Laurensia Danis Anggradita, Phj.D.

​

- MS/Ph.D. student

- Email: laurensiadanis@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Laurensia received her B.S. degree in the Department of Biology at Atma Jaya Catholic Univ. in 2019 and joined Hwang Lab in 2019 Spring. Her current Ph.D. research work focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of keloid skin disorders and recapitulation of 3D keloid skin microenvironment using skin tissue-derived decellularized extracellular matrix as a 3D printable bioink.

- Recipient ​of 1st Place Winner for 2021 Summer Undergrad-Grad Joint Internship Program funded by SCH Univ. (2021학년도 하계방학 학부생-대학원 연구실 인턴프로그램 대상 수상: Beyond Cell)

- Best Oral Presentation Award (April 15, 2022, 2022 KSBB Spring Meeting and International Symposium)

- BRIC NEWS (Link), ​한빛사 등재 (Link) ​순천향대학교 (Link)

Graduate Students (Ph.D. course)

Juyeon Kim

​

- MS/Ph.D. student

- Email: ehowl1761@naver.com 

- Brief Biography: Juyeon received her B.S. degree in the Division of Biological Science at Wonkwang Univ. and joined Hwang Lab in 2021 Fall as a MS student and her current M.S. research work focuses on myogenesis of patient-derived stem cells.

- Best Research Award (May 12, 2023, 2023 KSBB Spring Meeting and International Symposium) (News Link)

- BK21 해외연수지원 프로그램 (4주): Univ. of Western Australia (PI: Prof. Yu Suk Choi) 

- Best Poster Presentation Award (May 2, 2025, 25th Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, KTERMS) 

Delgerzul Baatar, M.S.

​​

- Ph.D. student

- Email: bdelgerzul@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Delgerzul received her BS degree in Biology at National University of Mongolia and her MS degree in the Department of Animal Life and Environmental Science at Hankyung National University in 2018 and joined Hwang Lab as a graduate student staring on September 1, 2024.

Wonjong Seon

​​

- MS/Ph.D. student

- Email: swj7852@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Wonjong received his BS degree in the Department of Clinical Pathology at Kangwon National University on August 2024 and joined Hwang Lab as a M.S./Ph.D. combined student on August  2024

Swaminadhan Dandapani, M.S.

​​

- Ph.D. student

- Email: dswaminadhan.0305@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Swaminadhan received his MS degree in Department of Molecular Medicine Biology at Saveetha University, India in 2024 and will join Hwang Lab as a graduate student staring on March 1, 2025

Ei Shwe Yi Phoo, M.D.

​​​

- Ph.D. student

- Email: esyphoo@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Ei Shwe received her MD degree at University of Medicine Magway, Myanmar, her BS degree from Soonchunhyang University, and will join Hwang Lab as a graduate student staring on March 1, 2025

Graduate Students (M.S. course)

Le Anh Nguyet (Selena) 

​

- MS student

- Email: leanhnguyet_t62@hus.edu.vn

- Brief Biography: Selena received her M.S. degree in Vietnam National University, Hanoi on July, 2021. She joined Hwang Lab in 2023 Spring as a MS student and her current M.S. research work focuses on pathobiology of lymphedema

Muskaan Gurung

​

- MS student

- Email: muskaang838@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Muskaan received her B.S. degree in North Bengal St.Xavier's College, Rajganj, West Bengal, India, and joined Hwang Lab in 2023 Winter as a MS student and her current M.S. research work focuses on understanding pterygium diseases pathophysiology.

- Recipient ​of Global Korea Scholarship (GKS)​​

Taekyun Kim, B.S.

​​​​

- M.S. student

- Email: ktk5959@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Taekyun received his B.S. from Soonchunhyang University, and will join Hwang Lab as a graduate student staring on March 1, 2025.

Research Scientists

Jiwon Son, M.S.

​

- Research Scientist

- Email: pearl3717@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Jiwon received her MS degree in the Department of Dermatology at Korea University in 2020 and joined Hwang Lab on December 1, 2020.

