Hyeun Joong Yoon, Ph.D, is new to the College of Engineering this fall. An assistant professor in the electrical and w88 sports betting app department, Yoon's research interests focus on developing engineering methods in nanomaterial science and advanced bioMEMS tools to improve diagnostics for cancer research.
Yoon joined the University of Nevada, Reno in July after previously working for the Department of Electrical w88 sports betting app and Computer Science at South Dakota State University. He earned his Ph.D at Ajou University in South Korea.
"I came to [The w88 sports betting app] because I was looking for a better place for my family to live," Yoon said. "South Dakota was a beautiful and peaceful place but last winter was too cold. I've been here in Reno for five weeks, and it's always sunny, no clouds." Yoon said he also prefers the diverse environment that Reno provides, in addition to the prominent Korean community here.
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Yoon researches developments on low-cost, biocompatible devices that can capture and release circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, from cancer patients' blood samples. Yoon wants to create cutting-edge engineered solutions to clinical issues with the newest w88 sports betting app research tools.
CTCs detach from an original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to distant sites. Only 10 cells exist in 1 ml of blood but they can provide clinical information for all w88 sports betting app types, and Yoon has been focusing on melanoma, breast w88 sports betting app and pancreatic w88 sports betting app in particular.
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Yoon collaborates with the University of Minnesota Masonic w88 sports betting app Center for breast w88 sports betting app research and the University of Iowa w88 sports betting app Center for melanoma. After joining the University, he started a research collaboration with the UC Davis Comprehensive w88 sports betting app Center.
Currently he has a research team of seven: five undergrads and two graduate students. His most recent research has been featured in scientific journals such as Nature Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials and Cell Systems.
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Yoon joins a growing program in w88 sports betting app engineering that includes five faculty members with expertise ranging from developing sensors and prosthetic devices to identifying novel delivery vehicles for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes to biological modeling. The department offers a master's and Ph.D. in w88 sports betting app engineering and began offering a bachelor's degree in 2016.
