Michael Seungju Yu portrait
  • Adjunct Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
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Professional Service

  • Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group. Invited Participants of Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Listening Session . 12/13/2021 - 12/31/2021
  • NIH. BMBI Standing Panel Review Membership. 06/30/2021 - 06/30/2025
  • NIH. F05-D fellowship Review Panel. 03/09/2021 - 04/11/2021
  • NIH. BMBI study section. 01/29/2020 - 01/31/2020
  • NSF. Invited participants of workshop on interface of synthetic biology and biomaterials. 01/15/2020 - 01/17/2020
  • NIH F05-D Fellowship. Review Panel. 11/13/2018 - 11/14/2018
  • Kent University. Tenure/Associate Professor promotion review. 10/15/2018 - 10/16/2018
  • NSF EPScoR. Reviewer. 05/30/2018 - 05/31/2018
  • NIH F05-D Fellowship. Review Panel. 03/20/2018 - 03/21/2018
  • NIH (GDD). Panel Reviewer for GDD Study Section. 10/2016 - 11/2016
  • Korean Scientists and Engineers Association. President. 08/2016 - 07/30/2018
  • NIH. Role: Member. Member of NIH Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group (IMAG) . 12/01/2014 - present
  • NIH (BMBI). BMBI study section (review panel). 09/01/2014 - 09/03/2014
  • IEEE. Role: Co-Editor. Editor on Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation on Electrets and Related Phenomena. 08/15/2014 - 03/01/2017
  • IEEE. Role: Co-organizer. Organizing committee for IEEE 15th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE15) . 08/01/2014 - 09/01/2014
  • Journal of Visual Experiment . Editorial board member. 02/01/2014 - present

Internal Service

  • SW Kim endowed chair search committee . 01/10/2022 - present. University service.
  • Chair of RPT Committee. 06/01/2020 - 02/01/2023. Department service.
  • Chair of the Safety Committee. 08/01/2019 - 07/31/2020. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Advising. 08/15/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Program Committee. 11/01/2014 - present. Department service.
  • Organizer for Department Seminar Series. 05/01/2014 - 05/30/2018. Department service.
  • Graduate Admissions Committee. 01/01/2014 - present. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • Fulbright US Scholar Award. Fulbright , 03/01/2023
  • Invited speaker of Seoul Forum. This is a global forum organized by one of the major economic newspapers, Seoul Economic Daily, for general public on science technology related to Korean and world economy. Seoul Forum, 06/30/2020
  • Editorial Board Member (Bioengineering). Journal of Visual Experiment (JoVE), 03/01/2014
  • Invited participants of Frontiers of Engineering Symposium sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) . NAE, 09/01/2009
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). White House, 12/2008
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER). NSF, 12/2007
  • NIH Post-doctoral Fellowship. NIH, 09/1999

Outreach

  • From Research to Startups: Your Roles as PI, Post-Doc, and Graduate Student Seminar Presentation KSEA-Utah Chapter. 04/15/2021 - 04/15/2021
  • KSEA National Math Competition. 03/02/2018 - 03/02/2018
  • KSEA-NIW green card information seminar. 01/22/2018 - 01/22/2018

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