Yoon-Kyoung Cho
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Dean, College of Information and Biotechnology
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
103-106, UNISTgil 50, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
ykcho@unist.ac.kr
EDUCATION
1994.08 - 1999.05.
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA
Thesis: Structure and Dynamics of Confined Molecules
Advisor: Prof. Steve Granick
1992.03 - 1994.02.
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea
Thesis: Development of Ceramic Membranes for CO2 Separation Using Sol-Gel Reaction,
Advisor: Prof. Kunhong Lee
1988.03 - 1992.02
B.S. in Chemical Engineering., POSTECH, Korea
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024.09 –Present
Professor, Biomedical Engineering,
Dean, College of Information and Biotechnology, UNIST, Korea
2016.09 –2024.12.
Group leader, Center for soft and Living Matter, IBS, Korea
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST, Korea
2015.11 –2016.08
Group leader, Center for soft and Living Matter, IBS, Korea
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST, Korea
2014.03 -2015.10
Associate Professor, Chair, School of Life Sciences, UNIST, Korea
2010.09 -2014.02
Associate Professor, Chair, School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, Korea
2008.07 - 2010.08
Assistant Professor, Chair, School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, Korea
1999.06 - 2008.07
Senior Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Korea.
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Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), Korea (2024)
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Vice president, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, CBMS (2024-2025)
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National Top 100 R&D Performances, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea (2023)
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Presidential Citation Ribbon, Korea (2023)
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National Top 100 R&D Performances, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea (2022)
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Outstanding Citizen Award 2021 (Academic/Science), Ulsan Metropolitan City, Korea (2021)
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Outstanding Faculty Award 2020, UNIST, Korea (2021)
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Associate Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), Korea (2021)
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BRIC Top 5 Research in 2020, Bioengineering, Korea (2020)
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Board of directors, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, CBMS (2019)
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National Top 100 R&D Performances, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea (2019)
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Ministry commendation, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea (2017)
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Invited lecture at the Nobel Symposium on Microfluidics, Sweden (2017)
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BRIC Top 5 Research in 2017, Bioengineering, Korea (2017)
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Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2016)
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Science Mentor Award, Woman in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET), DongA Science, Korea (2015)
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Distinguished Service Award, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers, Korea (2014)
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Distinguished Service Medal, Biochip Society, Korea (2012)
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Best Faculty of the Year Award, UNIST (2012)
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Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Minister Award, Korea (2011)
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Korean Woman Engineer of the Year, Young Engineering Award, Korea Venture Business Women’s Association (2010)
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National Research Foundation (NRF) Award for Young Mentors, Korea (2009)
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SAMSUNG CEO’s Award for Best Technology Achievement of the Year, Korea (2007)
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SAMSUNG Best Paper Award, SAMSUNG group, Silver Prize, Korea (2007)
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Frontier Research Award, Lab-on-a-Disc Project, SAIT, Korea (2007)
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Breakthrough Technology Award, Lab-on-a-Disc Project, SAIT, Korea (2007)
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Outstanding Researcher Award, Bio Device Research Lab. SAIT, Korea (2006)
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SAMSUNG Best Paper Award, SAMSUNG group, Bronze Prize Paper, Korea (2004)
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SAMSUNG CEO’s Award for Best Technology Achievement of the Year, Korea (2004)
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Six Sigma Best Practice Award, SAIT, Korea (2004)
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Six Sigma Best Practice Award, SAIT, Korea (2003)
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Breakthrough Technology Award, MicroPCR Project, SAIT, Korea (2003)
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The Racheff Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC, USA (1998)
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Research Assistantship, UIUC, USA (1994-1999)
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Hyogok scholarship, POSTECH, Korea (1988-1992)