Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor)

Group Leader of hBMS Lab
Sydney Horizon Fellow
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow

Education

2020 Ph.D. Department of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Advisor: Prof. Seung-Woo Cho)
2013 B. S. Department of Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Awards and Prizes

2024/2025 Finalist. Women of Colour in STEM Sister Awards, Innovator Award

2025 Recipient. University of Sydney, Dean’s Award, Outstanding Research

2024 Recipient. University of Sydney Vice-Chacellor Award, Early Career Research of the Year

2024 Recipient. Member of the Year, Nano Institute

2024 Finalist. Asian-Australian Leadership Award, Education & Sciecne & Medicine sector

2024 Recipient. MIT Technology Review, Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific

2024 Finalist. 2024 Nano Pitch Health Award, Sydney Nano Institute

2024 Finalist.  Australian Museum Eureka Prizes finalists on Outstanding Early Career Researcher

2022 1st Prize. Light Microscopy Australia/Volume Imaging Australia Image Competition on Live Cell Category.

with a focus on developing human brain organoids - laboratory models that mimic human brain physiology.

We are pioneering the development of a human brain micro-physiology system in vitro, combining brain organoids with innovative biomedical engineering tools, including 3D brain-mimetic biomaterials and organ-on-a-chip technologies.

Our goal is to generate a humanized blood-brain-inflammatory model in a dish for personalized disease modeling and therapeutic screening. I lead a team that uses cutting-edge tissue engineering and stem cell biology to create complex human brain tissue, incorporating not only neural cells but also the vasculature and immune system. This advanced, humanized brain model will enable in-depth studies of the interactions between the brain, blood vessels, and the immune system, opening new avenues for understanding brain function and developing personalized treatments.

Research Interest: Whole Brain Organogenesis, Neural Circuit, Schizophrenia Modelling

Research Interest: Neurodegenerative disease, Blood-brain-barrier-on-chip, Neuroinflammation

Research Interest: Electrode-on-chip, Biobrain, Neurotech, Motor Neurone Disease

Research Interest: Mechanotransduction, Synthetic scaffold for Brain organoids

Research Interest: Vascularised brain organoid, bio fabrication, tissue engineering

Research Interest: Organoid-on-chip, neuroinflammation, molecular and cellular processes

Research Interest: Blood-brain-barrier, functional barrier for drug development

Research Interest: Synthetic hydrogel and organogenesis, Organoid intelligence

Research Interest: Physiologically-relevant blood-brain-barrier, multiple sclerosis

Research Interest: Drug re-purposing, high-throughput human organoids and analysis

Research Interest: Drug & Nanomedicine screening, Organoid-on-chip, neuroinflammation mechanism (Dalyell scholar)

Dalyell

Dalyell

Research Interest: Novel analysis tools and high-throughput organoid assay