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
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
Lab Doggy

Melody
Fetch and Tug Engineering, Ph.D. program
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