Senior Researchers
Vijaya Sunkara
Surface chemistry, Nanobiosensors
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Post Doc. @ FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST (2009 ~ Present)
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Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Jawaharfal Nehru Tech. Univ., Hyderabad, A.P., India (2004)
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M.S., Organic Chemistry, Osmania Univ., Hyderabad, A. P., India (1998)
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B.S., Chemistry, Botany and Microbiology, Osmania Univ., Hyderabad, A.P., India (1995)
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E-mail : vijaya@unist.ac.kr
Sumit Kumar
Nano-bio Engineering, Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
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Post Doc.@ IBS Center for Soft and Living Matter(2017 ~ Present)
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Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University (2014)
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M.S., Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India (2008)
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B.Sc., M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, India (2005)
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E-mail : sumitwithchem@gmail.com
Mamata Karmacharya
Plasmonic engineering, cancer cell detection
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Post Doc., Institute for Basic Science, Center for Soft and Living Matter (2023 ~Present)
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Ph.D @ FRUITS Lab, Chemical engineering, UNIST (2023)
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M.S., Microbiology in Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2017)
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B.S., General microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2013)
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E-mail: Karmacharyamamata@gmail.com
Reza Derakhshan
Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-Disc, Liquid Biopsy
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Postdoc. @ FRUITS Lab, UNIST (2026 - Present)
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran (2025)
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M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran (2020)
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B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran (2017)
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E-mail: reza@unist.ac.kr
Graduate Students
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Jungmin Kim
Lab-on-a-disc, Liquid biopsy
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Combined M.S & Ph.D. @ FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST (2020 ~ Present)
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B.S. Biological Science, Ajou university, Korea (2018)
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Email: rubyjmk@gmail.com
Jooyoung Ro
Organ-on-a-chip
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Combined M.S & Ph.D. @FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST (2020~Present)
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B.S. Life Science, Handong University, Korea (2020)
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Email: shwndud0705@gmail.com
Jiyun Han
Nucleic acid detection with Lab-on-a-disc
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Combined M.S & Ph.D @FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST(2022-Present)
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B.S. Biomedical Engineering, UNIST, Korea (2022)
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Email: jy.polaris@unist.ac.kr
Joonho Kwon
Neuroscience, Diagnosis and Therapy
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Ph.D @FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST-IBS Neuroscience scholarship (2022-Present)
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Researcher, Center for cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science (2022)
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Researcher, Infection and immunity Research Laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (2021)
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Technical Research Personnel, College of Medicine, Seoul National University (2020)
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M.S. Division of Life Science, Korea University (2017)
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B.S. Biological Sciences, Chonnam National University, Korea (2015)
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Email: kwonjoonho@unist.ac.kr
Hyunmin Choi
EV-based liquid biopsy, Electrochemical biosensors
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Combined M.S & Ph.D @FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST(2023-Present)
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B.S. Life Science, UNIST, Korea (2023)
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Email: moran9687@unist.ac.kr
Taewon Son
Micro fluidics, Automation
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Combined M.S & Ph.D @FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST(2024-Present)
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B.S. Biomedical Engineering, UNIST, Korea (2019~2024)
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E-mail : sontw0622@unist.ac.kr
Yeongchae Cho
lab-on-a-disc, liquid biopsy
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Combined M.S & Ph.D. @ FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST (2025 ~ Present)
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B.S. Biomaterial science, Pusan National University, Korea (2025)
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E-mail : cyc0607@unist.ac.kr
Hoomin Park
Organ-on-a-chip
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Combined M.S & Ph.D. @ FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST (2026 ~ Present)
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B.S. Molecular Medicine, Hanyang University ERICA (2026)
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E-mail : hoomin.park@unist.ac.kr
Interns
Minseo Kwon
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B.S. Biomedical Engineering , UNIST , Korea (2022~present)
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E-mail : minse0@unist.ac.kr
Joeun Kim
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B.S. Biomedical Engineering , UNIST , Korea (2023~present)
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E-mail : jekim@unist.ac.kr
Hyeri Cho
B.S. Biomedical Engineering , UNIST , Korea (2023~present)
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E-mail: hyerischoice@unist.ac.kr
Jingeon Wi
B.S. Computer Science Engineering & Biomedical Engineering, UNIST , Korea (2024~present)
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E-mail: jingeonwi@unist.ac.kr
Subin Park
B.S. Biomedical Engineering , UNIST , Korea (2025~present)
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E-mail : bin0890@unist.ac.kr
Minho Kwak
B.S. Biomedical Engineering , UNIST , Korea (2024~present)
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E-mail : minho353535@unist.ac.kr
Haram Lee
B.S. Biomedical Engineering & Chemistry , UNIST , Korea (2024~present)
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E-mail : halamingming@unist.ac.kr
Juhee Kim
Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Researcher @ FRUITS Lab, Biomedical Engineering, UNIST (2025 ~ Present)
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M.S. Applied optics biomedical engineering, Dankook Univ., Korea (2023)
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B.S. Microbiology, Dankook Univ., Korea (2020)
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E-mail : wn3355@unist.ac.kr