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
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.
Editorial Review Board Member,
Mechanobiology, 2025 - Present
Editorial Board Member,
Molecules and Cells, 2025 - Present
Committee member,
KAI (The Korean Association of Immunologists), 2026
Committee member,
KSBMB (The Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), 2026
Committee member,
The Korean Biophysical Society, 2024 - Present.
Committee member,
FAOBMB (Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists), 2025
Division of Biological Physics, The Korean Physical Society
The Korean Biophysical Society
The Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Korean Association of Immunologists
2025 Outstanding Teaching Award, Yonsei University, 2026
Yuhan Innovation Program (YIP) Fellowship, Yuhan Corporation, 2025
2024 Outstanding Teaching Award, Yonsei University, 2025
Postdoctoral Fellowship, 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