{"id":681,"date":"2022-06-15T18:12:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T09:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/?page_id=681"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:33:18","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/?page_id=681","title":{"rendered":"Professor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Um, Wooram, Ph.D.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Associate Professor<\/b>
Department of Biotechnology, College of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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E-mail : <\/b>umw@pknu.ac.kr \/ Tel. : <\/b>+82-51-629-5868 \/ Office: <\/b>(C21)9518<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • 2022. 9. ~ Current.<\/strong><\/b> – Associate Professor<\/i><\/b><\/strong> Department of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University<\/li>\n
  • 2020. 3. ~ 2022. 8.<\/strong><\/b> – Postdoctoral Researcher<\/b><\/i><\/strong> School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University<\/li>\n
  • 2014. 1. ~ 2018. 9. <\/strong>– Research Trainee<\/i><\/strong> Biomedical Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • 2014. 08. ~ 2020. 02. <\/strong>–\u00a0Ph.D.<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Science and Technology<\/li>
    • 2009. 03. ~ 2014. 08.<\/strong> –\u00a0B.S.<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      • Nanomedicine for targeted cancer therapy<\/b><\/strong><\/li>
      • Nanomedicine for treating metabolic disease or anti-aging therapy<\/b><\/strong><\/li>
      • Engineered extracellular vesicles for targeted gene therapy<\/b><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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        • Jung, Se Young<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(2023.03.-)
          <\/span>(M.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2023.02.)
          <\/span><\/i><\/i>(B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2022.08.)
          <\/span><\/i><\/i>– Research interest:\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Nanomedicine for treating metabolic disease, Membrane vesicles for treating cancers<\/i><\/span>
          – Grant<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>NRF fellowship; \ud55c\uad6d\uc5f0\uad6c\uc7ac\ub2e8 \ubc15\uc0ac\uacfc\uc815\uc0dd \uc5f0\uad6c\uc7a5\ub824\uae08 (2025.09.-)
          – Honors<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0KSLS\u00a0<\/i>Young Investigators Award; \ud55c\uad6d\uc0dd\uba85\uacfc\ud559\ud68c \uc80a\uc740\uc5f0\uad6c\uc790\uc0c1 (2025.08.)
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          • Yoo, Donghyeon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(2025.09.-)
            (M.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2025.08.)<\/span><\/i><\/i>
            (B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2024.02.)
            <\/span><\/i>– Research interest<\/span>: Functionalized extracellular vesicles for anti-aging therapy, Ultrasound-assisted advanced diagnosis and therapy
            – Grant<\/span>:<\/b>\u00a0<\/i>NRF fellowship; \ud55c\uad6d\uc5f0\uad6c\uc7ac\ub2e8 \uc11d\uc0ac\uacfc\uc815\uc0dd \uc5f0\uad6c\uc7a5\ub824\uae08 (2024.07.-2025.06.)<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            • Seo, Hye Ryeon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(2025.09.-)
              (B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2025.08.)<\/span><\/i>
              – Research interest<\/span>: Functionalized extracellular vesicles for skin anti-aging therapy
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              • Lee, Jisu<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(2026.03.-)
                (B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2026.02)<\/span><\/i>
                – Research interest<\/span>: Functional materials for antimicrobial applications<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                • Kim, Hyeon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(2025.09.-)
                  (B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2021.03~)<\/span><\/i>
                  – Research interest<\/span>: Advanced formulations for gene therapeutics, Nanobiotechnology for exosome-based analysis<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                  • Kim, Taehan<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(2026.03.-)
                    (B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2020.03~)<\/span><\/i>
                    – Research interest<\/span>: EV-based cancer immunotherapy<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                    • Park, Ji Yeong<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(2024.03.-)<\/span>
                      <\/span>(M.S.)\u00a0Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2026.02.)<\/span><\/i>
                      (B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2024.02.)
                      <\/span>– Research interest<\/span>: Nanomedicine for targeted checkpoint inhibition, Advanced formulation for targeted cancer therapy<\/i><\/i>
                      – Grant<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>NRF fellowship; \ud55c\uad6d\uc5f0\uad6c\uc7ac\ub2e8 \uc11d\uc0ac\uacfc\uc815\uc0dd \uc5f0\uad6c\uc7a5\ub824\uae08 (2024.09.-2025.08.)<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                      • Lee, Sihun<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(2024.09.-)
                        <\/span>(M.S.)\u00a0Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2026.02.)<\/span><\/i>
                        (B.S.) Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University (2024.08.)
                        <\/span><\/i>– Research interest<\/span>: Nanomedicine for treating metabolic diseases, Plant-derived exosomes for regenerative therapy
                        – Grant<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>NRF fellowship; \ud55c\uad6d\uc5f0\uad6c\uc7ac\ub2e8 \uc11d\uc0ac\uacfc\uc815\uc0dd \uc5f0\uad6c\uc7a5\ub824\uae08 (2024.09.-2025.08.)<\/i><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                        • Go, Dabin<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(M.S.&R.A. \/ 2022.09~2025.06)\u00a0<\/span>
                          – Thesis title<\/span>: <\/i><\/i>Development of Necrosis-inducing Immune Adjuvant for Cancer Immunotherapy
                          – Current position<\/span>:\u00a0Researcher, Prestige Biopharma IDC<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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                          • (Post-doc) <\/b>Our lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to advance bioengineering and biotherapeutics for targeted therapy and diagnosis. This position is ideal for someone who professional at biochemical analysis and academic writing. Please send your CV to Prof. Um [umw@pknu.ac.kr]
                            \u00a0– Research field: <\/b>Nano-Biotechnology, Drug delivery system<\/li>
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                            • Biotechnology PBL (for 3rd year)<\/li>
                            • Biotechnology research design (for 4th year)<\/li><\/ul>
                              2027-1<\/span><\/div>
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                                Principal investigator Um, Wooram, Ph.D. Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University E-mail : umw@pknu.ac.kr \/ Tel. : +82-51-629-5868 \/ Office: (C21)9518 Google Scholar (Link) Professional experience 2022. 9. ~ Current. – Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University 2020. 3. ~ 2022. 8. – Postdoctoral Researcher School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University 2014. 1. ~ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-681","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5950,"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681\/revisions\/5950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bpelab.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}