Research Areas
Additional Campus Affiliations
Robert W. Schaefer Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor, Bioengineering
Professor, Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Professor, Pathobiology
Professor, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Recent Publications
Kang, S., Kim, E. M., Burgeson, E., Han, B., Rogers, S., & Kong, H. (2026). Interrogating functional connectivity of in vitro neural glia tissue model modulated through integrative control of matrix stiffness and a neurotrophic factor. Biomaterials, 326, 123699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123699
Chung, J. Y., Ahn, Y., Lee, J. H., Yang, S., Lee, S. C., Kong, H., & Chung, H. J. (2025). Microbubble-Controlled Delivery of Biofilm-Targeting Nanoparticles to Treat MRSA Infection. Advanced Functional Materials, 35(44), Article 2508291. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202508291
Deng, Y. H., Lee, J. H., Kim, M. J., & Kong, H. (2025). Biofilm comes back: Controlling regrowth by mitigating the cell-matrix interaction. Chemical Engineering Journal, 508, Article 160947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.160947
Dou, Z., Hong, L., Cui, S., Li, Z., Chan, F. K., Bhosale, Y., Aydin, O., Huang, K. Y., Kong, H., Juarez, G., Saif, M. T. A., Chamorro, L. P., & Gazzola, M. (2025). In vitro living system for streaming flow rectification. Physical Review Research, 7(3), Article 033030. https://doi.org/10.1103/4fzg-vn1v
Huang, K. Y., Chung, H. J., & Kong, H. (2025). Reply to Caruso Bavisotto et al. Toward exploring the potential of muscle-secreting exosomes in the muscle–brain axis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(1), Article e2421378121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2421378121