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Deok-Ho Kim

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
410-908-2281(Tel), 410-516-6240(Fax)
E-Mail : dhkim at jhu dot edu,
For more information, DH Kim's website

Research Interest

His research interests include micro- and nanoengineering of the cell environment, development and applications of lab-on-a-chip technologies and advanced biomaterials in stem cells and tissue engineering, and micro- and nanotechnologies for cell mechanobiology. He has also contributed to the fields of micro/nano-robotics, biomimetics, advanced man-machine interface for micro/nano-biomanipulation, and cellular biomechanics. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference papers, 4 book chapters, and 11 patents issued and pending (including 4 U.S. patents) in the area of dynamics and control, micro/nanotechnology, and biomedical engineering.

Education and Training

• Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, MD, USA, Aug. 2005 – Jan. 2010
• Research Scientist, Microsystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea, 2000-2005.
• Visiting Scholar, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Switzerland, 2003-2004 (Supervisor: Dr. Bradley J. Nelson).
• M.Sc. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2000
• B.S. Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea, 1998
• Exchange Student in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK, Aug. 1996 to Jan. 1997.

Honors and Academic Awards

• Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, 2010.
• Samsung HumanTech Thesis Award - Silver Prize, 2009.
• Keystone Symposia Travel Award (Cardiac Disease: Development, Regeneration, and Repair), 2009.
• Best poster presentation award, the Baltimore Life Scientists Association Annual Meeting, 2009.
• KASBP-Daewoong Fellowship, Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals, 2009.
• Graduate Student Travel Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2009.
• American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, 2008 - 2010.
• The first Baltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA) Outstanding Scientist Award, 2008.
• Graduate Student Travel Award, the Society of Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine, 2008.
• Best Presentation Award, the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)'s Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference, 2008.
• The first Surface Engineering Best Paper Award, the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 2007.
• Included in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 24th edition, 2007
• KUSCO/KSEA Scholarship for the Graduate Students, Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center, USA, 2006.
• Whitaker Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2005-2007.
• Best Presentation Award in International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS 2005), Ilsan, Korea, 2005.
• Distinguished Achievement Award of KIST (“KIST People Award”), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea, 2005.
• Prize for Excellent Researcher of the year, Future Technology Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea, 2004.
• Recipient of KOSEF Oversea Research Fellowship sponsored by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), 2003.
• Best Student Paper Award, the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), Fall Annual Meeting, Korea, 1999.
• Best Student Poster Paper Award, the Korean Society of Precision Engineers (KSPE), Spring Annual Meeting, Korea, 1999.
• Hogil-Kim Memorial Fellow Exchange Student, University of Birmingham, UK, 1996.

Representative Recent Publications

  Listing of Deok-Ho Kim's full publications

1. D.H. Kim*, H.J. Lee*, Y.K. Lee, J.M. Nam, and A. Levchenko, "Biomimetic nanopatterns as enabling tools for analysis and control of live cells," Advanced materials, 2010. (in press)
2. D.H. Kim*, E. Lipke*, P. Kim, R. Cheong, S. Edmonds, M. Delannoy, K.Y. Suh, L.Tung, and A. Levchenko, "Nanoscale cues regulate the structure and function of macroscopic cardiac tissue constructs," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., vol.107, pp. 565-570, 2010. (Press released)
3. D.H. Kim#, P. Wong, J.Y. Park, A. Levchenko, and Y. Sun#, Microengineered platform for cell mechanobiology, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 11, pp.203-233, 2009. (# denotes corresponding authors)
4. D.H. Kim*, C. Seo*, K. Han, K. Kwon, A. Levchenko and K.Y. Suh, "Guided cell migration on microtextured substrates with variable local density and anisotropy," Advanced Functional Materials, vol.19, pp.1579-1586, 2009. (Featured as a Frontispiece)
5. D.H. Kim, K. Han, K. Gupta, K. Kwon, K.Y. Suh, and A. Levchenko, "Mechanosensitivity of fibroblast cell shape and movement to anisotropic substratum topography gradients," Biomaterials, vol. 30, pp. 5433-5444, 2009.
6. D.H. Kim, J.Y. Park, K.Y. Suh, P. Kim, S.K. Choi. S.C. Ryu, S.H. Park, S.H. Lee and B. Kim, Fabrication of patterned micromuscles with high activity for powering biohybrid microdevices, Sensors and Actuators B, vol. 117, pp.391-400, 2006.
7. K.Y. Suh, H.E. Jeong, D.H. Kim, A.R. Singh, and E.S. Yoon, Capillarity-assisted fabrication of nanostructures using less permeable mold for nanotribological applications, Journal of Applied Physics, vol.100, 2006.
8. D.H. Kim, P. Kim, I.S. Song, J.M. Cha, S.H. Lee, B. Kim, and K.Y. Suh, Guided three-dimensional growth of functional cardiomyocytes on polyethylene glycol nanostructures, Langmuir, vol.22, no.12, pp.5419-5426, 2006.
9. E.S. Yoon, R.A. Singh, H.S. Kong, B. Kim, D.H. Kim, H.E. Jeong, and K.Y. Suh, “Tribological properties of bio-mimetic nano-patterned polymeric surfaces on silicon wafer,” Tribology Letters, vol.21, pp.31-37, 2006. (the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, Surface Engineering Best Paper Award)
10. D.H. Kim, C.N. Hwang, Y. Sun, B. Kim, S.H. Lee, and B. Nelson, Mechanical analysis of chorion softening in pre-hatching stages of zebrafish embryos, IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol.5, no.2, pp.89-94, 2006.
11. J.Y. Park, S.M. Kim, D.H. Kim, B. Kim, S.J. Kwon, J.O. Park, and K.I. Lee, Identification and Control of a Sensorized Microgripper for Micromanipulation, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol.10, no.5, pp.601-606, 2005.
12. P.N. Kim, D.H. Kim, B. Kim, S.K. Choi, S.H. Lee, A. Khademhosseini, R. Langer, and K.Y. Suh, Fabrication of Nanostructures of Poly(ethylene glycol) for Application to Protein Adsorption and Cell Adhesion, Nanotechnology, vol.16, pp.2420-2426, 2005.
13. B. Kim, D.H. Kim, J.H. Jung, and J.O. Park, A Biomimetic Undulatory Tadpole Robot using Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators, Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 14, pp.1579-1585, 2005.
14. D.H. Kim, M.G. Lee, B. Kim, and Y. Sun, A Superelastic Alloy Microgripper with Embedded Electromagnetic Actuators and Piezoelectric Sensors: a Numerical and Experimental Study, Smart Materials and Structures, vol.14, pp.1265-1272, 2005.
15. D.H. Kim, Y. Sun, S. Yun, S.H. Lee, and B. Kim, Investigating Chorion Softening of Zebrafish Embryos with a Microrobotic Force Sensing System, Journal of Biomechanics, vol.38, no.6, pp.1359-1363, 2005.
16. A. Haake, A. Neild, D.H. Kim, J.E. Ihm, Y. Sun, J. Dual, and B.K. Ju, Manipulation of Cells using an Ultrasonic Pressure Field, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol.31, no.6, pp.857-864, 2005.
17. D.H. Kim, B. Kim, and H.J. Kang, Development of a Piezoelectric Polymer-based Sensorized Microgripper for Micromanipulation and Microassembly, Microsystem Technologies, vol.10, no.4, pp.275-280, 2004.

