People

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Professor

Hyungmin Jun
Hyungmin Jun

Email

hjun@jbnu.edu

Office

Room 4214, Engineering Building 4

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Feb 2015), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2008), Kangwon National University

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2006), Kangwon National University

  • (2015.02, 공학박사) 기계공학, 한국과학기술원(KAIST)

  • (2008.08, 공학석사) 기계공학, 강원대학교

  • (2006.08, 공학학사) 기계공학, 강원대학교

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

  • (Feb 2015 - Dec 2019) Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • (2026.03 ~ 현재) 학부장, 기계시스템공학부

  • (2025.02 ~ 현재) 편집장, Structural Engineering and Mechanics 저널

  • (2023.07 ~ 2024.12) 부처장, 대학원혁신부 / 부원장, 전북대학교 대학원

  • (2023.06 ~ 2025.02) 센터장, LINC3.0

  • (2022.12 ~ 현재) 대표이사, 주식회사 노바(NOVA)

  • (2022.04 ~ 현재) 부교수, 전북대학교 기계시스템공학부

  • (2019.12 ~ 2022.03) 조교수, 전북대학교 기계시스템공학부

  • (2015.02 ~ 2019.12) 박사후연구원, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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 & Physical 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

  • Jun, H.*, Zhang, F., Ratanalert, S., Shepherd, T., Qi, X., Yan, H., Bathe, M. Autonomously designed free-form 2D DNA origami. Science Advances, 5: eaav0655, 2 Jan 2019 (IF=14.980, JCR 8.784%)

  • Jun, H.*, Shepherd, T., Zhang, K., Bricker, W., Li, S., Chiu W., Bathe, M. Automated sequence design of 3D polyhedral wireframe DNA origami with honeycomb edges. ACS Nano, 13: 2083-93, 3 Jan 2019 (IF=18.027, JCR 5.652%)

  • Jun, H.*, Wang, X., Bricker, W., Bathe, M. Automated sequence design of 2D wireframe DNA origami with honeycomb edges. Nature Communications, 10: 5419, 28 Nov 2019 (IF=17.694, JCR 7.432%)

  • Jun, H.*, Wang, X., Parsons, M., Bricker, W., Torsten, J., Li, S., Jackson, S., Chiu, W., Bathe, M. Rapid prototyping of arbitrary 2D and 3D wireframe DNA origami. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(18): 10265-74, 11 Sep 2021 (IF=19.160, JCR 2.525%)

  • Wang, X., W., Li, S., Jun, H.*(Contributed Equally), John, T., Zhang, K., Fowler, H., Doye, J., Chiu, W., Bathe, M. Planar 2D wireframe DNA origami. Science Advances, 8: eabn0039, 20 May 2022 (IF=14.980, JCR 8.784%)