Yonsei Advanced Science Institute

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Faculty

Education

• 2004 - 2008Ph.D., Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 2000 - 2004B.Sc., Neuroscience, Brown University

Professional Career

• 2019 - PresentProfessor, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
• 2017 - 2018Schlinger Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
• 2015 - PresentHeritage Principal Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute (Caltech)
• 2014 - 2018Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
• 2011 - 2013Miller Research Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• 2011 - 2011Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2008 - 2010Senior Associate, Venture Principal, Third Rock Ventures, Boston, MA

Awards and Honors

• 2019Saville Lecture in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
• 2019Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
• 2018Roger Tsien Award for Excellence in Chemical Biology, World Molecular Imaging Society
• 2018Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
• 2017Van Ness Award in Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 2017National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering, Invited Participant
• 2016David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
• 2016Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award
• 2016Pew Scholarship in the Biomedical Sciences
• 2016Director’s Fellowship, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• 2014 - 2016Young Faculty Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• 2013 - 2018Burroughs Wellcome Career Award at the Scientific Interface
• 2013World Molecular Imaging Congress: Young Investigator Award 2nd Place
• 2011 - 2013Miller Research Fellowship at UC Berkeley
• 2011Life Science Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2010Technology Review Magazine: Top 35 Innovators Under 35
• 2009Hertz Foundation PhD Top Thesis Prize
• 2004 - 2008Fannie and John Hertz Fellowship in the Applied Physical Sciences
• 2004 - 2006Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

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