Hong Research Group Alumni

We’re very proud of our alumni and their accomplishments. Explore what past Hong Research Group members are doing now.

Former Postdocs

Jiyoon Bu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Inha University
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Woo-jin Jeong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Inha University
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Sin-Jung Park, PhD

LG Chemical
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Ja Hye Myung, PhD

Staff Fellow, FDA
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Jin Woo Bae, PhD

Senior Developer, Genoss
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David Chau, PhD

Associate Professor, UCL
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Hong Y. Cho, PhD

Research Faculty, UNIST
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Su-Eon Jin, PhD

Former Graduate Students

Kaila Javius-Jones

Study Director, Labcorp Drug Development

Caroline Hopkins

Pharmaceutics Specialist, Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station
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Ashita Nair, PhD

Elektrofi
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Adam Drelich, MS

Catalent
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Ja Hye Myung, PhD

Staff Fellow, FDA

Suhair Sunoqrot, PhD

Associate Professor, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
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Yang Yang, PhD

Staff Scientist/Reviewer, FDA
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Ryan M. Pearson, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland-Baltimore
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Hao Jui Hsu, PhD

Senior Scientist, Pfizer
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Jason Bugno, PhD

Postdoc, University of Chicago
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Randall Owen, MS

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Brigita Meskauskaite, MS

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital
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Mehar Cheema, MS

AMRI, Buffalo, NY
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Kevin Shyu, MS

Baxter
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Eri Iwasaka, MS

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Japan

Former Research Staff

Former Visiting Scholars

Sunjun Lee

Dongguk University

Kichang Nam, PhD

Professor, Dongguk University

Hwira Baek

Sungkyunkwan university

Do Hyeon Jung

Material science and engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
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Donghwan (Richie) Kim, PhD

School of Chemical Engineering, SungKyunKwan University
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Hee Joo Hong, MD, PhD

Chief, Pediatrics Division, Sungae Hospitals, Seoul, Korea
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Chanwoo Lee

R&D Director at Durae Co., Korea
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Seung-ri Lee, PharmD

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Hyunsik Moon, PhD, MBA

Director, Venture Investment Division
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Sung-Cheol Yoon, PhD

Professor, Department of Chemical Covergence Materials
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Myung-Han Yoon, PhD

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering, South Korea

Former Research Associate

Jennifer Q. Zhang

Harvard Medical School

Former PharmD Students

Chinh Kieu

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Patrick Henry

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Tou Xiong Thao

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Sylvia Lechnir

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Jack Kim

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Kara Mudd

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Hye Lim Lim

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Jaehyung Jason Choi

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Jonathan Nazari

UIC, School of Pharmacy

Ro Tsai Susan Sang

UIC/National Taiwan University, School of Pharmacy

Former Undergraduate Students

Elsa Palmieri

UW-Madison, Department of Biochemistry

Elizabeth Han Yang

UW-Madison, Department of Biology

Hung Nguyen

UW-Madison, Department of Biochemistry

Annika Olson

UW-Madison, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Erika Kay-Tsumagari

UW-Madison, Department of Biochemistry

Emily Walker

UW-Madison, Department of Chemistry

Elizabeth Wanyi Liu

UW–Madison, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Steven Do

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy and College of Letters & Science

Fang Hao

UW–Madison, School of Pharmacy

Luke Kubiatowicz

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Stephanie Chen

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vedant Bodke

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Yunjeong Lee

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jack Kim

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kayla Ylagan

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Angela Chun

Yonsei University, South Korea

Min Ji Jung

Yonsei University, South Korea

Juae Kim

Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

Madeline Oie

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Liza Xu

Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Jacqueline Handley

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chelsea Stowell

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Jelena Saric

Department of Chemistry (Honors College), University of Illinois at Chicago

Khyati Gajjar

Department of Chemistry (Honors College), University of Illinois at Chicago

Sayam Uddin

Department of Mathematics (Honors College), University of Illinois at Chicago

Ramzie Fahan

Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

Martin Strama

Department of Bioengineering (Honors College), University of Illinois at Chicago

Marilyn Gaske

Department of Chemistry (Honors, GPPA, Pharmacy), University of Illinois at Chicago

Conor Odonovan

Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

High School Teachers

Jeromy Bentley

Naperville Central High School

Frehiwot Gebrehiwot

Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago

Eleanor Flanagin

Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago

Former High School Students

Erin Spierings

Oregon High School, Oregon, WI

Jasmine Shah

Currently at University of Illinois at Chicago, PharmD student

Daniel Pak

Junior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA), Aurora, IL

Tiffany Sinclair

Junior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA), Aurora, IL

Sydney Valero

Junior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA), Aurora, IL

Tahir Mohideen

Junior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA), Aurora, IL

Jeeho Lee

Junior at Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL

Tera Sparks

Junior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA), Aurora, IL