1994.05: Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
1986.02: M.S., Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
1984.02: B.S., Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Work Experience
2022-Present: Vice-President for Research, Chung-Ang University
2022-Present: Chief Review Board Member, National Research Foundation of Korea
2020: Chair: Analytical Chemistry Division of Korean Chemical Society
2019-Present: Distinguished Professor, Chung-Ang University
2015-2019: Distinguished Professor, Hanyang University
2015: President, Korean Biochip Society
2014-2016: Planning and Review Committee Member, Samsung Technology Foundation
2013-2013: President, Korean SRC/ERC Director Association
2012-2015: Review Board Member, Ministry of Science and Technology
2010-2014: Review Board Member, National Research Foundation
2010-2014: Vice-Director, Hanyang Biomedical Research Institute
2009-2011: Director, Institute of Nanosensor Technology
2009-2011: Head, Department of Bionano Engineering at Hanyang University
2003-2004: Visiting Scholar, Biomedical Engineering Institute, University of Toronto, Canada
Awards
2021. 11.: Prime Minister’s Commendation (Contribution to Medical Device Development)
2021. 09.: CAU R&D Honors Members (Contribution to Excellent Research Grants)
2019. 11.: CAU Distinguished Scholar Award (Honor Class)
2019.10.: Taikyue Ree Academic Award, Korean Chemical Society
2018. 03.: Research Excellence Award, Hanyang University
2016. 11.: Best Research Award, Korean Biochip Society
2016. 09: Top Ten Reviewers for Analyst & Integrative Biology, Royal Society of Chemistry
2015. 05: Baiknam Distinguished Professorship, Hanyang University
2015. 01: Research Excellence Award, Hanyang University
2014. 10: Biochip Journal “Most Cited Paper” Award, Korean Biochip Society
2014. 06: Ministerial Citation, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
2013.07: Best Paper Award, Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies
2012. 02: Best Research ERC Center, NRF of Korea (Director)
2011.09: Top 50 Research Award, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
2011. 09: Top 100 Research Proposal Reviewers, National Research Foundation of Korea
2011.05: Research Excellence Award, Hanyang University
2010.05: Research Excellence Award, Hanyang University
Research Center Experiences
2020-Present: Director, Biomedical Diagnostics Research Center (ERC supported by NRF)
2013-2019: Director, BK-21 Plus Program “Bionano Fusion Technology”
2009-2018: Director, Global Research Laboratory with ETH, Zurich (GRL supported by NRF)
2008-2014: Director, Center for Integrated Human Sensing System (ERC supported by NRF)
Editorial Services
2018. 03. – Present Analyst, Royal Society of Chemistry, Associate Editor
2022. 01. – Present ACS Sensors, American Chemical Society, Editorial Board
2019. 08. – Present Clinical Spectroscopy, Elsevier, Editorial Board
2009. 01. – Present, J. Mol. Struct., Elsevier, Editorial Board
2007. 01. – Present, Biochip Journal, Springer, Advisory Editor
Research Achievements
Total citation: 19423, h-index: 72, i10-index: 210 (by Google Scholar, 03/06/2023)
Published 306 papers in refereed journals
170 invited lectures at conferences and Universities
Selected Publication
1. “Rapid and accurate on-site immunodiagnostics of highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 using portable surface-enhanced Raman scattering-lateral flow assay reader”
ACS Sen., 7, 3470-3480 (2022).
2. “Sensitive and reproducible detection of SARS-CoV-2 using SERS-based microdroplet sensor”
Chem. Eng. J. 446, 137085 (2022).
3. “Raman thermometry nanopipettes in cancer photothermal therapy”
Anal. Chem. 94, 6463-6472 (2022).
4. “Surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based immunoassay for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”
Biosens. Bioelectron., 202, 114008 (2022).
5. “SERS-PCR Assays of SARS-CoV-2 target genes using Au nanoparticles-internalized Au nanodimple substrates”
Biosens. Bioelectron., 197, 113736 (2022).
6. “Reproducible and sensitive plasmonic sensing platforms based on Au-nanoparticle-internalized nanodimpled substrate”
Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 113525 (2021).
7. “SERS-based serodiagnosis of acute febrile diseases using plasmonic nanopopcorn microarray platforms”
Biosens. Bioelectron., 192, 113525 (2022).
8. “Sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 using SERS-based aptasensor”
ACS Sen., 6, 2378-2385 (2021).
9. “SERS-based dual-flow lateral flow assay sensor for the ultrasensitive detection of thyroid-stimulating hormone”
Anal. Chem. 93, 6673-6681 (2021).
10. “Molecular imprinting: Green perspectives and strategies”
Adv. Mater. 33, 12100543 (2021).