2023 KSEA YIG Award in Science
Changrim Lee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Dr. Changrim Lee is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He received his B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. in Biochemistry from Yonsei University in 2011 and 2014, respectively, and earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Southern California in 2020 under the supervision of Professors Andrew MacKay and Sarah Hamm-Alvarez.
Dr. Lee’s research interest lies at the interface of molecular/cellular biology, protein chemistry, polymer biophysics, and drug delivery technologies. His Ph.D. work focused on fundamental aspects of nanoparticle-mediated delivery of small and macromolecules and their pharmacology in vitro and in vivo.
He currently focuses on the biology of conjunctival epithelium and ocular surface health and studies conjunctival biology and ocular surface pathophysiology in epigenomics, intracellular, extracellular, and pharmacology aspects.
Dr. Lee received the NIH T32 Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award from 2022 through 2023 and was awarded the University of Southern California Provost Fellowship from 2014 through 2016. He received several awards including Hanmi-KASBP Fellowship Award from Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals and the Outstanding Predoctoral Research Award of the Association of Korean Neuroscientists, both in 2022. So far, he has published 8 journal papers in prestigious journals, 6 of which he is the first author. His publications have received over 89 citations with an h-index of 6.
With the KSEA Young Investigator Grant, Dr. Lee will investigate “Sex difference in the profile of extracellular bioactive lipids of conjunctival epithelial cells during allergic
inflammation” and the successful execution of this proposal will provide new insights into the bioactive lipid-mediated ocular surface protective mechanism generated by the conjunctiva and the basis for a tailored sex-dependent, lipid-based therapeutic approach in the management of vision-debilitating ocular surface diseases.
2023 KSEA YIG Award in Engineering
Hyoyoung Jeong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and computer engineering, University of California, Davis
Affiliated faculty at the Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine
Dr. Hyoyoung Jeong is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Davis, and affiliated faculty at the Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine. He received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Yonsei University in 2008 and M.S. in Bioengineering from Seoul National University in 2010. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UT ECE), supervised by Prof. Nanshu Lu, where he developed a wireless stretchable electronic tattoo (e-tattoo) and unconventional freeform manufacturing schemes for flexible thin film wearable devices.
Before joining UT ECE for his Ph.D., he worked for Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology for 5 years as a researcher and developer in the advanced smartphone hardware and mobile healthcare groups. His work as a postdoctoral scholar with Professor John Rogers focused on developing and characterizing wireless soft wearable platforms for measuring and analyzing multimodal clinical-grade biopotentials. Currently, he focuses on personalized closed-loop wearable bio-electronics for health monitoring, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
Dr. Jeong received several awards, including the Engineering Ph.D. Summit Award from École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He received the 15th and 24th Samsung Humantech Paper Awards from Samsung Electronics Co. So far, he has published more than 30 journal papers in prestigious journals, including Science and multiple Science Advances and PNAS, as a leading author. His publications have received over 1800 citations with an h-index of 21. He has received 17 patents (8 pending) and has been invited to give more than 30 talks related to his research area.
With the KSEA Young Investigator Grant, Dr. Jeong will investigate a “Skin-interfaced wireless device for intrapartum fetal and maternal monitoring to minimize unnecessary C-section” to research and develop the technology for an integrated monitoring platform leveraging advanced flexible electronics, wireless connectivity, and compatibility with a wide range of low-cost mobile devices. His research will contribute to solving a health problem that touches virtually every family and can potentially impact both outcomes and the cost of childbirth.
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