Huyju Mun is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Her current research focuses on designing multifunctional nanoparticles for imaging-guided therapeutics.
She completed her B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her M.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University. During her undergrad studies, she worked on patterning microfluidic channels to track and manipulate nano/microparticles using dielectrophoresis. For her master’s research, she primarily focused on chalcogenide inorganic/organic hybrids (CHIPs) with a high sulfur content, exploring their potential use in thermal imaging lenses for autonomous vehicles. She also conducted side projects on block copolymer hydrogels and quantum dots. After completing her master’s, she taught herself Python and cheminformatics and participated in a drug discovery project using machine learning to identify potential therapeutic ligands targeting RNA-binding sites of viruses.
In her free time, Huyju enjoys traveling to see her family and friends, touring art museums and architecture exhibitions, going to EDM concerts, writing in her journal while enjoying an espresso macchiato, reading books to the sound of jazz, playing the piano, and lifting weights.
Fun fact: She watches the Harry Potter series every three years. Interestingly, she is allergic to dogs and cats, except for her younger sister’s dog and her aunt’s cat. A power of love!