Reviews and Book Chapters

1. Y. Sun, D.H. Kim, and A. Hashemi, Biological cell sorting automation, Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications, M.J. Zhang, B.J. Nelson and R.A. Felder (Eds.), Artech House Publishers, invited chapter, to appear in 2007.
2. D.H. Kim, A. Levchenko, and K.Y. Suh, Surface nanotopography for controlling cell-substrate interactions, Micro- and Nanoengineering of the Cell Microenvironment: Technologies and Applications, A. Khademhosseini, J. Borenstein, S. Takayama, and M. Toner (Eds.), Artech House Publishers, invited chapter, to appear in 2007.
3. D.H. Kim, B. Kim, B.K. Ju, and J.O. Park, State of the art in nano-biomanipulation technologies, Journal of Control, Automation and Systems Engineering, vol.11, no.4, pp.353-362, 2005.
4. K. Kim and D.H. Kim, State-of the Art Review of Micro-Nano Manipulation, ICASE Magazine, Vol.9, No.2, pp.40-44, 2003.
5. K. Kim and D.H. Kim, Micro-Nano Robot Technology, Mechanical Automation Technology, pp.8-20, 2003.
6. D.H. Kim, K. Kim, T.S. Kim, and J.O. Park, State-of-the Art Review of Microactuators and its Applications to Microrobot Developments, ICASE Magazine, Vol.7, No.1, pp.42-51, 2001.

Invited Talks

1. Mechanochemical regulation of multicellular form and function with nanoscale cues: implications for cancer metastasis, wound repair, and tissue engineering, Baltimore Life Scientists Association, Baltimore, MD, USA, Feb., 23, 2010. 2. Multi-scale mechanobiology for cell and tissue engineering using nano/micropatterned biomaterials, Korea Institute of Machine and Materials, Daejeon, Korea, Feb., 6, 2009. 3. Multi-scale mechanobiology for cell and tissue engineering using nano/micropatterned biomaterials, Adult Stem Cell Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Feb., 3, 2009. 4. Analysis and engineering of cell function with nanoscale cues, BME Student Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, January 23, 2009. 5. Regulation of cell function by local force and geometry sensing: implications for biology and regenerative medicine, Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Dec., 11, 2008. 6. Regulation of cell function by local force and geometry sensing: implications for biology and regenerative medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Dec., 11, 2008. 7. Regulation of cell function by local force and geometry sensing: implications for integrative biology and regenerative medicine, Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea, Dec., 10, 2008. 8. Sensing by touch in tumors, hearts, and stem cells: contact-mediated signaling and function of living cells on chips, Nano-Bio Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, Dec., 9, 2008. D.-H. Kim CV 15/17 9. Regulation of cell function by local force and geometry sensing: implications for tissue engineering and biology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, Dec., 8, 2008. 10. Sensing by touch: contact-mediated signaling and function of living cells on chips, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program of Bioengineering and Micro Thermal System Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Dec., 5, 2008. 11. Nano-engineering the cell-matrix interface: implications for tissue engineering and cell-based regenerative therapies, Baltimore Life Scientists Association, Baltimore, MD, USA, Nov., 15, 2008. 12. BioMicrorobotics and BioMEMS for Cell Bioengineering: From Single Cell Manipulation to Cell Separation, Laboratoire d'Automatique de Besançon (LAB), UMR CNRS, France, April 15, 2004. 13. Microrobotic Devices and MEMS-Based Cell Chips for Biomedical Applications, Laboratoire de systèmes robotiques, Institut de Production et Robotique, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb. 24, 2004. 14. Micromechatronics for Microassembly and Biomanipulation, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland, Nov., 28, 2003. 15. Robotic Manipulation at the Micro/Nanoscale, special workshop on “Paradigm Shift in Next Generation Robotic Technology in Industry: Micro-Nano Robot” (organized by Korea Machine Tool Manufactures’ Association), Seoul, Korea, July 24, 2002.