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글로벌 헬스케어 의공학 연구소

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Korea Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research and Technology

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Applied Physics & Bioengineering,

    University of California, Berkeley, USA (2000)
    Dissertation: Key Elements of BioPOEMS (Biomedical Polymer-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems)
  • B.S. in Biophysics,

    University of California, Berkeley, USA (1996)

Major Academic Appointments

  • Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (HMS), USA (2020–Present)

  • Senior Investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), USA (2017–Present)

  • Full Professor (Tenured), University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Bioengineering (2005–2019)
    Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (2010–2019)
  • Chair Professor, Biosystems Science & Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (2006–2007)

  • Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (2016–2018)

    (Medicine / Biomedical Engineering / Chemistry & Physics)

Leadership

  • Director, POSTECH NRL Global Healthcare & Bioengineering Research Institute (K-BIGHEART), Korea; POSTECH Distinguished (Endowed) Professor (Present)

  • Founding Director, Biomedical Institute for Global Healthcare Research & Technology (BIGHEART)

    UC Berkeley, USA (2009–2016)
    National University of Singapore, Singapore (2016–2018)
  • Founding Director, Institute of Quantum Biophysics, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (2018–Present)

Major Honors

  • Arnold & Barbara Silverman Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley (2010–2015; 2015–2020)

  • Fulbright Scholar (2014)

  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2012)

  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Grand Challenges Award(2011)

  • NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Finalist (2011)

  • Ho-Am Prize in Engineering (2010)

  • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (2010)

  • Siebel Scholar Award (2009)

  • Lester John & Lynne Dewar Lloyd Distinguished Chair Professor, UC Berkeley (2005)

  • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2003)

Major publications

  • "Blood–brain barrier injury and neuroinflammation induced by SARS-CoV-2 in a lung–brain microphysiological system", Nature Biomed. Eng (8, 1053-1068), 2024

  • "Dynamic monitoring of oscillatory enzyme activity of individual live bacteria via nanoplasmonic optical antennas", Nature Photonics (17, 904-911), 2023

  • "Harmonic acoustics for dynamic and selective particle manipulation", Nature Materials (21, 540-546), 2022

  • "Human mini-brain models", Nature Biomed Eng (5, 11-25). 2021

  • "Exosome detection via the ultrafast-isolation system: EXODUS", Nature Methods (18, 212-218), 2021

Intellectual Property

  • US Patent No. 11,446,667 (Issued 2022) "Integrated molecular diagnostics system (iMDx) and method for dengue fever"

  • US Patent No. 11,130,993 (Issued 2021) "LED driven plasmonic heating apparatus for nucleic acids amplification"

  • US Patent No. 10,766,034 (Issued 2021) "Optical cavity PCR"

  • US Patent No. 10,864,517 (Issued 2020) "Vacuum battery system for portable microfluidic pumping"

  • US Patent No. 10,843,189 (Issued 2020) "Methods and apparatus for cell culture array"