Mikyung Kang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Health and Environmental Science, College of Health Science, Korea University
Office: Hana Science Hall Building B, Room #665 (Lab: Room #656)
Phone: +82-2-3290-5681
E-mail: ieebun@korea.ac.kr
Research Area: Nanomedicine / Drug Delivery / Immunoengineering
Education
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, Seoul National University, 2021
Thesis title: Engineered Nanoparticles for Improving Cancer Immunotherapy
Advisor: Prof. Byung-Soo Kim
B.S., Biomedical Science / B.A., Psychology, Korea University, 2016 (Summa Cum Laude)
Professional Experiences
Assistant Professor, School of Health and Environmental Science, Korea University (2024. 03 - Present)
Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Systems Biology,
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (2021.09 - 2024.02)
Advisor: Prof. Miller A. Miles
Research Assistant, Seoul National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute (2014.12 - 2015.06)
Certificate of Commendation, Seoul Metropolitan Council (2026)
Best Teaching Award, Korea Universty (2025 Fall)
Women in Science Award, L'Oréal-UNESCO (2025)
Best Teaching Award, Korea Universty (2024 Fall)
Best Poster Award, Women in Medicine & Science Symposium, Mass General Brigham (2023)
Best Poster Award, Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (2023)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (2022 - 2023)
Young Scientists Awards, The Korean Society for Biomaterials (2020)
Basic Science Research Program - National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (2019 - 2021)
Best Thesis Award, Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering Conference, Seoul National University (2020)
Best Thesis Award, Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering Conference, Seoul National University (2018)
Undergraduate
Radiation Biology (KHES301)
Advances in Diagnostic Laboratory Science (KHES426)
The World of Bioscience (GEBT001)
Graduate
Special Topics in Clinical Chemistry (HSL611)
Research & Application of Clinical Laboratory Medicine (HSL619)
Special Topics in Laboratory Science (HSL917)
Biomedical Research Methodology (HSL911)
Nanobio-pharmaceutics (HSL928)
Principles and Applications of Theranostics (HSL927)