Principal Investigator
Professor Hyunjoon Kong
Robert W. Schaefer Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Departments of Bioengineering and Pathobiology
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Regenerative Biology & Tissue Engineering research theme at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.
Chan Zukerberg Biohub Chicago
hjkong06@illinois.edu
108 Roger Adams Laboratory
Post Doctoral Researchers
Yujin Ahn
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
Junggeon Park
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Postdoctoral Researcher
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2024
Ph.D.
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2023
B.S.
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2017
Graduate students
Amanda Weiss
Molecular and integrative Physiology
MBM-NSF Trainee
Co-advised with Prof. Gillette
B.S.
Muhlenberg College, 2015
Jason Wang
Bioengineering
B.S.
Vandervilt University
Kai-Yu Huang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.S.
National Taiwan university, 2017
Joanne Hwang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.S.
National Tsing Hua University, 2018
Will Baker
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
MBM-NSF Trainee
Co-advised with Prof. Leckband
B.S.
University of Alabama, 2020
Sehong Kang
Mechanical Science and Engineering
M.S.
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 2020
B.S.
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 2018
John Lee
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.S.
The Ohio State University, 2021
ShengZhe Ding
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.S.
Pennsylvania State university, 2021
Daniel Um
Bioengineering
M.S.
Yonsei University, 2020
B.S.
Gachon University, 2018
Deborah Zhang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
M. Eng.
Cornell University,2022
B.S.
Cornell university, 2021
Patrick Hester
Bioengineering
B.S.
University of Cincinnati, 2023
Aryaman Joshi
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.Tech.
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, 2023
Freddy Ward
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.S.
University of Tulsa, 2023
Christian Hurd
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.S.
University of Texas-Austin, 2023
Undergraduate Students
Raffi Sarafian
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Eben Lee
Mechanical Science and Engineering
Jonathan Bustos
Aerospace Engineering
Lab Doggy
Melody
Fetch and Tug Engineering, Ph.D. program
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