Seungil Kim

Biomedical Engineering
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Office: 206 Agricultural and Biological Engineering
skim@abe.msstate.edu
P 662.325.3603

Kim Lab

• Postdoc, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
• Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Manitoba
• M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
• B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University

• 2024. Organizing committee for the 2024 Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) workshop, Korean-American Scientists And Engineers Association (KSEA)
• 2024. Topical Advisory Panel for Polymers, MDPI
• 2023. Awardee, Brain Aneurysm Foundation Grant 2023
• 2023. Early Career Reviewer (ECR) at the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• 2023. Organizing committee for the 2023 Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) workshop, Korean-American Scientists And Engineers Association (KSEA)
• 2022. Awardee, Brain Aneurysm Foundation Grant 2022
• 2022. Review Editor, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Frontiers
• 2022. Advisory Committee, Korea Technology Advisory Group, Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT)
• 2022. Guest Editor of Special Issue " Toward Sustainability through Bio-Based Materials at the Interfaces with Living Systems" for Coatings. Physical Book Published
• 2020. Senate committee, University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association, University of Pittsburgh

• 09/2024 – Present ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
• 10/2021 – 08/2024  RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• 09/2018 – 09/2021  POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Mentor: Dr. William R Wagner)
• 07/2012 – 12/2013  RESEARCH SCIENTIST, Center for Biomaterials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea (Mentor: Dr. Soo-Hyun Kim)

• Biomedical Polymer Engineering

• Design, synthesis, modification, and processing of sustainable-, biocompatible-, and stimuli-responsive polymers
• Structure-Property-Function Relationship of Biomaterials in Medicine
• Bioresorbable embolization systems (coil, injectable gel, stem cell transplantation)
• Wireless stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems

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Prospective Graduate Students

I am looking for self-motivated Graduate Students to join my research group. If you have a background in Polymer and Biomedical Engineering and/or are interested in any of the above-listed areas of research, feel free to contact me. Please email a copy of your CV and a cover letter stating your specific interest in a position.

Prospective Undergraduate Researchers

Undergraduate candidates who are interested in the above-listed areas and willing to work for the lab in long-term are highly encouraged to contact me.