Principal Investigator

JAESUNG JANG PH.D.

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering (2nd appointments)

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

UNIST-gil 50, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea

Tel: +82-52-217-2323, Email: jjang@unist.ac.kr

Research Interests

• • Bio-Aerosol and Aerosol Technology

  • Clean Air Technology: Environmental Sensors & Flow Systems

  • Fundamental Gas and Liquid Flows in Microchannels

• • Electrical Particle & Fluid Manipulation

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, 08/2000 – 08/2004

Advisor: Prof. Steven T. Wereley

Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Dissertation title: Gas Flows in Rectangular Microchannels and a Capacitive Micro Flow Sensor Using Differential Pressure

Master of Science, 03/1997 – 02/1999

Advisor: Prof. Seung S. Lee

Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea

Thesis title: Fabrication and Experimental Study of MHD (Magnetohydrodynamic) Micropump

Bachelor of Science, 03/1990 – 02/1997

Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Minor: Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Experiences

Head, 06/2020 – Present

Center for Autonomous unmanned Monitoring Systems (CAMS; a Key University Research Center supported by the Ministry of Education), UNIST, Ulsan

Group Leader, 03/2015 – 12/2019

Development of Advanced Mechanical Systems for Monitoring and Handling Chemical/Biological Disasters, UNIST, Ulsan

Head (Founding), 08/2014 – 08/2016

CAMS, UNIST, Ulsan

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, 01/2010 – Present

Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan

Assistant Professor, 09/2007 – 01/2010 

School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 09/2004 – 07/2007

Laboratory of Integrated Bio Medical Micro/Nanotechnology & Application (Director: Prof. Rashid Bashir)

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Assistant Researcher, 03/1999 – 12/1999

Two-Phase Flow Lab. (Director: Prof. Moo Hwan Kim)

POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Selected Publications

• • C. Jung, W. Jeon, V. Soundararajan, J. Jang*, 2026 (Mar. 1). “Airborne virus collection using the BioSampler at various sampling flow rates and periods under different airborne virus concentrations and collection liquid volumes.” Aerosol Science and Technology, 60 (3), pp. 277–291. 

  • C. Park^, J. Jang^, J. Jang*, 2025 (Apr. 8). “Airborne influenza virus surveillance platform using paper-based immunosensors and a growth-based virus aerosol concentrator.” Environmental Science and Technology, 59 (13), pp. 6502–6511. (^: equal contribution)

  • J. Lee, C. Park, J. Jang*, 2024 (Nov. 5). “Improved measurement of airborne viruses using a two-stage highly virus-enriching electrostatic particle concentrator with electric-field-enhancing wire electrodes.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 479, 135747. 

  • D. Lee^, J. Jang^, J. Jang*, 2023 (Sep. 15). “Sensitive and highly rapid electrochemical measurement of airborne coronaviruses through condensation-based direct impaction onto carbon nanotube-coated porous paper working electrodes.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 458, 131972. (^: equal contribution)

  • J. Bhardwaj^, N. D. Ngo^, J. Lee, J. Jang*, 2023 (Jan. 15). “High enrichment and near real-time quantification of airborne viruses using a wet-paper-based electrochemical immunosensor under an electrostatic field.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 442, 130006. (^: equal contribution)

  • J. Jang, J. Bhardwaj, J. Jang*, 2022 (Jul. 15). “Efficient measurement of airborne viable viruses using the growth-based virus aerosol concentrator with high flow velocities.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 434, 128873.

  • J. Bhardwaj, S. Hong, J. Jang, C.-H. Han, J. Lee, J. Jang*, 2021 (Oct. 15). “Recent advancements in the measurement of pathogenic airborne viruses.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 420, 126574. (Review article)

  • C.-H. Han, J. Jang*, 2021 (Jan. 7). “Integrated microfluidic platform with electrohydrodynamic focusing and a carbon-nanotube-based field-effect transistor immunosensor for continuous, selective, and label-free quantification of bacteria.” Lab on a Chip, 21 (1), pp. 184–195.

  • J. Bhardwaj, M.-W. Kim, J. Jang*, 2020 (Sep. 1). “Rapid airborne influenza virus quantification using an antibody-based electrochemical paper sensor and electrostatic particle concentrator.” Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (17), pp. 10700–10712.

  • J. Bhardwaj, N. Chaudhary, H. Kim, J. Jang*, 2019 (Aug. 8). “Subtyping of influenza A H1N1 virus using a label-free electrochemical biosensor based on the DNA aptamer targeting the stem region of HA protein.” Analytica Chimica Acta, 1064, pp. 94–103. 

  • C.-H. Han, H. W. Ha, J. Jang*, 2019 (May 21). “Two-dimensional computational method for generating planar electrode patterns with enhanced volumetric electric fields and its application to continuous dielectrophoretic bacterial capture.” Lab on a Chip, 19 (10), pp. 1772–1782.

  • J. Bhardwaj, A. Sharma, J. Jang*, 2019 (Feb. 1). “Vertical flow-based paper immunosensor for rapid electrochemical and colorimetric detection of influenza virus using a different pore size sample pad.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 126, pp. 36–43.

  • J. Kim, J. Jang*, 2018 (May 1). “Inactivation of airborne viruses using vacuum ultraviolet photocatalysis for a flow-through indoor air purifier with short irradiation time.” Aerosol Science and Technology, 52 (5), pp. 557–566.

  • S. Hong, J. Bhardwaj, C.-H. Han, J. Jang*, 2016 (Nov. 15). “Gentle sampling of submicrometer airborne virus particles using a personal electrostatic particle concentrator.” Environmental Science and Technology, 50 (22), pp. 12365–12372. 

  • A. Sharma, C.-H. Han, J. Jang*, 2016 (Aug. 15). “Rapid electrical immunoassay of the cardiac biomarker troponin I through dielectrophoretic concentration using imbedded electrodes.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 82, pp.  78–84. 

Reviewers and Courses

• • Reviewers: 

    • Bioaerosols and Public Health: Journal of Aerosol Science, Aerosol Science and Technology, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, Scientific Reports, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Science and Technology, American Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Virological Methods, Communications Engineering.

    • Biosensors: Lab on a Chip, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, ACS Sensors, Analyst, Scientific Reports, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Journal, Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 

  • Courses: 

    • (Graduate-level) Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Aerosol Technology, Mechanical Engineering Analysis, Bioaerosol Technology. 

    • (Undergraduate-level) Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Introduction to Electric-Electronic Engineering, Introduction to Aerosol Technology.

Academic Services

• Scientific Reports: Editorial board member

• Korean Association for Particle and Aerosol Research (KAPAR): Member of the bioaerosol division, Chair of the bioaerosol division, Vice president, Chair of the organizing committee of the annual conference, Prize committee member, Editor-in-chief of the KAPAR journal (Particle and Aerosol Research)