Academic Experiences
· Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering / Program in Polymer Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (9/2001 ~ 6/2006)
· B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University (3/1995 ~ 2/1999)
Professional Career
· Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (3/2022 ~ present)
· Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (3/2019 ~ 3/2022)
· Assistant and Associate Professor, I-Bio/Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH (2/2008 ~ 2/2019)
· Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco (9/2006 ~ 1/2008)
· Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (6/2006 ~ 8/2006)
Research Interests
1. Biomaterials for cancer immunotherapy
- Biomaterials controlling immune cell functions
- Immune-responsive biomaterials
- Reconstruction of 3D tumor-immune microenvironments using microfabrication
- Monitoring tumor-immune interactions using biomaterial-based sensors and live cell imaging
Professional Activities
· Faculty Member of Faculty of 1000 (F1000) in Cell Adhesion & Migration (8/2014 ~ 7/2016)
· Editorial board member of PLoS One (9/2014 ~ present)
· Editorial advisory board member of F1000Research (12/2014 ~ present)
· Member of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), American Association of Immunologists (AAI), American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), and Biophysical Society (BPS)
· Member of Korean Biochip Society (KBCS), Korean Society for Biomaterials (KSBM), Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI)
· Reviewer of PNAS, Sci. Adv., Acc. Chem. Res., J. Am. Chem. Soc, ACS Nano, ACS Appli. Mat. Inter., Langmuir, J. Phys. Chem., Mol. Pharm., Anal. Chem., Biomaterials, Acta Biomaterialia, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, J. R. Soc. Interface, Nanoscale, Integrative Biology, Lab Chip, Biomat. Sci., Adv. Funct. Mat., Small, Adv. Healthcare Mat, Sci. Rep., Biofabrication, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, Polymer International, Phys. Biol., J. Control. Release, Cancer Lett. Microsys. Nanoeng., Biosens. Bioelec.