Professional Experience

• Assistant Director for Partnerships, Florida Semiconductor Institute (2025 – present)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education, University of Florida (2022 – present)
• Director, Translating Interconnects to Guide Engineering Education and Research (TIGER) Lab (2022 – present)
• Affiliate Faculty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida (2014 – present)
• Associate Chair for Research and Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Engineering Education, University of Florida (2019 – 2022)
• Associate Professor of Instruction, MS Program Director, Director of Experiential Learning, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University (2014 – 2018)
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida (2009 -2014)
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo (2008-2009)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology (2007-2008)

Education

• Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA (2007)
• M.S.E. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (2001)
• B.S. Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, KOREA (1997)

My Story

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. I am a biomedical engineer with an expertise in biomaterials – nanoparticles for molecular imaging, cancer profiling, and drug delivery. Since 2013, I have been focusing on engineering education research and practice. Current and past NSF- and internally-funded research projects are listed here.

My work encompasses improving undergraduate education in biomedical and electrical engineering, creating opportunities for students to globalize their engineering degrees, and mentoring graduate students in teaching. In addition, I have mentored numerous student entrepreneurial teams to success. Currently, I am pursuing my research interests in convergence in engineering education and global engineering education as the Director of the Translating Interconnects to Guide Engineering Education and Research (TIGER) Lab.

Having grown up in Australia, Canada, Korea, and Germany, I acquired three languages and am still figuring out which culture I identify with the most. When I am settled down between moving internationally or interstate, I read, cook, practice Pilates, run marathons, play the piano, and work on speeches in my Toastmasters Club.