Yoon-Kyoung Cho
Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST)
Biography
Yoon-Kyoung Cho is a Full Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute for Science and Technology (UNIST) and a group leader in 乐天堂app下载 Center for Soft and Living Matter at 乐天堂app下载 Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from 乐天堂app下载 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999, having obtained her M.S. and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from POSTECH in South Korea in 1994 and 1992, respectively. She worked as a senior researcher (1999鈥�2008) at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), where she participated in 乐天堂app下载 development of in vitro diagnostic devices for biomedical applications. Since she joined UNIST in 2008, she has served as 乐天堂app下载 chair of 乐天堂app下载 school of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering (2008鈥�2014) and 乐天堂app下载 school of Life Sciences (2014鈥�2015) and 乐天堂app下载 director of World Class University (2009鈥�2013) and BK21 (2013鈥�2015) programs.
She is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and a recipient of numerous awards including Ministry of Health and Welfare commendation, Korean Woman Engineer of 乐天堂app下载 Year, Samsung CEO鈥檚 Award for Best Technology Achievement of 乐天堂app下载 Year, and Racheff Award. Her research interests range from basic sciences to translational research in microfluidics and nanomedicine. Current research topics include a lab-on-a-disc for 乐天堂app下载 detection of rare cells and extracellular biomarkers, quantitative analysis of single cells, and system analysis of cellular communication. She has had a prolific career in academia and industry, publishing > 80 scientific papers and >120 registered patents to date. Learn more about Cho group from .
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