to music... my inspiration for research! 

Grogu, M.S. 

(Expert in Mistakes) 

PhD candidate

grogu@gachon.ac.kr

Research Interests / Field of Research

• Understanding transcriptomic changes at the moment of making mistakes 

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Spacing out time to time... Please don't look for me...

Darth Maul, B.A. 

(Expert in Money Drain)

Graduate student

dmaul@gachon.ac.kr

Research Interests / Field of Research

Who cares 

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Mind your business