Eunji Chung

Associate Professor at University of Southern California

Speaker

Eunji Chung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California and the Dr. Karl Jacob Jr. and Karl Jacob III Early Career Chair. She is the Founding Director of the USC Transformative Center for Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery. Dr. Chung has a courtesy appointment in Chemical Engineering, Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension), and Surgery (Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy) at USC, and is an affiliated faculty of the Norris Cancer Center and the Stem Cells department. Her laboratory is interested in developing nano- to macroscale biomaterials drug/gene delivery strategies that can be utilized in medicine. Dr. Chung received her B.A. with honors in Molecular Biology from Scripps College, her Ph.D. from the Department of Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, and her postdoctoral training from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. Dr. Chung is a Fellow of BMES and an Associate Editor for Bioactive Materials. She has garnered a variety of honors including the K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award, AIChE 35 Under 35, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2), inaugural USC NEMO Prize, and the AHA Transformational Project Award. Currently, her lab takes part of national centers and programs including the NIH U54 Kidney O’Brien Center, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Exploratory Cell Networks, and AHA Collaborative Sciences Award.