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 the Center for Soft and Living Matter at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the 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 (1999–2008) at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), where she participated in the development of in vitro diagnostic devices for biomedical applications. Since she joined UNIST in 2008, she has served as the chair of the school of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering (2008–2014) and the school of Life Sciences (2014–2015) and the director of World Class University (2009–2013) and BK21 (2013–2015) 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 the Year, Samsung CEO’s Award for Best Technology Achievement of the 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 the 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 http://fruits.unist.ac.kr.
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