Research and Educational Activities of the BioNanofluidics and Microfluidics Laboratory

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Bhargav Krishna Pullagura (바가브 크리슈나 풀라구라 박사)
Dr. Abdi Kaba Mirgissa (압디머기사카바 박사)

Ph.D. Students

Nebiyu Arega Getachew (네비유아레가게타츄), 6th-year Ph.D. student

M.S.-Ph.D. Students

Sofonias Nursefa Kedir (소포니아누세파카다르), 1st-year M.S.-Ph.D. student

Master Students

Koo Jayoung (구자영), 2nd-year part-time M.S. student (이큐글로벌)
Lee Kwanseong (이관성), 1st-year part-time M.S. student (멜콘)

Undergraduate Students

Bo Seok Heo (허보석), 4th-year undergraduate student
Jin Tae Kim (김진태), 4th-year undergraduate student
Yeji Yang (양예지), 4th-year undergraduate student
Seung Min Lee (이승민), 2nd-year undergraduate student

Alumni (Ph.D.)

Abdi Kaba Mirgissa, Ph.D.
(압디머기사카바)
Ph.D. Student
(2022)
Now a Postdoctoral scholar at BNML

Alumni (M.S.)

Meng Jianyun, M.S.
(멍지엔윈)
Graduate Student
(2023)
Now with Tofflon, Sanghai, China. (현 중국 토플론사 근무)
Seonhyuk Baek, M.S.
(백선혁)
Graduate Student
(2022)
Hyun-jin Jeon, M.S.
(전현진)
Masters Student
(2021)
Now with Inventage Lab Inc. (현 인벤티지랩 근무)
Chau Minh Khang, M.S.
(차우믄캉)
Master's Student
(2019)
OCM Vietnam (in Vietnam)
Hakhyun Kim, M.S.
(김학현)
Master's Student
(2018)
Now with Agnes Medical (현 아그네스메디컬 근무)
Jin Song, M.S.
(송진)
Master's Student
(2016)

Alumni (B.S.)

Heeyeon Kim, B.S.
(김희연)
Undergraduate Student
(2023)
Haseul Lee, B.S.
(이하슬)
Undergraduate Student
(2023)
Hyun Namgung, B.S.
(남궁현)
Undergraduate Student
(2022)
Now with Graduate School, DGIST (현 대구경북과학원 로봇및기계전자공학과 대학원)
Jeonghwan Yoon, B.S.
(윤정환)
Undergraduate Student
(2022)
Now with Graduate School, Myongji Univeristy (현 명지대학교 전자공학과 대학원)
So Won Moon, B.S.
(문소원)
Undergraduate Student
(2021)
Now with Posco Plantec (현 포스코 플랜텍 근무)
Hyeon Kyu Oh, B.S.
(오현규)
Undergraduate Student
(2021)
Now with Inzi Controls (현 인지컨트롤스 근무)
June Hee Lee, B.S.
(이준희)
Undergraduate Student
(2020)
Now at Graduate School, Sungkyungkwan University (성균관대학교 대학원)
Ung Seop Lee, B.S.
(이웅섭)
Undergraduate Student
(2018)
Now with POSCO Engineering and Construction (현 포스코건설)
Heewon Hwang, B.S.
(황희원)
Undergraduate Student
(2018)
Hyun Sik Lim, B.S.
(임현식)
Undergraduate Researcher
(2016)
Now with Korail
(현 한국철도공사 근무)
Jae Hyuk Lee, B.S.
(이재혁)
Undergraduate Researcher
(2016)
Now with Samsung Electroncis
(현 삼성전자 근무)
Yiyeon Kim, B.S.
(김이연)
Undergraduate Researcher
(2013)
Now with Seoul Metro
(현 서울 메트로 근무)
Seo Woo Seok, B.S.
(서우석)
Undergraduate Researcher
(2013)
Now with Hyndai Motor Company
(현 현대자동차 근무)

Visiting Scholar

Whitney N. Heard, M.S.
From Western Kentucky University, USA
(2016)
Barnabas Kim
From Western Kentucky University, USA
(2016)

