Members

Principal Investigator


Myung Chul Choi
mcchoi@kaist.ac.kr

  • 2018 – Present, Associate Professor, Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2011 – Present, Joint Professor of Future Strategy, KAIST
  • 2010 – 2018, Assistant Professor, Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2005 – 2010, Post-Doc in Safinya group at MRL, Physics, Materials, Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, UCSB
  • 2005 Ph.D. in Physics, KAIST
  • 2000 M.S. in Physics, KAIST
  • 1998 B.S. in Physics, KAIST

Awards

  • KAIST Research Award 2024 – Collaborative Research 
  • Technology Innovation Award of College of Engineering 2023 
  • Bio and Brain Engineering Lecture Award 2022
  • Top 100 Research Achievements 2021, KISTEP
  • The Korea Neutron Beam Users Association (KNBUA) Distingushed Lecture Award 2016
  • Bio and Brain Engineering Lecture Award 2016
  • Top 10 Research Achievements of KAIST 2015
  • KAIST Lecture Award 2013
  • Bio and Brain Engineering Lecture Award 2011


Post-Doctoral Fellows


Juncheol Lee
ljc0626@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Hierarchical Assembly Structures of Protein Nanotubes

  • 2022 Ph.D. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2015 M.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2013 B.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering & Mathematical Sciences (Double Major), KAIST
Seunghyun Ryu
turliusprime@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Microtubules, Axonemes and Microtubule-Associated Proteins

  • 2026 Ph.D. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2019 M.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2017 B.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST


Ph.D. Candidates


Hanjoon Nho
hjnho@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Microtubules Rheology, Tubulin Nanostructures Metallization

  • 2020 M.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2017 B.S. in Physics, UNIST
Byungsoo Kim
byabyakim@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Tau LLPS, Microtubule-Tau Localization

  • 2021 M.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2019 B.S. in Biological Sciences, KAIST
Qudan A. Park
qapark@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Microtubule-Stabilizing Agents, Biophotonics, Post-Translational Modifications

  • 2022 M.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • 2020 B.S. in Physics, Minor in Chemistry & Nano Science, Ewha Womans University
Jaehyeok Lee
eprince1015@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Drug delivery system, Cancer therapy, Neurodegeneration (AD and PD)

  • 2022 B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST


Master’s Student


Soobin Cho
s.cho@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Neuroimmunology, AD therapy

  • 2025 B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences & Life Science (Double Major), Ewha Womans University


Undergraduate Students


Seonghyun Kim
timothyshk@kaist.ac.kr

  • (2023.05 ~) B.S. Student in Physics, KAIST
Abdugafarova Kibriyanur
k.abdugafarova@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Application of protein nanotubes

  • (2024.05~) B.S. Student in Bio Brain Engineering and Chemistry (Double Major), KAIST
Geonhoo Im

gunhoo@kaist.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Membrane Biophysics, Tau LLPS

  • (2025.03~) B.S. Student in Physics, KAIST
Sinhee Kim
stacy4099@hanyang.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Drug delivery system

  • (2026. 07~) B.S. Student in Bioengineering, Hanyang University
Gyuseok Han
hksandrew@korea.ac.kr

Research Interest:
Gene editing, BBB, Neurotransmitter

  • (2025.07~) B.S. Student in Food bioscience and technology, Korea University


Alumni


Ph.D. Alumni

Dae-Woong Jeong (LG AI Research)
Suho Lee (New York University)
KeunMin Ken Lee (KBRI)
Jaehee Lee (KRISS)
Hasaeam Cho (KBRI)

M.S. Alumni

Yumi Kim (LG H&H)
Jimin Lee (Ilias Biologics)
Hyunwoo Jang (University of Michigan)

Researchers / Visiting / Intern students

Bopil “Grace” Gim (Shanghai Tech University)
Chaeyeon Song (Amore-Pacific R&D Center)
Sanghyun Kim (Cha University)
Siyoung Choi (KAIST)
Seongmin Park (LG Chem)
Kyuhan Kim (Seoul Tech)
Eunsun Song (Stanford University)
Shina Min (Columbia University)
Sujin Park

Chae Yeon Kang
Hyungjong Cho
Yeonwoo Ha
Seojin Kim (Chung-Ang University)
Namhyo Kim (Yonsei University)
SeoYeon Baek (Korea University)
Gyuheon Lee
Sungmin Chang (Sungkyunkwan University)