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Principal Investigator
	Hyunjoon Kong Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2001 M.S. Hanyang University, 1995 B.S. Hanyang University 1992

Lab manager
	Amy Kaczmarowski M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin, 2009 B.A. University of Houston, 2003

visiting researcher
	Haekwang Lee Chief Scientist, Amorepacific R&D Center Ph.D. Yonsei University, 2006 M.S. Sogang University, 1990 B.S. Sogang University, 1987

Postdoctoral Researchers
	Jaehyun Jeong Ph.D. Korea Advanced Institue of Science and Technology, 2007 M.S. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 2003 B.S. Yonsei University, 2001
	Andrew Zill Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry 2011 B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Biochemistry 2000
	Nihan Yonet-Tanyeri Ph.D University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 M.S. Istanbul Technical University, 2004 B.S. Fatih University, 2002

Graduate Students
	John Schmidt M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
	Cathy Chu Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
	Ross DeVolder B.S. University of Iowa, 2008 Chemical and Biomlecular Engineering
	Youyun Liang B.Eng. National University of Singapore, 2008 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Multi-Institutional Program, National University of Singapore
	Mei-Hsiu Lai M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 M.S. National Taiwan University, 2008 B.S. National Taiwan University, 2006 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
	Johana Vega B.S. Oglethorpe University, 2007 Neuroscience, co-advised with Professor Deborah Leckband
	Vincent Chan M.S. Purdue University, 2008 B.S. Johns Hopkins University, 2006 Bioengineering, co-advised with Professor Rashid Bashir
	Cartney Smith B.S. Brown University, 2006 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
	Max Rich B.S. Johns Hopkins University, 2010 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

	Eleni V. Antoniadou M.S. University College London, Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, 2010 B.S. University of Central Greece, Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, 2009 Bioengineering

	Nick Clay B.S University of Michigan, 2011 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

	Ian Baek M.S. Hanyang University, Korea 2009 B.S. Hanyang University, Korea 2007 Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Ethan Self Natalie Swider Bao Zhong Zhang

ALUMNI
	Chaenyung Cha Ph.D., MS Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 B.S. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 2007 Chemistry
	Soonnam Oh Assistant Professor of Radiology, College of Medicine, Cathlolic University of Korea Ph.D., M.S. Catholic University of Korea, 2005 B.S. Catholic University of Korea, 1997
	Richie Kohman Postdoctoral Researcher, Boston University Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 B.S. Santa Clara University, 2003

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Last Updated: 12/28/2011