BSEL News

Min-Jae on being selected for the 3rd IPESK Next-Generation Engineering Researchers!

Congratulations, Min-Jae 👏

We look forward to his continued growth and contributions to the field!

Congratulations to Hong-Seok on being selected for the fellowship!

We sincerely congratulate him on this achievement and look forward to his continued growth and success in research.💐

Hyun-Bin Yu was awarded a BK fellowship based on his recent publication in Advanced Materials!

We are proud of your achievement and wish you continued success in your research.

Big Congratulations, Hyun-Bin!👏

Min-jae Kim has been awarded the Seungji Scholarship, one of the most prestigious scholarships at SKKU.

The award ceremony was held at 11 AM, on May 28 at Engineering Building 2.

We are all proud of him. Big Congratulations, Min-jae!🎉💐

On May 15th, BSEL members gathered to celebrate Teacher's day 2026 for Prof.Kim! 🎉

Happy Teacher's Day, Prof. Kim! 💐

Thank you for your guidance, encouragement, and support.

We are sincerely grateful to be part of your lab! 🫶🏻

교수님이 명품이라 샤넬은 안 샀어요 😎👑

Today, BSEL members gathered to celebrate the birthday of our beloved Prof. Kim! ❤️✨

 We hope this special day was filled with joy and warm moments. Happy Birthday, Professor! 🎉🎈

11 월 19일 🔆. 오늘은 사랑하는 교수님의 생신이다. 교수님이 행복하셨으면 좋겠다. 생신축하드려요!❤️

We are delighted to announce that Mohamed R. Elmasry has successfully completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University! 📰✨

His doctoral research, titled “Integrated Colorimetric and Fluorescent Assay Using Gold Nanobipyramids and UCNPs for Tyrosinase-based Melanoma Diagnostics”, focused on developing an innovative dual-mode biosensor for ultra-sensitive and selective melanoma detection.

Congratulations, Dr. Elmasry! 🎉 Your remarkable achievement is the result of hard work and dedication. We wish you continued success and many exciting opportunities ahead. 🚀🌟💐

Our lab members, research professor Jihoon Shin and graduate student Hyunjun Kwon (M.S. program), have successfully published their research work as a cover article in ACS Nano (2025, IF 15.8), in collaboration with Johannes Kepler University Linz (Dr. Yoojin Oh, Prof. Peter Hinterdorfer).

Vertical DNA Nanostructure Arrays: Facilitating Functionalization on Macro-Scale Surfaces

The work demonstrates a high-precision DNA nanotechnology platform. We look forward to further applications in biosensing, diagnostics, and advanced nanomaterials. We look forward to further applications in biosensing, diagnostics, and advanced nanomaterials.

The full article is available at : ACS Publications.

On May 15th, all members of BSEL came together to celebrate Teacher's Day !

To the most inspiring professor — Happy Teacher’s Day, Prof. Kim!

Thank you for always leading us with wisdom and kindness. 🙏💕

교수님한테 벽이 느껴져요. 완-벽 🌟 교수님한테 벽이 느껴져요. 완-벽 🌟 교수님한테 벽이 느껴져요. 완-벽 🌟 교수님한테 벽이 느껴져요. 완-벽 🌟

On Nov 19, All the members of BSEL gather together and held the professor's birthday party.

We prepared a cake with a picture of the wonderful professor and a vivid bouquet of flowers.

Happy birthday Prof. Kim 💗

2024년 11월 13일(수)~15일(금) 제주 신화월드에서 한구바이오칩학회의 추계학술대회가 진행되었다.

성균관대학교 화학공학/고분자공학부 김동환 교수가 공로상을 수상하였다.

박사과정생 김민재와 석사과정생 고서진이 각각 Non-Bleeding Nanopigment-Based Colorimetric pH Sensor for Wide pH Range Detection와 Selective-emission of fluorescent nanodiamonds for spin-enhanced ultrasensitive glucose determination in liquid matrices 주제의 포스터 발표자로 참여하였다.

