Education

• 1997 - 1999 , Ph.D., Food Science, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA)
• 1994 - 1997 , M.Sc., Food Science, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA)
• 1987 - 1994 , B.Sc., Microbiology, Pusan National University (Pusan, Korea) military service (1989 - 1991)

Appointments

• 2014 – present , Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon, Korea)
• 2008 – 2014 , Associate/Full Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Nano Sciences, Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)
• 2010 – 2015 , Visiting Professor & Co-Principal Investigator, Mechanobiology Institute (MBI), National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore)
• 2004 – 2008 , Assistant Professor, Division of Nano Sciences, Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)
• 2001 – 2004 , Post-doc, Department of Physics, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ, USA)
• 2000 – 2001 , Post-doc, Department of Bioengineering, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA)
• 1999 – 2000 , Post-doc, Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan)

Patents (Domestic 37, International 5)

• US patent #7,981,237 B2 “MICRO-OR NANO-FLUIDIC CHIP FABRICATED WITH NORLAND OPTICAL ADHESIVE AND BIOANALYSIS PLATFORM PRODUCED BY USING THE SAME”

Professional activities

• Member of the American Society for Microbiologists (1998 - pres.)
• Local committee member for BioTRONICS (2008)
• Executive Member of Korean Biochip Society (2005 - pres.)
• Vice President of UNITEF (2008 – pres.)

Major Academic Interests

• Organ on a Chip
• Evolution of cancer drug resistance on a Chip
• Mechanobiology : cell and tissue stretching
• 3D bioprinting of vascularized tumors

Representative Publications

1. J. Han^, Y. Jun^, S. H. Kim, H. Hoa, Y. Jung, S. Kim, J. Kim, R. H. Austin*, S. Lee*,S. Park*, “Rapid identification of cancer drug resistance mechanisms by microfluidic cell culture and deep sequencing technologies” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2016,113, 14283-14288.

2. Y. Cui, F. M. Hameed, B. Yang, K. Lee, C. Q. Pan, S. Park*, M. P. Sheetz*, "CyclicStretching of Soft Substrates Induces Spreading and Growth”, Nat. Commun. 2015,6:6333

3. S. Kou, H. N. Lee, D. v. Noort, K. M. K. Swamy, S. H. Kim, J. H. Soh, K. M. Lee, S.-W. Nam, J. Yoon* and S. Park* “Fluorescent Molecular Logic Gates using Microfluidic Devices”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47(5), 872-876.

4. S. Park, H. Hwang, S. W. Nam, F. Martinez, R. H. Austin, W. S. Ryu*"Enhanced Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion in a structured microfluidicenvironment", PLoS One, 2008, 3, e2550.

5. S. Park, P. M. Wolanin, E. A. Yuzbashyan, H. Lin, N. C. Darnton, J. B. Stock, P.Silberzan, R. H. Austin*, "Influence of topology on bacterial social interaction” Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2003,100,13910-13915.

6. S. Park, P. M. Wolanin, E. A. Yuzbashyan, P. Silberzan, J. B. Stock*, R. H. Austin "Motion to Form a Quorum", Science, 2003, 301,188.