Jae-Hyung Jang
Associate professor
Yonsei University
Korea
Biography
Dr. Jae-Hyung Jang has completed his PhD from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA), Dept.of Chemical and Biological Engineering and performed post-doctoral study at University of California, Berkeley (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering). He is currently an associate professor of Yonsei University, and he has been primarily working on the development of adeno-associated virus-mediated gene delivery tools and nano-biomaterial systems that can be applied for cell delivery vehicles or 3D scaffolds.
Research Interest
Engineering adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene vectors Neural stem cell-based cell therapy Smart electrospun fibrous matrices / innovative electrospinning technologies Tissue engineering scaffolds for spinal cord regeneration Catechol-mediated surface modification & its gene therapy/tissue engineering applications Polymeric/controlled viral gene delivery from biomaterials