Jinho Kim (jkim6)

Jinho Kim

Assistant Professor

Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science

Department of Biomedical Engineering

McLean Hall 302
(201) 216-5518
Website

Education

  • PhD (2013) Columbia University (Mechanical Engineering)
  • MS (2009) Temple University (Mechanical Engineering)
  • BS (2007) Temple University (Mechanical Engineering)

Research

- Development of image-guided devices for targeted drug delivery
- Tissue-engineering lungs via minimally invasive cell replacement
- Creation of microfluidic devices for disease diagnosis and drug screening

Experience

- Assistant Professor (08/2018-present), Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Associate Research Scientist (09/2017-08/2018), Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist (09/2013-08/2017), Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

Institutional Service

  • Research and Entrepreneurship Committee Member
  • Center for Health Innovation Member
  • SES Dean's Faculty Advisory Council Member
  • Faculty Search Committee Member
  • Faculty Search Committee Member
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member
  • Stevens BMES Student Chapter Advisor Chair
  • Faculty search committee Member
  • PhD qualification exam committee Chair
  • Faculty search committee Member
  • BME Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member
  • PhD qualification committee Chair
  • Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee Member
  • Lecturer Search Committee Member

Professional Service

  • LIDSEN publishing inc. Journal reviewer
  • APL Bioengineering journal Manuscript reviewer
  • Nature Method Journal reviewers
  • Society For Biomaterials 2023 Annual Meeting and Exposition Abstract reviewer
  • Department of Defense Scientific reviewer
  • Lab on a chip journal Journal reviewer
  • Advanced NanoBiomed Research Journal Reviewer
  • Columbia University Consultant
  • Strategic Pacing Systems, LLC Technical Consultant
  • XYLYX BIO, INC. Consultant
  • Dutch Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC) Grant reviewer
  • NSF Grant reviewer
  • EBioMedicine Journal reviewer
  • Micromachines Journal reviewer
  • 2019 Stem Cells, Cell Therapies, and Bioengineering in Lung Bioengineering and Diseases Conference at the University of Vermont Junior Planning Committee
  • Collegiate Inventors Competition Competition judge
  • Sensors Journal Reviewer

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

- Participant, NSF I-Corps program (Jun. 2023)
- Finalist, Business Plan Competition at the TERMIS-AM Meeting (Apr. 2023)
- Participant, NY Regional I-Corps program, (Jan. 2023)

Honors and Awards

- NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2022)
- Science and Innovation Center Abstract Award, Americal Thoracic Society (2019)
- Travel Grant to GEM-ASEE Doctoral Engineering Research Showcase, ASEE (2018)
- Translational Fellows Award, Columbia University School of Engineering (2016)
- Pilot Research Grant, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation (2013)
- Outstanding Poster Paper Award Finalist, MEMS 2013 meeting (2013)
- Conference Travel Grant, Robert and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation (2008)
- 2017 Collegiate Inventors Competition finalist, USPTO (2007)
- Best Senior Design Project, Temple University (2007)
- President’s Scholar Award, Temple University (2007)

Professional Societies

  • TERMIS – Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society Member
  • Biomedical Engineering Society Member
  • American Thoracic Society Member
  • Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association Member

Grants, Contracts and Funds

- 2143620, National Science Foundation (Role: PI)
- 232522, National Science Foundation (Role: PI)
- GG14774-01, National Institutes of Health (Role: Co-I)
- IFHA 12-22, Foundation for Health Advancement (Role: PI)

Patents and Inventions

- Jinho Kim, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Seyed Mohammad Mir, Jiawen Chen, Meghan Pinezich, and Maria Hudock, “Imaging-Enabled Bioreactor for Ex Vivo Human Airway Tissues”, US 63/383,239 (Status: filed on 11/10/2022)
- Jinho Kim, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Seyed Mohammad Mir, Jiawen Chen, Meghan Pinezich, and Maria Hudock, “Apparatus for In Situ Measurement of Electrical Impedance of Lung Tissue”, US 63/417,641 (Status: filed on 10/19/2022). - Jinho Kim, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, John O’Neill, Meghan Pinezich, and Seyed Mohammad Mir, “Method and Integrated System for Selective Removal of Defective Cells and Edematous Fluids from the Lung”, WO/2023/060199 (Status: published on 10/06/2022).
- Jinho Kim, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, John O’Neill, Meghan Pinezich, Brandon Guenthart, Matthew Bacchetta, Seyed Mohammad Mir, and Jiawen Chen, “Non-Destructive Pressure-Assisted Tissue Stiffness Measurement Apparatus”, WO/2023/056395 (Status: published on 09/30/2022).
- Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, John O’Neill, Meghan Pinezich, Pamela Graney, Daniel Tavakol, Jinho Kim, and Manuel Tamargo, “Pathological Remodeling of Distal Lung Matrix in End-Stage 1 Cystic Fibrosis Patients”, PCT/US23/66517 (Status: filed on 05/02/2023).
- Jinho Kim, Seyed Mohammad Mir, and Jiawen Chen, “Imaging-Enabled Bioreactor for In Vitro Cultivation and Bioengineering of Isolated Airway Tissue”, US 63/398,198 (Status: filed on 08/15/2022).
- Jinho Kim, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, John O’Neill, Meghan Pinezich, and Brandon Guenthart, “Sound-Guided Assessment and Localization of Air Leak and Robotic System to Locate and Repair Pulmonary Air Leak”, WO/2023/009678 (Status: Published on 02/02/2023).
- Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Jinho Kim, John O’Neill, and Matthew Bacchetta, “Method and Apparatus for Computer-Vision Guided Targeted Delivery of Small Liquid Volumes into Selected Lung Regions”, International Patent, WO/2018/156460 (Status: Published 08/30/2018).
- Matthew Bacchetta, Brandon Guenthart, Jinho Kim, John O’Neill, and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, “Cell-Seeded Porous Lung Hydrogel Sealant”, WO/2018/067938 A1, US 11,291,747 B2 (Status: Issued on 04/05/2022).

