Biographycal Information
Education:
2000-2002 Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville.
Dissertation:
Theoretical and experimental investigation on the sensing performance of fiber
optic immunosensor for Protein C quantification in
physiological samples
(Research Advisor: Kyung A. Kang, Ph.D.).
1998-2000
Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC),
transferred to
1996-1998
M.S. Department of Chemical Engineering,
KAIST.
Thesis:
A study on sensing performance of NO2 gas sensor using QCM and H2Pc
LB film (Research
Advisor: Yong Keun Chang, Ph.D.).
1992-1996
B.S.
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Professional experience:
2010-present Associate professor,
Department of Engineering and Computer Science, Andrews University
2005-2010 Assistant professor, Department of Engineering and Computer Science, Andrews University
2002-2005 post-doc researcher, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology,
Honors and Awards:
FRG 13-14: Andrews university, research project on “ ($5,000) Study
of conformational and electric charge change of protein binding using the QCM-D
and EGFET system
FRG 12-13: Andrews
university, research project on “(Renewed $5,000) FET based biosensor
for characterization for DNA hybridization
NSF SUMMER
INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP AWARD, short course on multi-scale soft Materials, May
9-12, NSF, 2010 ($2,000 and accommodation)
NSF SUMMER INSTITUTE
FELLOWSHIP AWARD, short course on multi-scale science based-modeling and
simulation and experimental validation on enabling materials, NSF, 2009 ($2,000
and accommodation)
FRG 11-12, Andrews university, research project on “ ($5,000)
FET sensor development for DNA detection”
FRG 10-11, Andrews university, research project on “Simultaneous measurement of
DNA hybridization using QCM-D and EIS”, collaboration with Dr. Lovhoiden, 2010
($9,000)
FRG 09-10, Andrews university, research project on “Experimental
and theoretical analysis of biomolecular interactions using the QCM-D sensor”,
collaboration with Dr. Agoki, 2009 ($9,000)
FRG 08-09, Andrews university, research project on “Development
of sensing protocols for the QCM-D sensor for characterization of biomolecular
interaction’, 2008 ($4,500)
FRG 07-08,
Andrews
university, research project on “Characterization
of binding kinetics of sodium-calcium exchanger and calmodulin using the
biosensor’, 2007 ($4,500).
Graduate Dean’s Citation, Commencement, University
of Louisville, 2002.
Grants-in-Aid Student Research award, research project on "Real-time Detection of Cardiac
Troponin T using Fiber-Optic Immuno-sensor,"
Sigma-Xi, 2001.
Student Travel
award, Annual Conference of Biomedical
Engineering Society 2001.
First place
award, Research!Louisville:
Student Research Day: Graduate Student Division, University of Louisville
(2000).
Third place awarD, National competition for Fluid Mechanics and Transport
Phenomena for undergraduate students, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering
(KICHE) 1995.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, promoted to full member , 2011
Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honors Society.
Professional Association:
2004-present,
American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)
2010-present,
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
2003-present,
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
2003-2009, Society for Neuroscience (sFN)
2003-present. Association for Chemoreception Sciences (ACHEMS)
2002-present,
Korean Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
Last updated: June 2013