o (1993) B.A., KAIST
o (1995) M.A., KAIST
o (1999) Ph.D., KAIST

o (2012~Present) Professor, KAIST, Daejeon
o (2018~2021) KAIST Chiar Professor
o (2004~2012) Assistant, Associate, Professor, GIST, Gwangju
o (2002~2004) Postoctoral Associate, MIT, Cambridge
o (1999~2002) Postdoctoral Researcher, POSTECH, Pohang

My research interest lies at the interface of biomedicine, biotechnology, biomaterials, and nanomedicine. A major research focus is on biomedical applications toward disease diagnostics and therapy as listed below.
(1) Nanomedicine for anticancer and anti-inflammation therapy
(2) Nanovaccines for cancer and infectious diseases
(3) Cancer stem cells

o Development of glycocalyx-mimicking nanoparticles for cell and organ-selective drug delivery
o Development of bilirubin-based nanomedicine for anticancer and anti-inflammation therapy
o Antigen-displyaing self-assembled protein nanoparticles for use as a prophylatic vaccine against viruses and a therapeutic vaccine against cancer
o Small lipid nanoparticles as an antigen-delivering nanoparticles for cancer nanovaccines
o A novel class of high-affinity peptides (Aptides) for biomedical applications