Selected Publications

Book Chapter

  1. Kim, J.; Kennedy, K.; Vunjak-Novakovic, G. (2019). Bioreactors in Regenerative Medicine (pp. 787-803). Academic Press.

Conference Proceeding

  1. Kim, J. (2019). Diagnosis of Respiratory Infection by Microgel-Tethered Microlens Array. Philadelphia, PA: 2019 BMES Annual Meeting.
  2. Kim, J. (2019). Directed In Situ Assessment of Implanted Bioscaffolds Using a Micro-Optical Imaging Probe. Philadelphia, PA: 2019 BMES Annual Meeting.
  3. Kim, J. (2019). Extracorporeal Bioengineering of the Lung Using a Cross-Circulation Bioreactor. Philadelphia, PA: 2019 BMES Annual Meeting.
  4. Kim, J. (2019). Quamtum Dots-Labeled Polymeric Scaffolds for In Vivo Tracking of Degradation and Tissue Formation. Phoenix, AZ: 2020 Orthopaedic Research Society meeting.
  5. Kim, J. (2019). Donor Lung Regeneration Through Selective Replacement of Damaged Airway Epithelium. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (pp. A2882). American Thoracic Society.

Journal Article

  1. Kim, J.. Opto-Electromechanical Quantification of Epithelial Barrier Function in Injured and Healthy Airway Tissues. APL Bioengineering (7 ed., pp. 016104).
  2. Kim, J.. Xenogeneic Cross-Circulatin for Physiologic Support and Recovery of Ex Vivo Human Livers. Hepatology (3 ed., vol. 78, pp. 820-834).
  3. Kim, J.. Emerging Imaging Modalities for Functional Assessment of Donor Lungs Ex Vivo. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering.
  4. Sim, K.; Mir, S.; Jelke, S.; Tarafder, S.; Kim, J.; Lee, C. (2022). Quantum dots-labeled polymeric scaffolds for in vivo tracking of degradation and tissue formation. Bioactive Materials (vol. 16, pp. 285-292).
  5. Pinezich, M.; Mir, S.; Reimer, J.; Kaslow, S.; Chen, J.; Guenthart, B.; Bacchetta, M.; O'Neill, J.; Vunjak-Novakovic, G.; Kim, J. (2022). Sound-Guided Assessment and Localization of Pulmonary Air Leak. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine (pp. e10322).
  6. Mir, S.; Chen, J.; Pinezich, M.; O'Neill, J.; Guenthart, B.; Vunjak-Novakovic, G.; Kim, J. (2022). Imaging-Guided Bioreactor for Generating Bioengineered Airway Tissue. JoVE (vol. 182, pp. e63544).
  7. MIr, S.; Chen, J.; Pinezich, M.; O'Neill, J.; Huang, S.; Vunjak-Novakovic, G.; Kim, J. (2022). Imaging-Guided Bioreactor for De-Epithelialization and Long-Term Cultivation of Ex Vivo Rat Trachea. Lab on a Chip (22 ed., pp. 1018-1031).
  8. Chen, J.; Mir, S.; Pinezich, M.; O'Neill, J.; Guenthart, B.; Bacchetta, M.; Vunjak-Novakovic, G.; Huang, S.; Kim, J. (2021). Homogeneous Distribution of Exogenous Cells onto De-Epithelialized Rat Trachea via Instillation of Cell-Loaded Hydrogel. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (1 ed., vol. 8, pp. 82-88).
  9. Chen, J.; Mir, S.; Pinezich, M.; O'Neill, J.; Guenthart, B.; Bacchetta, M.; Vunjak-Novakovic, G.; Huang, S.; Kim, J. (2021). Non-Destructive Vacuum-Assisted Measurement of Lung Elastic Modulus. Acta Biomaterialia (131 ed., pp. 370-380).
  10. Hozain, A.; O'Neill, J.; Pinezich, M.; Tipograf, Y.; Donocoff, R.; Cunningham, K.; Kim, J. (2020). Xenogeneic Cross-Circulation for Extracorporeal Recovery of Injured Human Lungs. Nature Medicine (7 ed., vol. 26, pp. 1102-1113). Nature.
  11. Kim, J. (2019). Regeneration of severely damaged lungs using an interventional cross-circulation platform. Nature Communications (1 ed., vol. 10, pp. 1985). Nature Publishing Gruop.
  12. Kim, J. (2019). Cell replacement in human lung bioengineering. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2 ed., vol. 38, pp. 215-224). Elsevier.

Courses

- BME 343: Transport in Biological Systems
- BME 344: Transport in Biological Systems Lab
- BME 750: Lab-on-a-Chip Technology in Biomedical Applications
- BME 520: Cardiopulmonary Mechanics