Kyung Jae Jeong

Kyung Jae Jeong

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
of Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering
Phone: (603) 862-1917
Office: Chemical Engineering, Kingsbury Hall Rm W311, Durham, NH 03824
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Courses Taught

  • BENG 764: Bioengineering Design II
  • BMCB 799H: Honors Senior Thesis
  • CHBE 603: Applied Math for Chem Engineer
  • CHBE 695: Chemical Engineering Project
  • CHBE 766: Biomaterials
  • CHBE 766/866: Biomaterials
  • CHBE 860: Principles of Bioengineering
  • CHBE 999: Doctoral Research
  • CHE 603: Appld Math for Chemical Engnrs
  • CHE 614: Separation Processes
  • CHE 695: Chemical Engineering Project
  • CHE 999: Doctoral Research
  • INCO 590: Student Research Experience

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University

Research Interests

  • Biomaterials
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Medical Devices
  • Tissue Engineering

Selected Publications

  • Edwards, S. D., Guan, Z., Ganash, M., Cuvellier, H., Reynolds, J., Bartus, A., . . . Jeong, K. J. (2025). Laminin-Functionalized Gelatin Microgels for the Generation of Functional Neurons from Neural Progenitor Cells.. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c02247

  • Edwards, S. D., Tian, Z., Kim, Y. J., & Jeong, K. J. (2025). Sepia Melanin for the Local Deactivation of Matrix Metalloproteinases.. ACS Macro Lett, 14(5), 538-543. doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00792

  • Eliato, T. R., Edwards, S., Tian, Z., Andam, C. P., Jeong, K. J., & Kim, Y. J. (2024). Melanin Zinc Complex as a Biocompatible Agent for Clearing Bacteremia. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 11(5). doi:10.1002/admi.202300369

  • Tian, Z., Wu, G., Libby, M., Wu, K., Jeong, K. J., & Kim, Y. J. (2023). Synthesis of biologically derived poly(pyrogallol) nanofibers for antibacterial applications.. J Mater Chem B, 11(15), 3356-3363. doi:10.1039/d3tb00312d

  • Edwards, S. D., Hou, S., Brown, J. M., Boudreau, R. D., Lee, Y., Kim, Y. J., & Jeong, K. J. (2022). Fast-Curing Injectable Microporous Hydrogel for In Situ Cell Encapsulation. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS, 5(6), 2786-2794. doi:10.1021/acsabm.2c00214

  • Park, S., Edwards, S., Hou, S., Boudreau, R., Yee, R., & Jeong, K. J. (2019). A multi-interpenetrating network (IPN) hydrogel with gelatin and silk fibroin.. Biomater Sci, 7(4), 1276-1280. doi:10.1039/c8bm01532e

  • Hou, S., Lake, R., Park, S., Edwards, S., Jones, C., & Jeong, K. J. (2018). Injectable Macroporous Hydrogel Formed by Enzymatic Cross-Linking of Gelatin Microgels. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS, 1(5), 1430-1439. doi:10.1021/acsabm.8b00380

  • Lee, J. -J., Jeong, K. J., Hashimoto, M., Kwon, A. H., Rwei, A., Shankarappa, S. A., . . . Kohane, D. S. (2014). Synthetic ligand-coated magnetic nanoparticles for microfluidic bacterial separation from blood.. Nano Lett, 14(1), 1-5. doi:10.1021/nl3047305

  • Cohen-Karni, T., Jeong, K. J., Tsui, J. H., Reznor, G., Mustata, M., Wanunu, M., . . . Kohane, D. S. (2012). Nanocomposite gold-silk nanofibers.. Nano Lett, 12(10), 5403-5406. doi:10.1021/nl302810c

  • Jeong, K. J., & Panitch, A. (2009). Interplay between covalent and physical interactions within environment sensitive hydrogels.. Biomacromolecules, 10(5), 1090-1099. doi:10.1021/bm801270k

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