Dong-Woo Lim, Ph.D, Professor
Department of Bionano Engineering
Department of Bionanotechnology
School of Engineering, Hanyang University
5-226 Engineering Building I, 1271 Sa 3-dong, Sangrok-gu,
Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Cell: +82-10-4716-5204
Tel: +82-31-400-5204
Fax: +82-31-436-8146
E-mail: dlim@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Field
Peptide-based biomaterial science and engineering
Multi-compartmental biohybrid materials
Biomolecular nanotechnology and surface science
Polymer-synthesis, physics, chemistry and its rheology
Biomolecular engineering (genetic and protein engineering)
Cartilage tissue engineering and biomechanics
Gene and drug delivery system, and pharmaceutical sciences
Professional Preparation
Duke University, Durham, NC
Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering in September, 2007
(Certificate in Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering)
Dissertation: ” I n-situ Crosslinkable and Self-assembling Elastin-like Polypeptide Block Copolymers for Cartilage Tissue Repair”
Thesis Advisor: Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D
Duke University , Durham, NC
MS in Biomedical Engineering in May, 2005
Dissertation: “Rationally Designed Elastin-like Polypeptides with High Salt Sensitivity against Transition
for Purification of Thioredoxin-ELP Fusion Protein”
Thesis advisor: Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, South Korea
MS in Biological Sciences in February, 2000
Dissertation: “Poly(DMAEMA-NVP)-b-PEG-Galactose as an In Vitro Gene Delivery Vector for Hepatocytes”
Thesis advisor: Tae Gwan Park, Ph.D
Yonsei University , Seoul, South Korea
B.S. in Biochemistry in February, 1998
Professional Activities and Affiliations
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Society for Biomaterials (SFB)
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
Controlled Release Society (CRS)
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
The Polymer Society of Korea (PSK)
The Korean BioChip Society (KBCS )
The Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
The Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology (KSPST)
Research Experience
Assistant Professor, March 2010 – present
Department of BioNano Engineering
College of Engineering Sciences, Hanyang University, ERICA Campus, Ansan, Korea
Postdoctoral research fellow, February 2008 – February 2010
Department of Chemical Engineering,
College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Postdoctoral associate, September 2007 – January 2008
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems, Pratt School of Engineering,
Duke University, North Carolina, US
Graduate research fellow, August 2002 – August 2007
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering,
Duke University, North Carolina, US
PI: Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D
Senior researcher, February 2000 – July 2002
Drug Delivery System Team, Pharmaceutical/Health Research Institute
Amore-Pacific Corporation/Research and Development Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
PI: Jung Ju Kim, Ph.D
Project researcher, March 1998 – January 2000
Department of Biological Sciences
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejon, Korea
PI: Tae Gwan Park, Ph.D
HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
5-226 Engineering Building I, 1271 Sa 3-dong, Sangrok-gu,
Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Cell: +82-10-4716-5204
Tel: +82-31-400-5204
Fax: +82-31-436-8146
E-mail: dlim@hanyang.ac.kr