Education

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Ph.D.                 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2007-2013

M.S.                   Kyungpook National University, 2004-2006

B.S.                    Pusan National University, 1996-2004 

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Position & Affiliation

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2025-present     Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University

2025-present     Director, Institute of Systems Biology, Pusan National University

​2021-2023         Department Chair, Department of Biological Sciences,

                            Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Biological Science,

                            Pusan National University, Republic of Korea 

2017-2021         Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences,

                            Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea  ​

​2015-2017        Senior Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 

                           & Adjuct Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry,

                           University of Science and Technology (UST), Republic of Korea

​2014-2015        Postdoctoral Senior Fellow, Department of Bioengineering,

                           University of Washington at Seattle, USA

​2013-2014        Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Eng.

                           University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

​2007-2013        Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

​2006-2007        Researcher, Department of Biology, Kyungpook National University

​2004-2006        Research Assistant, Department of Biology, Kyungpook National University,

1998-2000        Military Service, Republic of Korea Army

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Professional Activity

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2025-present    Editorial Board, Mechanobiology

2023-present    Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Biology

2025-present    Editorial Board, Scientific Reports

2020-present    Editorial Board, Biology 

2020-present    Editorial Board, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

2022-present    Member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

2022-present    Member, Korean Society for Cell Biology (한국세포생물학회)

2015-present    Member,  KSBMB (생화학분자생물학회)

2019-present    Member, Korean Society of Life Science (한국생명과학회)

2019-present    International Affairs Committee, The Genetics Society of Korea (한국유전학회)

2023-present    Member,  Korean Society for Biomaterials (한국생체재료학회)

2017-present    Member, KSMCB (한국분자세포생물학회)

                          

Selected Publication

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Han et al., 2025, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 10, 304

​Han et al., 2025, Advanced Science, e2406907

Choi et al., 2024, Biomaterials Research, In press

Park et al., 2023, Advanced Science, e2303395

Ahn et al., 2023, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 237:115533

​​Suh and Kim, 2023, Biomaterials Research, 27(1):15

Lee et al., 2022, Nature Communications, 13:578

Suh et al., 2021, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 334:129663

Kim et al., 2019, Advanced Science, 6:4:1801290. doi.org/10.1002/advs.201801290  

Sun et al., 2017, Nature Commun, 8:477. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00569-6.

Kim et al., 2017, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 247:520-25.

Kim et al., 2015, Elife, 4:e04876. doi: 10.7554/eLife.04876

Kim et al., 2015, Current Biology (Cell Press), 25:218-24.

Hwang et al., 2014, Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 53:13798-802.

Kim et al., 2014, Biomaterials, 35:8348-8356.

Ouyang et al., 2013, Nature Commun, 4:1589 doi: 10.1038/ncomms2560. 

Seong et al., 2011, Nature Commun, 2:406  doi: 10.1038/ncomms1414.

Kim et al., 2009, Small, 5:1453-9.

Kim and Jeon, 2006, IOVS 47:2757-64.

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