PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  

     2022-               Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE        

     2017- 2021       Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering,

 University of Michigan

     2014- 2017       Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School/Brigham Women's Hospital

     2012- 2014       Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

 (KIST)

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EDUCATION
     2008- 2012       Ph.D., Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

     2006- 2008       M.S., Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University

     2001- 2006       B.S., Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ajou University 

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HONORS

     2018               BMES Career Development Award, Biomedical Engineering Society, USA
     2013               Young Scientist Award, Korean-Japan Society for Biomaterials
     2012               Star Postdoctoral Fellowship, KIST
     2012               Best Dissertation Award, POSTECH

 

ACTIVITY

     식품의약품안전처 체외진단의료기기 전문가위원회 전문위원 ('26-)

     대한약제학회 R&D추진위원회 R&D추진간사 ('26-)
          NANO KOREA Smart and Translational Nanomedicine for Biomedical Applications Co-Chair ('26-)
          천연물고분자학회 학술운영위원 학술위원 ('26-)
          한국생체제료학회 국제위원회 국제이사 ('25-)
          한국바이오칩학회 국제협력위원회 위원 ('25-)
          대한나노의학회 학술/교육이사 ('25-)

     NANON KOREA Nanomedicine for Diagnosis and Therapy 위원 ('24)

          한국바이오칩학회 기획위원회 위원 ('24)          

          한국고분자학회 학술교육위원회 위원 ('24)
          한국고분자학회 운영위원회 학술이사 ('24)
          한국고분자학회 의료용 고분자 부문위원회 재무이사 ('24)

    World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) 기획위원 ('23-'24)

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EDITORIAL BOARD

    Journal of Controlled Release (JCR), (2025 - )
    Drug Delivery and Translational Research, (2024 - )

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REVIEWER for Scientific Journals
     Advanced Drug Delivery Review
     Advanced Materials

     Advanced Functional Materials

     Advanced Healthcare Materials

     Acta Biomaterialia
     Biomaterials
     Biomaterials Research

     Biomaterials Science
     European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

     Materials Today
     Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

     Nano Today
     Nature Communications
     Journal of Controlled Release
     Scientific Report
     Theranostics