Member

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Sung Eun Lee, postdoc (2024.8)

Project: Peptide drug screening

Jinyoung Oh, postdoc (2025.02)

Project: Peptide-drug conjugates, Specific targeting of bacteria, Peptoid structure

Graduate Students

Minsang Kim, Ph.D course, MS degree at 2019.8 (2018.3)

Project: Antimicrobial peptoids

Heewoong Yoon, MS-Ph.D course (2019.9)

Project: Antimicrobial peptoids

Kwonjung Lee, Ph.D course (2023.3)

Project: Macrocyclic peptides, Anti-infectives

Min Uk Yang, MS-Ph.D course (2023.9)

Project: Antimicrobial peptoid synthesis

Juhye Shin, MS course (2024.3)

Project: Peptoid synthesis, Peptoid-based transporter

Jihun Chun, MS course (2025.3)

Project: Peptoid-polymer conjugates, Peptide-drug conjugates

Chaeyeong Lim, MS course (2025.3)

Project: Macrocyclic peptides, Peptide-drug conjugates

Jeeun Jeong, MS course (2025.3)

Project: Specific targeting of bacteria, Peptide-drug conjugates

Inyoung Lee, MS course (2025.3)

Project: Specific targeting of bacteria, Peptoid-drug conjugates

Research Associates

Undergraduate Students

Alumni

Graduate thesis students

Jinyoung Oh, Ph.D 2025

Thesis: Molecular Engineering of Peptoid Scaffolds for Spatial Display of Functional Groups: Siderophore-Mimic Peptoids and Pigment-Displaying Peptoids

Current: GIST (2025.02~)

Dasom Song, Ph.D 2025

Thesis: Studies on antimicrobial peptoids: effect of metal binding motif conjugation and polymer grafting

Current:

Yen Jea Lee, Ph.D 2023

Thesis: Structural and functional studies of peptide/peptoid-based molecular systems mimicking natural enzymes

Current: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab/UC Berkeley (2023.03~)

Dongjae Lee, Ph.D 2023

Thesis: Studies on macrocyclic peptide scaffolds with conformation, membrane permeability, and antiviral activity

Current: SK 바이오팜 (2024.10~) / Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) (2023.03~)

Woojin Yang, Ph.D 2022

Thesis: Porphyrins, chlorins, and their peptoid conjugates: multifunctional bio-inspired complexes

Current: 한국화학융합시험연구원 (2024.06~) / KIST (2022 Fall)

Ho Yeon Nam, Ph.D 2021

Thesis: Studies on cationic amphipathic peptoids with antimicrobial and mitochondria targeting activities

Current: Hanmi Pharmaceutical (한미약품) (2021~)

Min Jae Jun, MS 2025

Thesis: Synthesis of bacterial cell-penetrating peptoids

Current:

Miram Lim, MS 2024

Thesis: Synthesis of catechol-containing cyclic peptoids conjugated with fluorescent dyes and antibiotic drugs

Current:

Yeojin Yun, MS 2024

Thesis: Structure-function relationship analysis of peptidomimetic anti-infectives

Current: 에스티팜 (2024~)

Seung Hyun Choi, MS 2024

Thesis: Synthesis of photosensitizer-deferoxamine B conjugates and evaluation of their antimicrobial photodynamic activity

Current: KRICT (2024~)

Soyeon Yoon, MS 2023

Thesis: Cationic amphipathic peptoids containing guanidine and indole side chains: Synthesis and biological activity evaluation

Current: LG Chem (2023.07~)

Soyoung Kim, MS 2022

Thesis: Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of novel guanidinium-containing mitochondria-targeting peptoids

Current: Graduate Student, University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, Ph.D program

Namhee Kim, MS 2022

Thesis: Synthesis, conformation, and permeability of hydroxyl-containing cyclosporin O derivatives

Current: Kukdo Chemical Co.

Dongmin Shin, MS 2021

Thesis: Antimicrobial peptoids containing indole side chains: synthesis, biological activity, and mechanistic study

Current: 경보제약

Song Son, MS 2019

Thesis: Synthesis and in vitro stability of peptide derivatives for hepatitis B virus infection

Current: SK 바이오텍

Dahyun Kang, MS 2019

Thesis: Synthesis of catechol- and azole-containing macrocyclic peptoids

Current: LX MMA R&D

Yunjee Lee, MS 2019

Thesis: Synthesis of porphyrin-peptoid conjugates for antimicrobial and anticancer photodynamic therapy (PDT)

Current: 유한양행 (Yuhan)

Boyeong Kang, MS 2016

Thesis: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Porphyrin-Peptoid Conjugates as Efficient Artificial Light-Harvesting Complexes

Current: Senior Scientist, AbbVie, Drug delivery & biomaterial department (2022 Fall~) / Graduate student, Ph.D course, Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry (2017 Fall)

Undergraduate thesis students

Jihun Chun, BS 2025