Joo H. Kang, ​Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 

Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Sciences

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Education and Training

Professional Experiences

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• Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science, UNIST,  March 2020 ~ 

• Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, Feb. 2016 ~ Feb. 2020

• Wyss Technology Development Fellow, Wyss Institute, Harvard University, 2012-2016
  (Supervisor : Don Ingber, MD PhD, Founding Director of Wyss Institute, Harvard University)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wyss Institute, Harvard University, 2010-2012
  (Supervisor : Don Ingber, MD PhD, Founding Director of Wyss Institute, Harvard University)

• Research Fellow, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2009-2016
  (Supervisor : Don Ingber, MD PhD, Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital)

• Postdoctoral Fellow, KAIST, 2008-2009 (Military service obligation) (Supervisor : Je-Kyun Park, Ph.D., Professor, Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST)

Education

• Ph.D. Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, 2008 (received the Best Dissertation Award from KAIST)
  (Supervisor : Je-Kyun Park, Ph.D, KAIST)

• M.S. BioSystems (Currently, Bio and Brain Engineering), KAIST, 2004
  (Supervisor : Je-Kyun Park, Ph.D, KAIST)

• B.S. Chemical Engineering / B.S. Life Science, Sogang University, 2002 (cum laude, double Bachelor's degrees)

Awards/Honors

• Early Career Achievement Award (신인학술상), The Korean BioChip Society, Korea (November 14, 2019)

• Emerging Investigator, Lab Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK (2019)

• SLAS Academic Poster Award, SLAS 2016, San Diego, CA (January 25, 2016)

• Tony B. Academic Travel Award, SLAS 2016, San Diego, CA (January 23, 2016)

• Baxter Young Investigator Award, Baxter Inc., IL (September 18, 2014)

• Young Frontiers in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST (November 20, 2013)

• Postdoctoral Award for Professional Development, Harvard University (December 18, 2012)

• Wyss Technology Development Fellowship, Wyss Institute, Harvard University (October 21, 2012 ~ January, 2016)

• Academic Travel Awards, LabAutomation2009, Palm Springs, CA, USA (Jan. 24-28, 2009)

• The Best Dissertation Award, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST (Feb. 29, 2008)

• 14th Samsung Human Tech Paper Competition, Bronze Prize, “Thesis title : Isomagnetophoresis for microfluidic sorting and analysis of magnetic susceptibility” (Feb. 20, 2008)

• The Best Teaching Assistant Award (BiS512 Biology for Engineer, 2003 Spring semester), Dept. of BioSystems, KAIST (Aug. 31, 2003)

• Graduating with honors; cum laude,  Sogang University (B.S. / B.S.) (Feb. 19, 2002)

• Scholarship 1999-2001 from Sogang University
   

Professional Activity

• 2020 Technical Program Committee (TPC), The 15th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered/Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS 2020)

• 2018-2020 Technical Program Committee (TPC), International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2018) (Sponsored by The Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society)

• 2018 Organizing Committee Member, ISMM2018 (The 10th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems)
   

 Lecture

• 2016~2020 Spring - BME31102 Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems

• 2016~2020 Spring - BME42101 NanoBioEngineering

• 2016~2019 Fall - BME501 Biology and Micro/nanotechnology