People

Email: wooiman9721 (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

Jinho was a researcher in Biomaterial Lab in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at GIST. With Professor Jae Young Lee, He previously studied cell-material interfaces, such as microcarriers for stem cells.

He got his MS in Materials Science and Engineering, and BS in Life Science, GIST. 

Email: arktos1859 (at) gist.ac.kr

Woojin was a researcher in BiNEL (@SNU), NEED Lab (@CAU), and JLK. He previously explored multiple topics in interdisciplinary area, including nanotechnology, bioinformatics, and 3D modeling.

He got his BS in Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University.

Email: mars1401 (at) gist.ac.kr

Hoeseong was an intern in Functional Oxide Nanostructure Lab in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at GIST. With Professor Ji-Young Jo, he previously studied the ferroelectricity of hafnium oxide and effect of film thickness.

He got his BS in Material Science and Engineering, GIST.

Email: jjanghowo (at) gmail.com

Jangho was a researcher in Multiplexon(@KHU), BiNEL(@SNU). With Professor Wook Park, Sunghoon Kwon , and Yeongjae, he previously studied DNA-based smart systems and functional hydrogel fabrication.

He got his BS in Electrical Engineering, KHU.

Email: Kimthphy (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

Taehoon was an intern in NDS. With Professor Yeongjae Choi, he will continue his research about Reusable and Scalable DNA computing system.

He got his BS in Life Science, GIST.

Email:  Junho0104 (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

Junho was an intern in NDS. With Professor Yeongjae Choi, he will continue his research about structural design of the DNA computing system.

Junho is a recipient of research scholarship for MS studies from the National Research Foundation of Korea(2024-25).

He got his BS in EECS, GIST.

Email: seongjun2580 (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

Seongjun was an intern in NDS. With Yeongjae, he previously studied DNA mediated assembly of microscale hydrogel. He enjoys fitness and badminton, likes meeting new people. His MBTI is ENFP.

He got his BS in MSE, GIST.

Email: tkddms0518 (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

Sangeun was an intern in NDS. With Yeongjae, he previously studied the regulation of DNA synthesis and DNA computing through the use of nucleic acid analogues.

He got his BS in MSE, GIST.

Email: kanneu12 (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

Jinwoo was an intern in NDS. With Yeongjae, he previously studied DNA-crosslinked hydrogel for sensing applications. 

He got his BS in Polymer Science and Engineering, PNU.

Email: yoonhae0217 (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

At NDS, Yoonhae published S&S paper in Nature Communications (2025, co-first), and multiple  patents.  Following her MS graduation, she embarked on an exciting journey in Ke Lab, chemical biology at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Email: shwnsgh0946 (at) gmail.com

At NDS, Junho co-first authored a cover paper on polymorphing hydrogels in Advanced Materials (2024, co-first). Following his MS graduation, he will venture into the industrial sector—stay tuned!

Email: wlgml5698 (at) gm.gist.ac.kr

Jihee led an RNA purification project funded by the Samsung STF. Following her graduation, she will continue her exciting journey in the industrial sector — stay tuned!

Email: e.choi.8893 (at) gmail.com

As a postdoc, Eunjin published papers in Advanced Materials (as co-corresponding author), Nature Communications (co-author), and several additional works now in preparation. She will continue her research at the AI–Nano Convergence Institute as an Innorcore Fellow.

thryu (at) atglifetech.com

Taehoon is the CEO and founder of ATG Lifetech, Inc. Before starting ATG, he played a key role as a founding member of Celemics, Inc., which went public during his time as CTO. While at Celemics, Taehoon supported and advised Yeongjae in exploring new approaches in synthetic biology, resulting in a publication in Nature Biotech. Currently, Taehoon is involved in several collaborative projects with NDS.

hansol.choi31 (at) gmail.com

Hansol is a post-doctoral researcher, and Human Frontier Science Program Cross-Disciplinary Fellow in Harvard medical school. Hansol has been conducting research with Yeongjae for over 8 years, and has published Nature Biotech and Angewandte Chemie papers together. 

Hansol was selected as outstanding researcher of BK21 program (Deputy Prime Minister, 2021).