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Somin Lee, Ph.D.
Somin Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine,
Kyung Hee University
경희대학교 의과대학 병리학교실 조교수 이소민
Professional Experiences
Mar 2026 - Current
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Sep 2021 - Feb 2026
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (Advisor: Prof. Rakesh K. Jain)
Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Advisor: Prof. Noo Li Jeon)
Feb 2012 - Dec 2012
Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of California, Berkeley, USA (Advisor: Prof. Luke P. Lee)
Education
Feb 2021
M.S./Ph.D. Bioengineering (Advisor: Prof. Noo Li Jeon)
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
(Ph.D. thesis title: Modeling 3D Angiogenesis Using Microphysiological System for Preclinical Research)
Feb 2015
B.S. Molecular Cellular Biology (Cum Laude)
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Fellowships and Grants
Mar 2016 - Feb 2021
Global Ph.D. Fellowship - Korea National Research Foundation (NRF-2016H1A2A1907378, USD 98,400 for 5 years)
Sep 2021 - Feb 2026
Global Empowerment Grant (Korea National Research Foundation)
Financial Support for Visiting Research at University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (Oct 2019)
Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
Global Empowerment Grant (Korea National Research Foundation)
Financial Support for Visiting Research at Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (Nov 2018)
Feb 2012 - Dec 2012
Summer Study Abroad Program (Seoul National University)
Financial Support for Visiting Research at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (Jul 2017)
Awards
May 2026 Best Oral Presentation Award, The Korean Association of Immunologists 2026 Spring Annual Meeting (Busan, Korea)
Mar 2023 Poster Award with Travel Award, SAC 2023 Meeting, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, US)
Sep 2020 Poster Award, The 21st International Vascular Biology Meeting (Virtual Conference)
Apr 2019 Poster Award, The Korean Association of Immunologists 2019 Spring Annual Meeting (Seoul, Korea)
May 2018 Poster Award, The Korean BioChip Society 2018 Spring Annual Meeting (PyeongChang, Korea)
Jul 2016 Chair Travel Award, 2016 Gordon Research Conference on Endothelial Phenotypes (Girona, Spain)
Nov 2013 Excellence Award with a job offer from LG, LG Global Challenger Oversea Research Program
Oral Presentations
Mar 2026 The 25th Korean MEMS Conference, Jeju, Korea (invited)
Nov 2025 The 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society, Kyoto, Japan (invited)
Aug 2025 JAX/ACS Cancer Course 2025 (The Jackson Laboratory), Virtual
Nov 2024 The 23rd Boston Angiogenesis Meeting 2024 (BAM 2024), Boston, USA (invited)
Jun 2018 The 10th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2018), Busan, Korea
Jun 2017 North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) Lymphatic Forum 2017, Chicago, USA
Patents
Jun 2023
Son, Y., Kim, S., Jeon, N. L., Lee, S., & Chung, M. “BBB-on-a-Chip”, 10-2549828, Korea (Published)
Sep 2022
Son, Y., Kim, S., Jeon, N. L., Lee, S., & Chung, M. “BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER-ON-A-CHIP”, US2022/0297117A1, USA (Application)
Books
Jun 2022
Lee, S., Chung, M., & Jeon, N. L. “BBB-on-a-Chip: Modeling Functional Human Blood-Brain Barrier by Mimicking 3D Brain Angiogenesis Using Microfluidic Chip” (Chapter), The Blood-Brain Barrier; Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 2492), 251-263.
Journal Review (Invited)
2023 - Micromachines, Communications Medicine
2025 - Nature Communications
2026 - Frontiers in Immunology
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