Hyun Jung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor | hyunjung.kim@utexas.edu
Department of Biomedical Engineering | Cockrell School of Engineering | the University of Texas at Austin
Academic Appointments
- 1 – present The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, Dell Medical School (Courtesy appointment)
- 3 – present Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Engineering, College of Medicine
- 9 – 2017. 8 Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea
Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine
Education and Professional Employment
Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- 9 – 2014. 12 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Technology Development Fellow (Advisor: Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD)
- 7 – 2012. 8 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor: Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD)
The University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, Chicago, IL, USA
- 3 – 2009. 6 Postdoctoral Scholar (Advisor: Rustem F. Ismagilov, PhD)
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2005. 9 – 2007. 2 Research Associate, Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology
2000. 9 – 2005. 8 PhD in Biotechnology (Advisor: Chul Soo Shin, PhD)
1998. 3 – 2000. 8 MS in Biotechnology
1994. 3 – 1998. 2 BE in Biotechnology
Awards and Honors (Selected)
2018 Technology Impact Award, Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
2017 Poster of Distinction, The Programming Committee of the GI & Liver Section of the APS
2017 Texas 4000 Seed Grant Award, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin
2016 Innovator Awards, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
2015 MatTek and PETA International Science Consortium Award 2015. PISC and MatTek Corporation
2015 Vice President for Research Grant Award, The University of Texas at Austin
2015 Featured Designer for Organs-on-Chips, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
2014 The Faculty STARs Program Award, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
2013 Abcam Discovery 15 Contest Finalist ($1,000 credit). Abcam. USA
2013 The American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award. “Effectively Communicating Research” Oct 3-4, 2013, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2013 2013 Invented Here! Honoree. New England’s Breakthrough Inventions and Inventors, Museum of Science & Boston Patent Law Association. Boston, MA, USA
2013 Best Paper Award. ALine, Inc., 2013 ASME Global Congress on Nano Engineering for Medicine and Biology (NEMB 2013). Feb 4-6, 2013, Boston, MA, USA
2012 – 2014 Wyss Technology Development Fellowship, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
2012 Best Presentation Award for Postdocs. The Korean Toxicologists Association in America SIG. Society of Toxicology, Annual Meeting & ToxExpo 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA
2012 Postdoctoral Award (1st place). In Vitro and Alternative Methods Special Section, Society of Toxicology, Annual Meeting & ToxExpo 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA
2007 – 2008 Leo P. Kadanoff and Stuart A. Rice Postdoctoral Fellowship, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
2003 – 2004 Fellowship for Young Scientist, Korea Research Foundation, Korea
2001 Scholarship for Excellent Student, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
1999 Engineer Bioprocess, National Technical Qualification Certificate, Korea
1994 Yonsei Special Award for the Freshman in Matriculation, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea