Principal Investigator

Hyun-Kyu Choi 최현규, Ph.D.

Investigator of Mechanobiology Laboratory
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry
College of Life Science & Biotechnology
Yonsei University
Seoul 03722, South Korea
Office : S429, Science Center (Building 323)
Office Phone : (+82)02-2123-2704
E-mail : hkchoi@yonsei.ac.kr

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea.
Mar.2015 - Aug.2020
B.S. in Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea.
Feb.2011 - Feb.2015

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, South Korea.
Department of Biochemistry (Biochemistry Dept @ Yonsei Univ)
Mar.2024 - Present.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology (GT), United States.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jan.2021 - Dec.2023.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea.
School of Biological Sciences
Sep.2020 - Dec.2020.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 2021–2022.

The Best Paper Award, Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University (SNU), 2019
Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, The Korean Physical Society (KPS), 2016
Outstanding Poster Award, The Korean Biophysical Society (KBPS), 2016
Excellent Research Award, Undergraduate Research Program, KAIST, 2014
Academic Excellent Scholarship, KAIST, 2014
Academic Excellent Scholarship, KAIST, 2014
Honor Scholarship, KAIST Alumni Scholarship Foundation, 2014