Principal Investigator

Jieung Baek, Ph. D

Division of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, ELTEC College of Engineering

Ewha Womans University

Email: jieungbaek@ewha.ac.kr  

Phone:  02)-3277-3587

Office: Jinseonmi-gwan Room 320


Education

PhD, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2015-2019

            Research Advisor: Prof. Sung Gap Im

MS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2013-2015

BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, 2009-2013

Professional Experiences

Assistant Professor, Division of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 2023.03 - present

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley, 2019.03 - 2023.02

                                                      Research Advisor: Prof. Sanjay Kumar and Prof. David V. Schaffer

Visiting Researcher, Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley, 2016.02 - 2016.09

Selected Awards and Honors

Best Presentation Award, The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials, 2023

Young Scientist Award, Korean and Japanese Society for Biomaterials, 2023

Innox Young Scientist Award, The Polymer Society of Korea (PSK), 2023

Siebel Stem Cell Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Siebel Stem Cell Institute (UC Berkeley - Stanford University), 2019

KIST Best Research Award, Korean Society for Biochemistry  and Molecular Biology (KSBMB), 2017

Best Academic Award, Korean Society for Biomaterials (20th Anniversary International Symposium), 2016


Professional Services

여성생명과학기술포럼 (Women's Bioscience Forum)  운영위원 (2024)

한국고분자학회 (The Polymer Society of Korea) 의료용 고분자 분과 운영위원 (2024)

한국생체재료학회 (The Korea Society of Biomaterials) 학술위원 (2023-2024)

한국공업화학회 (The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry) 생체재료분과회 학술간사 (2023-2024)