Autor: Suhun Chae

Prof. Jinah Jang received her Ph D at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in Korea, and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at POSTECH and the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Washington. She is now an Associate Professor in Convergence IT Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and at the School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering. She has published more than 110 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals in the area of bioprinting and tissue engineering. Her h-index and citations are 42 and more than 8, 270, respectively (by Google Scholar). She has received numerous awards including the SME 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Engineer Award (2022), and Korea Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (2021) award. Her research interest lies in engineering functional human tissues using high-performance stem cells and printable biomaterials-based 3D bioprinting technology. Dr. Suhun Chae is a research team director at EDmic Bio Inc. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, in 2015, and completed his Ph D in Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH in 2021. His current research interests include 3D bioprinting of organ-on-a-chip platforms and their commercialization for research use. Dr. Jungbin Yoon is a research professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH. She received her bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto in 2011. She completed her Ph.D. at the School of Biological Sciences at Seoul National University in 2019. Her current research interests include developing an integrative multi-organ-on-a-chip by utilizing multi-biofabrication techniques, including 3D bioprinting technology and tissue-specific bioinks. Dr. Hyeonji Kim is a research professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH . She received her bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, in 2013 and 2020, respectively. Her current research interests include 3D bioprinting of human-scale tissue/organ equivalents and the development of regenerative medicine based on tissue-specific bioinks. Wonbin Park is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH. She received her bachelor’s degree from the Department of Molecular Biology at Pusan National University in 2018. Her current research focuses on the development of in vitro blood vessel models, in vitro metastatic cancer models, and tissue-engineered vascular grafts using 3D bioprinting technology and tissue-derived extracellular matrix bioinks.