Profile

Work
Experience

2023 -

Director, Laboratory for Cell Nanoengineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Department of Surgery

University of California, Davis

2018 - 2023

Ultrasound Imaging and Therapeutics Research Laboratory

(PI: Stanislav Emelianov, Ph.D.)

Department of Biomedical Engineering

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

2021 -

Onselex Pharmaceuticals

2017 - 2018

Institute for Basic Science of Korea

2012 - 2017

Biomedical Polymer Laboratory

(PI: Won Jong Kim, Ph.D.)

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea

2009 - 2012

Konkuk University, South Korea

NIH (NCI) K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, 2022-2027
Best Paper Award, SPIE Photonics West - BIOS, 2023
BMES-Cell and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Postdoctoral Researcher Travel Award, BMES-CMBE Meeting, 2023
Science Innovation Presentation, PSME division, ACS 2019 Fall Meeting
Best Poster Award, International Nanotech Symposition& Nano-convergence Expo, 2018
Best Poster Award, International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, 2016
Best Poster Award, Korean Society of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, 2016
Best Poster Award, Korean Chemical Society, 2016
Best Research Presentation Award, Korean Polymer Society, 2014
BK 21 Plus Best Paper Award, POSTECH, 2014 - 2016
Best Research Presentation Award, Nano Korea, 2013
Best Poster Award, Korean Chemical Society, 2013
Best TA Award, POSTECH, 2012
Summa Cum Laude, Konkuk Univerisity, 2012

Session Chair: Photoacoustic Imaging, 2021 IEEE UFFC International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Reviewer, Chemical Society Reviews, RSC Journal
Reviewer, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Journal
Reviewer, Photoacoustics, Elsevier Journal
Reviewer, Biomaterials Science, RSC Journal
Reviewer, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meetings
Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member, Controlled Release Society (CRS)
Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)