Our goal is to develop a new generation of biosensors, therapeutic agents, or cell-based assays created from highly functional nanomaterials/structures and biomolecules important in human disease and health. Major application areas of developed constructs/methods include in vitro bioassay and in vivo imaging-based disease diagnostics, interfacing biologically functional surface with cells of interest, drug delivery, and synthetic cell biology.

• Ph.D. Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2004
• B.S. and M.S. Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

• Consultant, Nanosphere, Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA, 2004
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA (Advisor: Prof. Jay T. Groves): 2004-2005
• Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Seoul National University: 2006-Current
• Scientific Advisory Board Member, Medifron DBT: 2006-Current