김민재 (좌) / 고서진 (우)

2024년 8월 14일 중앙대학교 주관 바이오 의료 진단용 나노 광 융합 시스템 연구 워크샵이 진행되었다.

해당 과제에 대해 UCNP(Upconversion Nanoparticle) 연구 내용 및 관련 논문, 특허 실적에 관한 발표를 진행하였다.

2024년 7월 3일 경찰대학에서 불법 마약류 대응을 위한 현장 기술 개발 세미나가 진행되었다.

성균관대학교/광운대학교/교통대학교/한국표준과학연구원/나노베이스/경찰대학교/계명대학교/경북대학교에서 참여하여 주요 연구 개발 내용에 대한 발표와 토의가 이어졌다.

해당 연구는 치안/관세 현장에서 실제 활용 가능한 불법 마약류 탐지/검사 기술 확보하고 불법 마약류 대응을 목표로 한다.

All the members of BSEL , Professor Kim Dong-hwan's family, went on summer vacation on Jul 26-27, 2024.

We split into two teams and played Mission 윷놀이. 윷놀이 is a traditional Korean game.

We added missions to 윷놀이 and played the game. The missions included things like standing up a water bottle, flipping the stone(공기) over, and pushing the palm of the hand.

After the game we enjoyed a barbecue party. Our group had foreign members, so we each prepared our own food and shared it.

Finally, we received gifts through a raffle and finished the fun gathering.

성균관대학교 화학공학/고분자공학부 김동환 교수가 한국과학기술단체총연합회의 '2024년 제34회 과학기술우수논문상'을 수상하였다.

김동환 교수는 Ag 코팅 Au 나노바이피라미드 기반 갈산 분석 플라즈모닉 다색 센서에 대한 연구를 통하여 과학기술우수논문상 수상의 영예를 안았다.

On May 15th, BSEL members gathered to celebrate Teacher's day 2024 for Prof. Kim.

To the best professor, happy Teacher's Day! Thank you always, Prof. Kim! 👍💕

Wrapping up the end of 2023, all the members of BSEL gathered for a year-end party on Dec 15, 2023.

We came together for a lunch and had a blast with a random gift exchange.

To get to know each other better, we held quizzes related to our lab, and the lure of prizes made everyone enthusiastically participate.

After the meal, we headed to the bowling alley to foster teamwork.

A round of applause to everyone for their hard work this year, and here's to hoping for a healthy and joyful year ahead for all of us!

On Nov 20, BSEL members gather to celebrate Prof. Kim's birthday!

Happy birthday Prof. Kim ~~~

After the celebrating, all the members had a pizza party 🍕🎉

지난 9월, BSEL에 새로운 3D Printer 장비가 설치되었습니다.

장비 설치와 함께, 이날 BSEL 연구원들을 대상으로 사용 및 활용 방법에 대한 교육이 진행되었습니다.

Form3+는 산업 등급 파트에 사용되는 첨단소재 30가지 이상 프린트 가능한 최첨단 장비인 만큼, BSEL의 실험/연구의 지평을 더욱 넓혀줄 것으로 기대합니다.

On July 8, UCNP team had a Lab Seminar with Dr. Changhwan Lee from Columbia University on the subject of "Photon Avalanching and its application".We are looking forward to collaborating with Dr. Lee on UCNP research in future.

On July 6th 2023, BSEL members attended the International Joint Research Seminar hosted by PBRC, featuring Prof. Wei Gao from California Institute Of Technology.

Prof Wei Gao is an Assistant Professor of the Medical Engineering, Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar, and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator in Division of Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech. He is also an Editor of Science Advances, npj Flexible Electronics, Sensors & Diagnosis, and IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics.

He gave a lecture on "Skin-Interfaced Wearable Biosensors", and over 60 researchers in SKKU were joining this seminar.

Yet among them, BSEL members were most passionately participated in the lecture asking questions and debating on subject.