- Best Poster Presentation Award (June 18, 2021, 22nd KTERMS)​​​

Exchange Students (Current)

Joselyn Phoebe

​​​

- Exchange undergraduate student (6-month internship)

- Email: 

- Brief Biography: Joselyn is an undergraduate student at AJCU and joined Hwang Lab on March 1, 2025 as an exchange undergraduate student  from Atma Jaya Catholic University (AJCU), Indonesia

Gizella Els Gerardine

​​​

-  Exchange undergraduate student (6-month internship)

-  Email: 

-  Brief Biography: Joselyn is an undergraduate student at AJCU and joined Hwang Lab on March 1, 2025 as an exchange undergraduate student  from Atma Jaya Catholic University (AJCU), Indonesia. 

Alumni (Ph.D. students)

Yunhye Kim, Ph.D,

-  Previous Position: MS/Ph.D. combined student (Mar 2016 - Aug 2022)

-  Email: kyhye4@naver.com

-  Brief Biography: Yunhye received her B.S. degree in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at Soonchunhyang University in 2015 and joined Hwang Lab in 2016 Spring. Her current Ph.D. research work focuses on understanding the roles of LMNA in chondrocyte de-differentiation and its application.

-  Ph.D. thesis: Deciphering the role of cell-matrix interaction in regulating chondrocyte phenotypes using cell traction and intracellular force microscopy

-  Recipient ​of Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (학문후속세대지원사업, 박사과정생연구장려금) (2020-2022)

-  Best Poster Presentation Award (2018 Aug, Korean Society for Stem Cell Research)

-  Best Poster Presentation Award (2018 Feb, Korean Society for Stem Cell Research)

-  Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA

Ji Hoon Jeong, Ph.D.

​

-  Previous Position: Ph.D. student (Mar 2020 - Aug 2024)

-  Email: ksku2012@naver.com

-  Brief Biography: Jihoon received his B.S. degree in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at Soonchunhyang University in 2018 and joined Hwang Lab in 2018 Spring. His currently research work focuses on chondrogenesis and insulin-producing pancreatic beta cell differentiation of human embryonic stem cells through cell-matrix interaction by harnessing GF-immobilized matrix and cell surface modification.​

-  Ph.D. thesis: Deciphering the role of engineered cell-matrix interfaces in modulating cell fate for treating metabolic diseases

-  Recipient ​of Asan Graduate Scholarship (Biomedical Science) from Asan Foundation (2022년도 의생명과학분야 국내 대학원 장학사업, 아산사회복지재단) (2022 Mar - current) (News Link)

-  2022 대한내분비학회 춘계학술대회 및 학연산 심포지엄 "우수연제상" 수상 (April 9, 2022) (News Link)

-  2022 대한당뇨병학회 춘계학술대회 "우수연제상" 수상 (May 14, 2022) (News Link)

-  Recipient ​of Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (학문후속세대지원사업, 박사과정생연구장려금) (2022-2024) (News Link)

-  BRIC NEWS (Link), ​한빛사 등재 (Link) ​

-  ​헬스조선 인터뷰 (Link)

-  BK21 해외연수지원 프로그램 (4주): Univ. of Western Australia (PI: Prof. Yu Suk Choi) 

- 2024 World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) "우수연제상" 수상 (April 9, 2024) 

- Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, SIMS, Korea

Laurensia Danis Anggradita, Ph.D.

- Previous Position: Ph.D. student (Mar 2019 - Feb 2025)

- Email: laurensiadanis@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Laurensia received her B.S. degree in the Department of Biology at Atma Jaya Catholic Univ. in 2019 and joined Hwang Lab in 2019 Spring. Her current Ph.D. research work focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of keloid skin disorders and recapitulation of 3D keloid skin microenvironment using skin tissue-derived decellularized extracellular matrix as a 3D printable bioink.

- Recipient ​of 1st Place Winner for 2021 Summer Undergrad-Grad Joint Internship Program funded by SCH Univ. (2021학년도 하계방학 학부생-대학원 연구실 인턴프로그램 대상 수상: Beyond Cell)

- Best Oral Presentation Award (April 15, 2022, 2022 KSBB Spring Meeting and International Symposium)

- BRIC NEWS (Link), ​한빛사 등재 (Link) ​순천향대학교 (Link)

Alumni (M.S. students)

Mona Fendereski, M.S.

- Previous position: MS student (Mar 2015 - Feb 2017)

- Email: mona.fendereski@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Mona received her B.S. degree in the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology at  Isfahan University in 2012 and joined Hwang Lab in 2015.

- M.S. thesis: Understanding roles of biomimetic matrix-based cues on regulation of myogenic differentiation

- Graduation date: 2017 February

- Current Position: Assistant Director, ScienCell Research Laboratories, Carlsbad, CA, USA

Ji Hoon Jeong, M.S.

