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Eun Ji Chung

The Dr. Karl Jacob Jr. and Karl Jacob III Early-Career Chair and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Education

2011, Doctoral Degree, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
2006, Bachelor's Degree, Molecular Biology, Scripps College

Biography

Professor Eun Ji Chung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. She received her B.A. in Molecular Biology with honors from Scripps College (Claremont, CA) and her Ph.D. from the Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program and the Department of Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University. At Northwestern, Dr. Chung developed biodegradable, citric acid-based polymers and nanocomposites for tissue engineering. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, she developed bio-nanomaterials for theranostic applications. Professor Chung is a recipient of the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (2014) and the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2, 2018), and received the USC faculty mentoring award for undergraduates in 2018, among many other awards. Dr. Chung is a member of the Society for Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering Society, and the American Institute for Chemical Engineers.

Research Summary

Awards

2025 American Heart Association Fellow
2025 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow
2025 University of Southern California Faculty Mentoring Award Graduate Students
2023 Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow
2023 Materials Research Society Early Career Distinguished Presenter
2023 American Heart Association Collaborative Sciences Award
2022 American Heart Association American Heart Association Transformational Project Award
2021 Controlled Release Society Best On-Demand Talk Award
2021 WiSE, USC Hanna Reisler Mentorship Award
2021 Controlled Release Society Member of the Year Award
2021 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2021 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy Rising Stars in Drug Delivery and Novel Carriers Selected Speaker
2020 Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, AIChE Futures issue
2020 Oral Drug Delivery Focus Group, Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award
2020 Scripps College Outstanding Recent Alumna
2020 Viterbi Junior Research Award
2020 Chinese Association for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award
2019 IEEE-NANOMED New Innovator
2019 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering
2019 Biomedical Engineering Society Rising Star in Cellular Molecular Bioengineering
2019 Orange County Engineering Council Outstanding Young Engineer
2019 Journal of Materials Chemistry B Emerging Investigator
2018 SLAS Reviewer Excellence Award
2018 NIH New Innovator Award (DP2)
2018 Nano Research Young Innovator in Nanobiotechnology
2017 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Career Development Award
2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 35 Under 35
2017 Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigator
2017 L.K. Whittier Foundation Non-Cancer Translational Research Award
2017 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) Tony B. Early Career Academic Travel Award
2017 USC Stem Cells Eli and Edythe Broad Innovation Award
2016 IEEE Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine Conference (MNMC) Young Investigator Session
2015 National Lung, Heart, and Blood Institute NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence
2014 Chicago Biomedical Consortium Postdoctoral Research Grant
2012 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
2011 IBNAM-Baxter Early Career Award
2010 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Certificate for Management for Scientists and Engineers

Appointments

Dir-Center, Transformative Center for Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery (TND)
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Office

DRB 314
Corwin D. Denney Research Center
1042 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
USC Mail Code: 1111

Contact Information

eunchung@usc.edu

Links

Research Website

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