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Keisuke GodaProfessor of Chemistry, University of Tokyo and Adjunct Professor, Wuhan University Keisuke Goda is a professor of chemistry at the University of Tokyo. He obtained a BA degree from UC Berkeley summa cum laude in 2001 and a PhD from MIT in 2007, both in physics. At MIT, he worked on the development of gravitational-wave detectors in the LIGO group which led to the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics. After several years of work on high-speed imaging and microfluidics at Caltech and UCLA, he joined the University of Tokyo as a professor. His research group focuses on the development of serendipity-enabling technologies based on molecular imaging and spectroscopy together with microfluidics and computational analytics. His pioneering work has been published in a number of top journals such as Nature and Cell. He has received numerous honors and prizes including Japan Academy Medal, Yomiuri Gold Medal, and JSPS Prize. |
Man Bock GuProfessor & Chair, Department of Biotechnology, Korea University; Director, BK21 PLUS for Biotechnology Dr. Man Bock Gu is a professor, the department chair, and the director of BK21 PLUS School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology in the Department of Biotechnology at Korea University, Seoul, Rep. of Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA in 1994, and completed his postdoctoral studies in Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, USA in 1995, where he worked on the bioluminescent bacterial biosensors with Dr. Robert LaRossa at DuPont Central Research & Development. He had been a PI of the National Research Lab (NRL) on Biosensors, while he was a professor at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Rep. of Korea, from 1996 to 2005. Prof. Gu has received a few fellowships and awards, including an Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship, many awards from the Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB), and Prime Minister’s Commendation and Citation Ribbon for Research from Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea. Prof. Gu was a president of Korean Biochip Society in 2014. He is a regular member of Korean Association of Science and Technology (KAST) since 2015. He has edited a few books, authored many book chapters, hold numerous patents, and published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers. His current research interests include the innovations on aptamers, enzymes, and cells with various nano-size materials, nanocomposites, and nanofibers and microbeads for biosensing, imaging, and other applications. |
Jong-In HongProfessor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University B.S. Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University |
Roger KammCecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Kamm is currently the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where he has served on the faculty since 1978. Kamm has long been instrumental in developing research activities at the interface of biology and mechanics, formerly in cell and molecular mechanics, and now in engineered living systems. Current interests are in developing models of healthy and diseased organ function using microfluidic technologies, with a focus on vascularization, metastatic cancer and neurological disease. Kamm has fostered biomechanics as Chair of the US National Committee on Biomechanics (2006-2009) and of the World Council on Biomechanics (2006-2010). For 10 years, he was Director of the NSF Science and Technology Center on Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems. He is the 2010 recipient of the ASME Lissner Medal and the 2015 recipient of the Huiskes Medal, both for lifetime achievements, and was the inaugural recipient of the ASME Nerem Medal for mentoring and education. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2010 and Engineering in 2022. Kamm is co-founder of AIM Biotech, a manufacturer of microfluidic systems for 3D culture. |
Hyun-Duck KimProfessor, Seoul National University Dr. Kim received his Doctor of Dental Surgery and PhD for Public Health Dentistry from Seoul National University School of Dentistry. He worked as a visiting scientist in the Department of Oral health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1998-1999 and 2006-2007, and in the Depart of Periodontology, UNC in 2000. Now, he is a tenure-track professor in the Department of Preventive and Social dentistry, SNU SOD. He serviced as vice-dean during 2010-2011 and the Chairman of the Department of Preventive and Social dentistry during 2012-2013. He has published and presented more than 200 topics, papers and books. |
Chwee Teck LimNUS Society Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Professor Chwee Teck LIM is the NUS Society Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Institute for Health Innovation and Technology at the National University of Singapore. His research interest is in the development of microfluidic technologies for applications in disease diagnosis and health monitoring. He has co-authored over 470 journal publications and is also a serial entrepreneur having started six companies. Prof Lim is an Elected Fellow of seven academies including the US National Academy of Inventors, IUPESM, AIMBE, IAMBE, AAET, among others. He and his team have garnered numerous research awards and honours including Asia’s Most Influential Scientist, Highly Cited Researcher, Asian Scientists 100, Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award (Gold) and the President's Technology Award among others. |
Victor UgazProfessor & Interim Department Head, Texas A&M University Victor M. Ugaz is a Professor and Interim Department Head in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds the title of Carolyn S. & Tommie E. Lohman '59 Professor in Engineering Education and serves as Chair of the interdisciplinary Master of Biotechnology (MBIOT) program. Dr. Ugaz’s research interests involve developing microfluidic systems to enable fast and inexpensive medical diagnostics and to understand the spontaneous organization of chemical building blocks essential to the origin of life. |
An-Bang WangDistinguished Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University He is honored as distinguished professor at National Taiwan University since 2020. He became a full professor of the Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University in 2001. In the period from 2002 to 2004, he served as the director of Optomechatronics Education Resource center, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC. From 2004 to 2008, he served as the chairman of the display technology Education Program and counselor of advisory office, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC. He has been honored with the 2013 Distinguished Engineering Professor Award granted by Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE), Taiwan, ROC. From 2014 to 2016, he was elected as vice president of International Society of Coating Science and Technology. His current research interests include advanced coating & 3D-printing technology, microfluidic platform for biomedical and industrial applications, display & optomechatronic systems, and biomimetics. |