​

- Previous position: MS student (Mar 2018 - Feb 2020)

- Email: ksku2012@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Jihoon received his B.S. degree in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at Soonchunhyang University in 2018 and joined Hwang Lab in 2018 Spring. 

- Current Position: Ph.D. student at Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS)

Kyungmu Noh, M.S.

​

- Previous position: MS student (Mar 2020 - Feb 2022)

- Email: shrudan1@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Kyungmu received his B.S. degree in the Department of Medical Biotechnology at Soonchunhyang University in 2020 March and joined Hwang Lab in 2019 Fall as an undergraduate volunteer researcher. His current M.S. research work focuses on the development of functional conjunctiva tissues using the patient’s conjunctiva-derived epithelial cells and fibroblasts, and understanding the molecular mechanism of pterygium based on 3D modeling.

- Awarded the Best Oral Presentation of Student Oral Competition (SOC) at 2021 Fall Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Biomaterials

- M.S. Thesis: Recapitulating pterygium microenvironment to elucidate the role of disease-specific mechanosensitivity in cell migration behaviors

- Current position: Ph.D. student at Dongkook Univ.

Odelia Levana, M.S.

​

- Previous Position: Exchange (Aug 2019 - Feb 2020) and MS student (Aug 2020 - Aug 2022)

- Email: odelialevana@gmail.com 

- Brief Biography: Odelia received her B.S. degree in the Department of Biology at Atma Jaya Catholic Univ. and joined Hwang Lab in 2019 Fall through the exchange student program. Now she joined Hwang Lab in 2020 Fall as  MS student and her current M.S. research work focuses on understanding the roles of LMNA in mesodermal lineage commitment of embryonic stem cells and their subsequent contribution to the chondrogenesis of stem cells.

- Current Position: Prodia Clinical Laboratory (Diagnostic Laboratory Operator Scientist)

Lan Thi Phuong Nguyen, M.D., M.S.

​

- Previous position: MS student (Mar 2022 - Aug 2024)

- Email: lan phuong.nta@huemed-univ.edu.vn

- Brief Biography: Lan received her M.D. degree in Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Can Tho, Viet Namand joined Hwang Lab in 2022 Spring as a MS student and her M.S. research work focused on X-ray-induced xerostomia and salivary gland regeneration using salivary gland stem cells.

- M.S. Thesis: Advancement of Novel Biomarkers and Salivary Gland-Derived Stem Cell-Based Therapeutics for Treating Radiation-Induced Xerostomia

- Current position: Seeking for a Medical Intern position (Practicing her medical License)

Vanessa Violina

​

- Previous position: MS exchange student (Aug 2023 - Aug 2024)

- Email: vanessaviolinaa@gmail.com

- Brief Biography: Vanessa is a first-year graduate student at AJCU and joined Hwang Lab on August 28, 2023 as an exchange graduate student  from Atma Jaya Catholic University (AJCU), Indonesia. Now she finished her M.S. thesis with Prof. HWANG and will join HWANG lab as a research scientist.

- M.S. thesis: Artemisinin-Induced Suppression of Migration and Proliferation of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cells

Samjhana Thapa

​

- Previous position: MS student (Sep 2021 - Aug 2025)

- Email: samjhanathp@sch.ac.kr

- Brief Biography: Samjhana received her B.S. degree in the Faculty of Human Biology, School of Science at Kathmandu University and joined Hwang Lab in 2021 Fall as a MS student and her M.S. research work focused on vocal fold fibrosis.

Alumni (Postdoctoral fellows)

George Augustine, Ph.D.

​​

-  Previous position: Postdoctoral Researcher (Mar 2021 - Dec 2021)

- Email: sangeo.loyola003@gmail.com

- Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Oregon State Univ., Oregon, USA

Mohd. Farhan, Ph.D.

​​

- Previous position: Postdoctoral Researcher (Mar 2022 - Jan 2023)

- Ph.D., University of Macau, Taipa, Macau

- M.S., Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

- B.S., Integral University, Lucknow, India

- Email: mohd.farhan69@gmail.com

- Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Univ. of Texas, Houston, USA

Byung-Su Choi, Ph.D.

