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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA                                                                                                                2009-2014

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Specialty in BioMEMS and Epigenetics

Research Advisor: Dr. Shuichi Takayama (BME, Macro)

Thesis title: ‘Fracture-based fabrication of a size-controllable micro/nanofluidic platform for mapping of DNA/chromatin

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA                                                                                                                2013-2014

M.S. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, 

Research Advisor: Dr. Shuichi Takayama (BME, Macro)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA                                                                                                               2009- 2010

M.S. in Biomedical Engineering 

Research Advisor: Dr. Shuichi Takayama (BME, Macro)

Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea,                                                                                                         2003-2008

B.S. in Biotechnology, Early graduation with High honors, (Military duty in Army, 2004-2006)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor                                                                                                                                                          2023.03 -

Assistant Professor                                                                                                                                                          2017.03 - 2023. 02

Incheon National University

Division of Bioengineering, Major of Nano-Bioengineering

Visiting Professor                                                                                                                                                               2017

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry 

Post-doctoral Research Associate, 

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), USA                                                                                               2014-2017

(Research Advisor: Dr. Taekjip Ha)

- Development of microfluidics system for single molecule study   

- Characterization of single molecular force exerted by cell

At Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA                                                                2015-2017

Postdoctoral research associate, in Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry

At University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA                                                                          2014-2015

Postdoctoral research associate, in Department of Physics