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Alumni (Ph.D. student)

Yunhye Kim, B.S.

Previous Position: MS/Ph.D. combined student (Mar 2016 - Aug 2022)
Email: kyhye4@naver.com
Brief Biography: Yunhye received her B.S. degree in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at Soonchunhyang University in 2015 and joined Hwang Lab in 2016 Spring. Her current Ph.D. research work focuses on understanding the roles of LMNA in chondrocyte de-differentiation and its application.
Recipient of Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (학문후속세대지원사업, 박사과정생연구장려금) (2020-2022)
Best Poster Presentation Award (2018 Aug, Korean Society for Stem Cell Research)
Best Poster Presentation Award (2018 Feb, Korean Society for Stem Cell Research)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA

Mona Fendereski, M.S.

Previous position: MS student (Mar 2015 - Feb 2017)
Email: mona.fendereski@gmail.com
Brief Biography: Mona received her B.S. degree in the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology at Isfahan University in 2012 and joined Hwang Lab in 2015.
M.S. thesis: Understanding roles of biomimetic matrix-based cues on regulation of myogenic differentiation
Graduation date: 2017 February
Current Position: Assistant Director, ScienCell Research Laboratories, Carlsbad, CA, USA

Ji Hoon Jeong, M.S.

Previous position: MS student (Mar 2018 - Feb 2020)
Email: ksku2012@naver.com
Brief Biography: Jihoon received his B.S. degree in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at Soonchunhyang University in 2018 and joined Hwang Lab in 2018 Spring.
Current Position: Ph.D. student at Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS)

Kyungmu Noh

Previous position: MS student (Mar 2020 - Feb 2022)
Email: shrudan1@naver.com
Brief Biography: Kyungmu received his B.S. degree in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at Soonchunhyang University in 2020 March and joined Hwang Lab in 2019 Fall as an undergraduate volunteer researcher. His current M.S. research work focuses on the development of functional conjunctiva tissues using the patient’s conjunctiva-derived epithelial cells and fibroblasts, and understanding the molecular mechanism of pterygium based on 3D modeling.
Awarded the Best Oral Presentation of Student Oral Competition (SOC) at 2021 Fall Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Biomaterials
M.S. Thesis: Recapitulating pterygium microenvironment to elucidate the role of disease-specific mechanosensitivity in cell migration behaviors
Current position: Ph.D. student at Dongkook Univ.

Odelia Levana

Previous Position: Exchange (Aug 2019 - Feb 2020) and MS student (Aug 2020 - Aug 2022)
Email: odelialevana@gmail.com
Brief Biography: Odelia received her B.S. degree in the Department of Biology at Atma Jaya Catholic Univ. and joined Hwang Lab in 2019 Fall through the exchange student program. Now she joined Hwang Lab in 2020 Fall as MS student and her current M.S. research work focuses on understanding the roles of LMNA in mesodermal lineage commitment of embryonic stem cells and their subsequent contribution to the chondrogenesis of stem cells.
Current Position: Prodia Clinical Laboratory (Diagnostic Laboratory Operator Scientist)

Hyun Bum Kim, Ph.D.

Previous position: Research Scientist (Sep 2017 - Aug 2019)
Email: tiggerhy@snu.ac.kr
Brief Biography: Hyun Bum received his B.S. degree in the Department of Biotechnology at Yonsei University in 2014 and integrated M.S./Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University. He joined Hwang Lab as research scientist as an alternative military service in 2017 Fall -2019 Fall and his research work focused on "Development of biomimetic shielding-mediated cell coating technology and its in vivo application as novel cell/drug delivery methods".
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA

George Augustine, Ph.D.

Jinhui Rhee, M.S.

Previous position: Lab manager & Research Scientist (July 2020 - May 2022)
Email: qa6411@naver.com
Brief Biography: Jinhui received her MS degree in the Department of Biochemistry at Hoseo University in 2019 and joined Hwang Lab on July 1, 2020.

Mohd. Farhan, Ph.D.

Byung-su Choi, Ph.D.

Soyoung Kim, B.S.

Previous position: Undergraduate student (Dec 2016 - Feb 2018)
Email: cjstkthdud12@naver.com
Brief Biography: Soyoung Kim was an undergrad volunteer through SCH internship program during 2016 Winter - 2018
B.S. thesis: Anti-bacterial properties of lignin-based compounds
Graduation date: 2018 February
Current Position: Research Scientist, Asan Medical Center, Republic of Korea

Yejin Park, B.S.

Previous position: Undergraduate student (Mar 2018 - Aug 2019)
Email: bbacke18@naver.com
Brief Biography: Yejin was graduated from the Department of Medical IT Engineering at Soonchunhyang University and she joined Hwang Lab in 2018 March.
B.S. thesis: Development of 3D-printable biomimetic material-based bioinks
Graduation date: 2019 August
Current Position: Industry

Doyoung Kim

Previous position: Undergraduate student (Dec 2020 - Aug 2021)
Email: david9603@naver.com
Brief Biography: Doyoung is a senior student in the Department of Clinical Pathology at Soonchunhyang University and he joined Hwang Lab in 2020 Winter as a volunteer researcher.
Recipient of 1st Place Winner for 2021 Summer Undergrad-Grad Joint Internship Program funded by SCH Univ. (2021학년도 하계방학 학부생-대학원 연구실 인턴프로그램 대상 수상: Beyond Cell)
Current position: MS Student at Korea Univ.