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Hyun Jung Kim, PhD

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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. 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)
  1. 3 – present Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    Visiting Professor, Department of Medical Engineering, College of Medicine
  1. 9 – 2017. 8 Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea
    Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine

Education and Professional Employment

Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

  1. 9 – 2014. 12 Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Technology Development Fellow (Advisor: Donald E. Ingber, MD, PhD)

  1. 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

  1. 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
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