It was nice to meet you prof Wei Gao and we look forward to having interesting joint research in future!

BSEL members gather to celebrate 2023 Teacher's day for Prof. Kim.

Happy Teacher's Day, Always thank you Prof. Kim!

Precision Biology Research Center(PBRC) hosted an International Joint Research Seminar on May 9, 2023, with distinguished scholar Professor Eric Furst from the University of Delaware, USA, as the keynote speaker.

Professor Furst, who holds the Distinguished Chair at the University of Delaware and serves on the Board of Directors at the American Institute of Physics, is a renowned expert in the field of tweezer.

Around 30 researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering including BSEL researchers, attended the seminar, which featured an engaging lecture, in-depth discussions, and active feedback from the attendees.

On Dec 22, 2022, All BSEL and PBRC family gathered for 2022 year-end party.

We had great time playing bowling.

After having fun, there were a special event : random 'useless' gift box 🎁

Happy new year 2023 for everybody!

Let's make this year more fun and beautiful than last year :)

On December 12 (Mon), CN Yang Scholar's Club students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore visited Precision Biology Research Center, SKKU.

12 Students from NTU and 7 researchers from BSEL participated in this workshop which held in Learning Factory at Research & Business Center. It was designed to promoted academic exchanges between SKKU-NTU and to foster global talent.

Through this opportunity, we will explore the possibility of global joint research in the future and continue cultural exchanges between two universities.

Dr. Murad ABUALREJAL participated in 'Global Research Network Seoul 2022' on Dec 1, 2022 which was held in Lotte Hotel Jamsil. GRNS 2022 is a global symposium for whom are granted by Brain Korea supported by NRF.

Dr. Murad presented his research topic on 'Rational Design on two/three-dementsional biodegradable uponversion nano architectures with ultra-bright luminescence for various biomedical applications'.

성균관대학교 화학공학/고분자공학부 김동환 교수는 2022년 11월 4일, 한국바이오칩학회 공로상을 수상하였다. 김동환 교수는 지난 2년간 한국바이오칩학회의 학술/교육 위원장으로 활동하며 바이오칩학회의 발전과 성공적인 학술대회 개최에 이바지하였다.

On Nov. 18, we had a birthday party for Prof. Kim just before BSEL Group Meeting.

Happy Birthday Prof. Kim 🎂

Prof. Kim and 10 BSEL members were participated in KBCS's 2022 Annual Fall Meeting "Biochips for the Translation" held in Shinhwa World in Jeju last Nov 2 to Nov 4.

<Chae-Yeon, Anni, Siqi, Prof. Kim, Won-Woo, Dr. Jeon, Dr. Shin, Min Jae, Hyena Jun, Geon Dae and Jang-Kyun>

Dr. Yu-rim Jeon and other graduate students gave their poster presentation through meeting.

Chaeyeon won the Excellent Poster Award!

We had an another Pizza day on the end of October.

After eating Pizza together, we had a little promenade and tea time too 😋☕️🥤

On October 7, BSEL members were participated in 2022 Fall Athletics Competition between 6 labs.

We had a great time together playing badminton, arm wrestling, penalty shoot-out, group jump-rope and rely race!

Opening Ceremony

BSEL Players!

Enthusiastic cheering

Eslam, Arm wrestling Champion (Almost MVP)

We are BSEL :)

What a passion!

Run, Minjae run!

Let's go Mohamed!!

See you next year :D

2022년 추석을 맞이하여 BSEL 멤버들이 모두 모여 피자파티를 열었습니다~

교수님과 그룹 멤버들은 서로를 위해 준비한 명절 선물을 주고 받으며 훈훈한 시간을 보냈습니다 :)

Here we give you some BSEL Group Photo :)

2022년 9월 6일(화), UNIST 이지석 교수님 연구실의 류채영, 백다혜 연구원이 BSEL을 방문하여 노원우 연구원으로부터 UCNP 합성 교육을 받았다. 향후 양 연구실 간 보유 기술을 공유하며 공동연구를 이어갈 예정이다.

