People

Meet Our Team - Dive into the heart of our organization and get acquainted with the brilliant minds driving our progress.

Professor

Professional Experience

  • Mar 2026 - Present

    Head of Department

    Mechanical System Engineering

  • Feb 2025 - Present

    Editor-in-Chief

    Structural Engineering and Mechanics

  • Jul 2023 - Dec 2024

    Associate Vice President

    Innovative Graduate Affairs / Vice Dean, Graduate School

  • Jun 2023 - Present

    Director

    Strategic Planning Center, LINC3.0

  • Dec 2022 - Present

    CEO

    NOVA, Inc.

  • Apr. 2022 - Present

    Associate Professor

    Department of Mechanical System Engineering

  • Dec 2019 - Mar 2022

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Mechanical System Engineering

Education & Training

  • Feb 2015 - Dec 2019

    Postdoctoral Associate

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2015

    Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2008

    M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

    Kangwon National University

  • Mar 2000 - Aug 2006

    B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

    Kangwon National University

Research Interests

DNA Nanotechnology
DNA Origami Hybrid RNA-DNA Nanoparticle Superstructure self-assembly Gene Therapeutics
Computational Mechanics
Nonlinear Finite Element Method Shell Finite Elements Biomechanics Composite Structure Phase-field Modeling Topology Optimization
Medical AI
Multimodal Digital Biomarkers Generative AI & Foundation Models in Healthcare Physical-Informed Neural Networks Digital Twin Simulations XAI in Medical Imaging Precision Agriculture

Selected Publications

  • Autonomously designed free-form 2D DNA origami

    Jun, H.*, Zhang, F., Ratanalert, S., Shepherd, T., Qi, X., Yan, H., Bathe, M.

    Science Advances, 5: eaav0655 · 16 Jan 2019

    IF 14.98 JCR Top 8.8%

  • Automated sequence design of 3D polyhedral wireframe DNA origami with honeycomb edges

    Jun, H.*, Shepherd, T., Zhang, K., Bricker, W., Li, S., Chiu W., Bathe, M.

    ACS Nano, 13: 2083-93 · 16 Jan 2019

    IF 18.03 JCR Top 5.7%

  • Automated sequence design of 2D wireframe DNA origami with honeycomb edges

    Jun, H.*, Wang, X., Bricker, W., Bathe, M.

    Nature Communications, 10: 5419 · 16 Nov 2019

    IF 17.69 JCR Top 7.4%

  • Rapid prototyping of arbitrary 2D and 3D wireframe DNA origami

    Jun, H.*, Wang, X., Parsons, M., Bricker, W., Torsten, J., Li, S., Jackson, S., Chiu, W., Bathe, M.

    Nucleic Acids Research, 49(18): 10265-74 · 16 Sep 2021

    IF 19.16 JCR Top 2.5%

  • Planar 2D wireframe DNA origami

    Wang, X., W., Li, S., Jun, H.*, John, T., Zhang, K., Fowler, H., Doye, J., Chiu, W., Bathe, M.

    Science Advances, 8: eabn0039 · 16 May 2022

    IF 14.98 JCR Top 8.8%