Hui-suk Yun

Hui-suk Yun is the head of the Department of Advanced Biomaterials Research at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) and a professor at the University of Science & Technology (UST) in the Department of Materials Science. Furthermore, she is an advisory committee member for the Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea and amedical devices committee member for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Korea. She also worked for the Korea government as a deliberative council member on the Presidential Advisory Council of Science and Technology.

Yun holds a Ph. D. in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. She completed her post-doctoral research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) and then began working as a lecturer at the Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care at Waseda University, Japan. Her research interests include bioceramics in tissue engineering, porous materials, and technologies for ceramic additive manufacturing, including materials, processes, and systems.

Yun has 41 domestic patents, 9 international patents, and has published over 77 SCI papers. She has also written 8 technology transfer contracts relating to ceramic additive manufacturing. Yun has received many honors, such as the best performance award of running royalty from the Korean Intellectual Property Office, in 2021, the 2021 Global Ambassador Award and 2020 ECD Jubilee Global Diversity Award from The American Ceramic Society, the 100 Most Distinguished Researchers Achievement from the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the World’s Top Technology Prize from the Korea Institute of Materials Science.