YongTae “Tony” Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Woodruff Faculty Fellow
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Courtesy Appointments
- Adjunct Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
- Program Faculty, Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN), Georgia Institute of Technology
- Program Faculty, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB), Georgia Institute of Technology
- Program Faculty, Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program (BioE Graduate Committee), Georgia Institute of Technology
- Research Professor, Emory & Children’s Pediatric Research Center
- Research Professor, Regenerative Engineering and Medicine (REM)
Education
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2001
- B.S. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 1999
Professional Appointments
- 2019 – Associate Professor with Tenure, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
- 2013 – 19 Assistant Professor, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
- 2011 – 13 Postdoctoral Associate, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA
- 2003 – 07 Researcher, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Republic of Korea
- 2001 – 03 Researcher, Hyundai-Kia R&D Center, Hwasung, Republic of Korea
Honors and Awards (Representative)
- Woodruff Faculty Fellow, 2022
- Innovative Nano Research Award, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea, 2020
- Thanks for Being a Great Teacher Award, Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech, 2019
- Young Investigator Award, Nanobiotechnology, Nano Research, Springer Nature, 2018
- NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2017
- NSF CAREER Award, 2017
- George W. Woodruff School Teaching Fellow, 2017
- AHA National Scientist Development Grant, 2015
- Distinguished Panel Speaker, Annual Beckman Scholars and Young Investigators Symposium, 2014