Seonyeong Kwak

Phone : +82-2-880-4622

Email : seon.y.kwak@snu.ac.kr

Education

Ph.D. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, SNU
M.S. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, SNU
B.S. Animal Science and Biotechnology, CALS, SNU

Experience

Associate professor (2023.03-present) Biomaterials Engineering, Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, SNU
Assistant professor (2019.03-2023.02) Biomaterials Engineering, Dept. of Biosystems & Biomaterials Science and Engineering, SNU
Scientific Director (2018.10-2019.02) DiSTAP, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore
Postdoctoral Associate (2014.01-2018.09) Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MIT, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013.03-2013.12) Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University (ERICA)

Research Interests

Optical nanobiosensor  |  Biomolecule delivery  |  Solid-phase peptide synthesis  |  Carbon-neutral bioorganic materials

Selected Publications

In vivo SERS Nanosensor for Real-time Monitoring of Multiple Stress Signalling Molecules in Plants - Nature Nanotechnology 18, 205 (2023)
Chloroplast-Selective Gene Delivery using Chitosan-Complexed SWCNTs - Nature Nanotechnology 14, 447 (2019)
Polymethacrylamide and Carbon Composites using Ambient CO2 Fixation - Advanced Materials 30, 1804037 (2018)
A Nanobionic Light Emitting Plant - Nano Letters 17, 7951 (2017)
Nanosensor Technology Applied to Living Plant Systems - Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry 10, 113 (2017)

Awards

Nano Korea MSIT Award (2023)
Hwa Nong Award (2024)

Lectures

Introduction to Biomolecular Engineering (Undergrad)
Functional Biomaterials (Undergrad)
Introduction to Peptide Chemistry (Grad)
Nanotechnology for Agriculture (Grad)