Current Members
Principal Investigator
Professor Hyunjoon Kong
Robert W. Schaefer Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Departments of Bioengineering and Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering research theme at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.
(217) 333-1178
hjkong 06@illinois.edu
108 Roger Adams Laboratory
Our team
Post Doctoral Researchers
Eun Mi Kim
Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hanyang university, 2020
Ph.D.
Hanyang University, 2020
B.S.
Dankook University, 2014
Yujin Ahn
Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2022
Ph.D.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2020
B.S.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 2014
Our team
Graduatestudents
Ryan Miller
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ph.D. program
SURGE Fellow
B.S.
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018
Eman Elhag Abdel Hamed
Neuroscience, Ph.D. program
Illinois Neuroscience Fellowship
Co-advised with Prof. Gillette
MD
University of Alexandria, 2016
MSc Advanced Neuroimaging candidate,
University College London
FEBNS candidate,
The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
Amanda Weiss
Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Ph.D. program
MBM-NSF Trainee
Co-advised with Prof. Gillette
B.S.
Muhlenberg College, 2015
Jason Wang
Bioengineering, Ph.D. program
Co-advised with Prof. Roy Dar
B.S.
Vanderbilt University,
Kai-Yu Huang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ph.D. program
B.S.
National Taiwan University, 2017
Joanne Hwang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ph.D. program
B.S.
National Tsing Hua University, 2018
Will Baker
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ph.D. program
MBM-NSF Trainee
Co-advised with Prof. Leckband
B.S.
University of Alabama, 2020
Sehong Kang
Mechanical and Science Engineering, Ph.D. program
M.S.
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 2020
B.S.
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 2018
Joohun (John) Lee
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ph.D. program
B.S.
The Ohio State University, 2021
Shengzhe Ding
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ph.D. program
B.S.
Pennsylvania State University, 2021
Daniel Um
Bioengineering, Ph.D. program
M.S.
Yonsei University, 2020
B.S.
Gachon University, 2018
Deborah Zhang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ph.D. program
M.Eng.
Cornell University, 2022
B.S.
Cornell University, 2021
Visiting Scholars
Seulgi Kim
Chemical engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Ph.D program
B.S.
Hanyang University
Undergraduate students
Raffi Sarrafian
Lab Doggy
Melody
Fetch and tug Engineering, Ph.D program
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