Professor Department of Biological Sciences 373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu Daejon 305-701, Fax : + 82 42 350 2610 E-mail : tgpark@kaist.ac.kr Web : http://bama.kaist.ac.kr Education 1980 B.S. Seoul National University, Department of Chemical Technology 1981 Seoul National University, The Graduate School 1983 M.S. Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Department of Biological Science & Engineering 1990 Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. Department of Bioengineering Advisor: Professor Allan S. Hoffman 1983. 2 - 1986. 2 Oriental Brewery Co., Doosan Research Laboratory, Research Scientist 1986. 2 - 1986. 8 Korea Institute of Science & Technology, Polymer Division Commissioned Research Scientist 1986. 9 - 1990. 7 University of Washington, Department of Bioengineering Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Associate 1990. 8 - 1991. 12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering (Robert Langer's Lab), Postdoctoral Research Associate 1992. 1 - 1995. 3 Temple University, School of Pharmacy, Assistant Professor (tenure-track) 1995. 3 -1996. 8 Chung-Ang University, Department of Biotechnology, Associate Professor 1996.9 - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Department of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor 2001. 1- 2002. 8 University of Utah, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Visiting Professor (Prof. Sung Wan Kim's Lab) 2002.9 - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Department of Biological Sciences, Professor Research Areas
Drug Delivery: Sustained release of protein and peptide drugs using biodegradable depots Biodegradable nanoparticles and micelles for anti-cancer drug delivery Biodegradable and smart hydrogels for macromolecular delivery Gene Delivery: Novel non-viral polymer vectors for intra-cellular DNA and siRNA delivery DNA/polymer hybrid micelles for delivery of anti-sense oligonucleotides Tissue Engineering: Surface engineered and drug releasing scaffolds for tissue engineering Honor and Awards
* Honorable Mention (2nd place) in Graduate Student Award Competition, Ph.D. Candidate Category, the Society for Biomaterials, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S.A., 1989 * Faculty Development Award, Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), * Biomedical Engineering Grant Award for New Investigators, The Whitaker * Young Scientist Award for Graduate Students (Nam Yoon Sung) Guidance, 20th Japanese Society for Biomaterials, 1998 * Seoam Scholar Award (SBS Broadcasting Co.) for Oversea * Soodang Scholar Award, Sam Yang Co., Korea, 2002 * Innovative Research Award for Nanotechnology, Grand Prize, The Ministry of Science and * Best Research Achievement Award 50, * KAIST Research * Journal of Controlled Release Most Cited Paper 2004 Award, Elsevier, 2007 * Clemson Award, Contributions to Literature, The Society for Biomaterials, USA, 2009 * Best Poster Award, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2009 * Outstanding Research and Development Award, Korea Biotech R&D Group, The Ministry of Education, and Science and Technology, Korea, 2009 * Best Poster Award (1st Prize), Roche Marco Polo Symposium, Seoul, Korea, 2009 * Fellow, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Division of Engineering, 2009 * 1st Grand Prize for Creative Knowledge (Selected as One of Highly Cited 6 Korean Scientists for the Past 10 Years), The Ministry of Education, and Science and Technology, Korea, 2009 Journal Editorial Board Member (SCI Journals Only)
Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers: 2004 - Journal of Controlled Release: 2006 - Pharmaceutical Research: 2006 - Macromolecular Research: 2006- Bioconjugate Chemistry: 2007 - Macromolecular Bioscience: 2009 - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews: 2009 Nanofiber Special Issue Guest Editor Nano Today : 2010 - Biomacromolecules: 2010 - Symposium Organization * Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems, Sat Lake City, USA, 2007: Scientific Advisory Board Member * International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2007, Advanced Functional Biomaterials: Symposium Co-chair * A3 (Korea-Japan-China) Joint Symposium on Gene Delivery, Daejeon, Korea,, 2007: Symposium Chair * World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008, Nonviral Carriers for DNA and siRNADelivery, Symposium Chair * TERMIS 2009, Seoul, Korea, 2009, Design and Fabrication of Scaffolds, Symposium Chair Membership American Chemical Society, Controlled Release Society, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Society for Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering Society 