Lab Photos

The end-of-year part of the BNML at Yongin, December 2022.
A group photo taken during the KSME fall conference at Jeju, September 2022.
A group photo in front of the BNML, April 2022.
The Cherry Blossom and social distancing at Myongji, Yongin, Korea, April 2021.
The graduation photo at Engineering V Building, Yongin, Korea, February 2021.
The MicroTAS 2019 Conference at Basel, Swithzerland, Oct. 2019.
Lab Outing at Daecheon Beach, Korea, June 2019.
Cherry blossom at Myongji, Yongin, Korea, April 2019.
Lab Ski Outing at Vivaldi Park, Hongcheon, Korea, Feb. 2019.
The IEEE MEMS 2019 Conference at Seoul, Korea, Jan. 2019.
The MicroTAS2018 Conference at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 2018.
Group Photo in the Lab, Oct. 2018.
Lab tracking at Mt. Halla, Jeju, May 2018.
The KSPE (Korean Society of Precision Engineering) Conference in Jeju, May 2018.
Group Photo with Lab "Long Padding" on, Jan. 2018.
The MicroTAS2017 Conference at Savannah, Georgia, USA, Oct. 2017.
The KSPE (Korean Society of Precision Engineering) Conference in Jeju, May 2017.
Group Outing at Vivaldi Park Ski World, February 2017.
The MicroTAS2016 Conference at Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 2016.
Photo with Summer Visiting Scholars Whiteney, Barnabas, Prof. Moon-soo Kim (Western Kentucky University) in the BNML, Aug 2016.
The KSME (Korean Society of Mechanical Engineer) Conference in Busan, May 2016.
Group Photo with Jin given a best post award at the Biochip 2015 conference.
Photo with the White Horse (백마) statue as a background, Sep. 2015.
Samsung Future Technology Forum Trophy Awarded with Prof. Jintae Kim's (Konkuk Univ.) and Prof. Minsub Chung's (Hongik Univ.) research teams, Apr 2015.
Poster presentation at 2013 Biochip conference, Nov 2013.
Lunch with the first group members at Lunarich, Mar 2013.

NEWS

2/27/2023
Sofonias Nursefa Kedar (소포니아스누세파카다르), an international graduate student from Ethiopia, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.

2/15/2023
Heeyeon Kim (김희연) graduated with her B.S. degree. Congratulations, Heeyeon!

2/15/2023
Haseul Lee (이하슬) graduated with her B.S. degree. Congratulations, Haseul!

2/14/2023
Jianyun Meng (멍지웬윈) graduated with his M.S. degree. Congratulations, Jianyun!

1/12/2023
Seung Min Lee (이승민), a 2nd-year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.

11/24/2022
Yeji Yang (양예지), a 3rd-year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to her.

11/11/2022
BNML present three papers in the KSME Conference 2022 Fall: "Adhesive Bonding of 3D-printed Microfluidic Chip and PMMA Coverslip", "3D-printed Sharp-edge Acoustic Microfluidic Mixer", and "Fabrication and Characterization of Ultra-Thin PDMS Membrane Using Polystyrene Petri Dish".

8/17/2022
Namgung Hyun (남궁현) graduated with his B.S. degree. Congratulations, Hyun!

8/16/2022
Abdi Kaba Mirgissag (압디가바밀기사) graduated with his Ph.D. degree in just 4 years. Congratulations, Abdi!

5/30/2022
Jin Tae Kim (김진태), a 3rd-year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.

4/19/2022
Jayoung Koo (구자영), a 1st year part-time graduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.

4/4/2022
Bo Seok Heo (허보석), a 3rd year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.

3/31/2022
The BNML receives a 3-year research grant from Samsung Science and Technology Foundation.

2/23/2022
The BNML receives a 5-year intermediate-level research grant from the National Research Foundation.

1/24/2022
Heeyeon Kim (김희연), a 4th year undergraduate student, joined the BNML Warm welcome to her.

1/23/2022
BNML publishes the paper "Quantitative Determination of 3D-printing and Surface-treatment Conditions for Directprinted Microfluidic Devices" to Biochip Journal (IF 3.494).

10/25/2021
BNML publishes the paper "Zinc-finger-protein-based Microfluidic Electrophoretic Mobility Reversal Assay for Quantitative Double-stranded DNA Analysis" to Biochip Journal (IF 3.494).

10/22/2021
BNML publishes the registered international patent PROTEIN MEMORY CELL AND PROTEIN MEMORY SYSTEM" (US 11,152,082).

7/27/2021
BNML publishes the paper "Cavitation-microstreaming-based Lysis and DNA Extraction using a Laser-machined Polycarbonate Microfluidic Chip " to Sensors and Actuators A: Chemical (IF 7.460).

6/16/2021
BNML presents two posters in the Biochip 2021 Spring Conference: "Cavitation-microstreaming-based Microfluidic Lysis and DNA-extraction Device" and "Quantitative Determination of 3D-printing and Surface-treatment Conditions for Direct-printed Microfluidic Devices."

5/31/2021
Haseul Lee (이하슬), a 3rd year undergraduate student, joined the BNML Warm welcome to her.

5/27/2021
The BNML receives a 1-year basic research fund from the National Research Foundation for the project titled "Acoustic microstreaming micromixer based on ultra-thin elastomeric membrane oscillator"

3/30/2021
The paper "Excitation-frequency determination based on electromechanical impedance spectroscopy for a Laser-microfabricated cavitation microstreaming micromixer" is just accepted to the journal Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (IF 2.904). The research was funded by Ministry of SMEs and Startups.

3/18/2021
An academiy-industry project based on our microfluidic technology is supported by the Mobile Division of Samsung Electronics.

3/3/2021
The paper "Inertial Microfluidics Enabling Clinical Research" is publihsed in the journal Micromachines (IF 2.523).This is an outcome of collaborated efforts with Hur Lab from Johns Hopkins University, USA.

2/6/2021
Jeonghwan Youn (윤정환), a 4th year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.

1/10/2021
A master's student Hyunjin and an undergraduate student Hyeonkyu at the BNML finally graduated! Wish a great endeavor for them.