Dong Pyo Kim's Biography

Dong Pyo Kim, Changjiang Scholar, Intelligent Microfluidics for Advanced Theranostics Lab, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Prof. Kim is a Yangtze River chair professor of HIT-Shenzhen, leading to innovative microfluidics for advanced theranostics from 2025, by shifting from POSTECH in Korea. He obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry and a postdoctoral degree in materials engineering, and worked at a national lab and a university for over 30 years in total, since 1993. His career in microfluidic-based continuous-flow synthetic processes encompasses the manufacturing of APIs and bespoke drug delivery systems, as well as the recent development of AI-based autonomous and integrated processes for biopharmaceuticals. He has published 350 peer-reviewed papers and 50 patents. He received the Academic Excellence Award (2017, Korean Chemical Society), Severo Ochoa Visiting Fellowship (2017, Spain), the POSTECHIAN of the Year (2016, POSTECH), The Scientist of the Month (2016, NRF), Yonsan chaired professor (POSTECH,2017), Henry McGee Lecturer (Virginia State Univ, 2021).