성균관대학교 공과대학은 12월 8일(수) ‘2021 성공 공로상 시상식’을 개최하여 성공 공로상 수상하신 교수님들께 상패 및 부상을 전달했다.

성공 공로상은 공과대학과 학과의 발전을 위해 헌신하신 교수님들께 드리는 상이며, 성공 공로상 수상자들에게는 성공 공로상 상패와 부상으로 골드코인이 수여되었다.

2021 성공 공로상 수상자는 화학공학/고분자공학부 김동환, 김재현 교수님, 신소재공학부 주진호, 백정민 교수님, 기계공학부 송성진, 최혁렬 교수님, 건설환경공학부 김진구, 윤홍식 교수님, 시스템경영공학과 노상도 교수님, 건축학과 권문성 교수님, 나노공학과 이진욱 교수님이다.

이날 행사에는 성공 공로상 수상자, 이내응학장, 백승현, 박승희부학장, 각 학부(과)장 및 행정실 관계자가 참석하였다.

Liquid-quenching breaks down the lattice structure of crystalline materials to minimize the energy loss during laser process

Chemical Engineering Prof. KIM, DONG HWAN & Dr. Byeong-Seok Moon

The research team of Prof. Dong-Hwan Kim (1st author: Dr. Byeong-Seok Moon) develop an ever-smaller and ever-more-efficient microlaser using a new upconversion material that has atomic-scale microstructural disorder through the collaboration with Prof. Young-Jin Kim (KAIST) and Prof. Sang Kyu Kwak (UNIST).

Microlasers are the optical device that can generate laser emission while it is smaller than a few tenths of the thickness of a human hair. Microlasers have attracted a great attention because it can be used as a light source for photonic integrated circuits, for example, an optical communication chip (Intel® Silicon Photonics) for massive data transport.

To bring the microlasers in our daily life, the researchers around the world have dedicated their efforts to further miniaturize the microlasers and improve their efficiency. However, as we miniaturize the microlasers, they lose their ability to confine and amplify the light. Therefore, the realization of both miniaturization and high laser efficiency has been considered as a challenging task.

The research team of Prof. Dong-Hwan Kim has overcome this challenge by minimizing the energy loss of gain medium during laser process.

The developed microlaser in this study has the great potential in next-generation biomedical technologies such like ‘sinlge-molecular biodetection’ and ‘real-time biosensing in live-cells’. Furthermore, since it is feasible for a light source of photonic integrated circuits, it will pave the way for highly-valued industrial applications.

Prof. Kim said “We for the first time exploited the atomically disordered material for developing microlasers to overcome the conventional limitations of miniaturization and laser efficiency. By automating the fabrication and integrating systems, we are planing to utilize our microlaser as a solution for future technologies.”

Continuous-wave upconversion lasing with a sub-10 W cm-2 threshold enabled by atomic disorder in the host matrix. Nature Communications, 12, Article number: 4437 (2021), (1st authors: Dr. Byeong-Seok Moon). Published July 21 2021 (IF: 14.919)

※ Title of paper : Continuous-wave upconversion lasing with a sub-10 W cm-2 threshold enabled by atomic disorder in the host matrix

Fig. 1: Continuous-wave upconversion lasing in liquid-quenched upconversion microspheres (LQUM).

Fig. 2: Ultralow-threshold continuous-wave upconversion lasing.

Fig. 3: Theoretical analysis of the enhancement of the upconversion lasing efficiency in the amorphous phase of NaYF4 combined with SiO2.

Currently postdoctoral fellow and graduate student positions are available.

Anyone who has background, Including but not limited in Biosensors, Biomaterials, Optics, Chemistry, Please send a cover letter, an updated CV, and names of 3 references to Professor Kim at dhkim1@skku.edu.

Electronic applications are encouraged. All positions are open until filled.