​​

- Previous position: Research Associate Professor (May 1, 2023 - Feb 29, 2024)

- Ph.D., Hallym University, 2013

- M.S., Hallym University, 2007

- B.S., Hallym University, 2005

- Email: geneticmohanashan@gmail.com

Alumni (Research staffs)

Hyun Bum Kim, Ph.D.

​

- Previous position: Research Scientist (Sep 2017 - Aug 2019)

- Email: tiggerhy@snu.ac.kr

- Brief Biography: Hyun Bum received his B.S. degree in the Department of Biotechnology at Yonsei University in 2014 and integrated M.S./Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University. He joined Hwang Lab as research scientist  as an alternative military service in 2017 Fall -2019 Fall and his research work focused on "Development of biomimetic shielding-mediated cell coating technology and its in vivo application as novel cell/drug delivery methods".

- Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA

Jinhui Rhee, M.S.

- Previous position: Lab manager & Research Scientist (July 2020 - May 2022)

- Email: qa6411@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Jinhui received her MS degree in the Department of Biochemistry at Hoseo University in 2019 and joined Hwang Lab on July 1, 2020.

Jihye Choi, M.S.

​

- Previous position: Research Scientist (November 2022 - Feb 2025)

- Email: cwg0311@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Jihye received her MS degree in the Department of Clinical Pathology at Dankoon University in 2022 and joined Hwang Lab on November 1, 2022 as a research scientist. Now, she joined HWANG lab as a graduate student staring on March 1, 2024.

Alumni (B.S. students)

Soyoung Kim, B.S.

- Previous position: Undergraduate student (Dec 2016 - Feb 2018)

- Email: cjstkthdud12@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Soyoung Kim was an undergrad volunteer through SCH internship program during 2016 Winter - 2018

- B.S. thesis: Anti-bacterial properties of lignin-based compounds

- Graduation date: 2018 February

- Current Position: Research Scientist, Asan Medical Center, Republic of Korea

Yejin Park, B.S. 

​

- Previous position: Undergraduate student (Mar 2018 - Aug 2019)

- Email: bbacke18@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Yejin was graduated from the Department of Medical IT Engineering at Soonchunhyang University and she joined Hwang Lab in 2018 March.

- B.S. thesis: Development of 3D-printable biomimetic material-based bioinks

- Graduation date: 2019 August

- Current Position: Industry

Doyoung Kim, B.S. 

​

- Previous position: Undergraduate student (Dec 2020 - Aug 2021)

- Email: david9603@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Doyoung is a senior student in the Department of Clinical Pathology at Soonchunhyang University and he joined Hwang Lab in 2020 Winter as a volunteer researcher.

- Recipient ​of 1st Place Winner for 2021 Summer Undergrad-Grad Joint Internship Program funded by SCH Univ. (2021학년도 하계방학 학부생-대학원 연구실 인턴프로그램 대상 수상: Beyond Cell)

- Current position: MS Student at Korea Univ

Jaehyun Jeong, B.S. 

​

- Previous position: Undergraduate student (June 2023 - Aug 2024)

- Email: selly2514@naver.com

- Brief Biography: Jaehyun is a junior student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering at Soonchunhyang University. She initially joined Hwang lab on June 22, 2023 as an SIMS Summer Internship student and worked as undergraduate researcher since June 2023.

- B.S. thesis: Effects of verteporfin on the differentiation of human tonsil-derived mesenchymal stem cells into beta cells

- Graduation date: August 22, 2024

- Current Position: Internship at Korea Univ

So Eun Ahn

​

- Previous position: Undergraduate student (Dec 2023 - Sep 2024)

- Email: alicease0322@naver.com

- Brief Biography: So Eun is a senior student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering at Soonchunhyang University. She joined Hwang lab on Dec 18, 2023 as an SIMS Winter Internship student.

- B.S. thesis: Effects of Artemisinin on breast cancer cell proliferation and migration

- Graduation date: Feb 22, 2025

Seo Eun Yoon

​

- Previous position: Undergraduate student (Dec 2022 - June 2024)

- Email: cos0920@daum.net

- Brief Biography: Seo Eun is a senior student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering at Soonchunhyang University. She initially joined Hwang lab on Dec 22, 2022 as an SIMS Winter Internship student and is a currently undergraduate researcher since March 2023.

- B.S. thesis: Roles of Piezo1 in keloid dermal fibroblast migration and fibrotic phenotypes

-Graduation date: Feb 22, 2025